by Greg Capra | Mar 1, 2026 | Greg's Blog Posts
Don’t Trust Your Mind When TradingEvery trader reaches a point where they realize something uncomfortable:The greatest threat to a well-designed trading plan isn’t the market — it’s the mind executing it.You’ve done the work.You’ve studied charts, tested patterns, and...
by Greg Capra | Feb 11, 2026 | Greg's Blog Posts
Master Trader Technical Strategies (MTS) provides a stop placement decision framework and Bar-by-Bar analysis for continuous updates. Step 1 — Identify the Technical Line in the SandStart by asking:Does the pattern provide a clear reference point where the price...
by Greg Capra | Feb 8, 2026 | Greg's Blog Posts
Why Consistently Following a Trading Plan Is So Difficult — Even When You Know It WorksOne of the greatest paradoxes in trading is this:Most traders intellectually understand that consistently following a proven trading plan gives them the best probability of...
by Greg Capra | Jan 28, 2026 | Chart of the Week, Greg's Blog Posts
There Is Nothing New in Technical Analysis—Only New Ways to Complicate ItEvery few years, technical analysis is supposedly “reinvented.”A new indicator.A new cloud.A new strategy.A new algorithm that claims to finally solve support, resistance, and trend.Yet price...
by Greg Capra | Jan 17, 2026 | Chart of the Week Past, Greg's Blog Posts
One of the most overlooked—but powerful—market behaviors is contraction.When traders think of opportunity, they often think of expansion: wide ranges, strong momentum, big bars. But expansion is usually the result, not the beginning. The beginning is almost always...
by Greg Capra | Jan 4, 2026 | Chart of the Week Past, Greg's Blog Posts
Why Candlesticks Alone Often Confuse Traders—and How “Event Candles” Bring ClarityMany traders come to candlestick analysis with high expectations. The books are clean. The examples are perfect. A hammer at the bottom leads to a rally. A shooting star at the top marks...
