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Methodology articles, technical concepts, and macro data — written by ProChart Research. Plain-language, honest framing, no overclaims. The goal is to make AI-assisted research understandable, not magical.
By ProChart Research · Last updated 2026-05-14
About this section
About this section
The Learn section collects ProChart's deep-dive articles on technical and macro concepts a research-grade trader actually needs to understand. Each article is written by Lior Paryente and edited under the ProChart Research voice, with the same honest framing applied to our methodology pillars: what the concept is, where it works, where it doesn't, and what role AI can usefully play.
These articles are educational research, not financial advice. We don't sell signals. We don't predict prices. We explain the underlying mechanics so you can decide for yourself whether and how to use them.
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Read in any order. Each article is self-contained but cross-references the others where the topics overlap.
Methodology
By Lior Paryente · ProChart Research
Multi-Timeframe Analysis: A Structural Approach
Last updated 2026-05-14
Multi-timeframe analysis is the discipline of using a higher timeframe to set bias and a lower timeframe to time execution. This guide explains why MTF works, how to choose the right timeframe pair, how trend, structure, liquidity, FVG, order blocks, RSI, and risk look across timeframes, the most common mistakes, and why MTF is never a stand-alone signal.
Read articleVolume profile is a chart of how much volume traded at each price, not at each time. This guide explains the building blocks — high-volume nodes, low-volume nodes, value area, point of control — why volume profile differs from volume bars, the concept of acceptance vs. rejection, how it interacts with market structure, FVG, order blocks, liquidity sweeps, RSI, and MTF, the common misuses, and why it is never a stand-alone signal.
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SMC Concepts
A Fair Value Gap (FVG) is a three-candle price-action pattern that marks a momentary imbalance between buyers and sellers. This guide explains what FVG is, how to read it across stocks, crypto, and forex, the common mistakes traders make, and why it is never a stand-alone signal.
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How to Read Order Blocks: A Non-Mystical Guide
Last updated 2026-05-14
Order Blocks are one of the most talked-about — and most over-mystified — concepts in modern trading. This guide explains what an order block actually is in plain language, how to identify it across stocks, crypto, and forex, common mistakes, and why it is never a stand-alone signal.
Read articleA liquidity sweep is when price trades through a level where stop orders or pending orders cluster, collecting that resting liquidity before reversing or continuing. This guide explains liquidity sweeps in plain language, the relationship to FVG and Order Blocks, common mistakes, and why they are never a stand-alone signal.
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Supply & Demand Zones vs. Support & Resistance
Last updated 2026-05-14
Supply and demand zones are price ranges where institutions left unfilled orders behind during a strong directional move. This guide explains how zones differ from classical horizontal support and resistance, the four standard zone types (DBR, RBD, RBR, DBD), why fresh zones matter, how to invalidate a zone honestly, how zones interact with FVG, order blocks, liquidity sweeps, structure, MTF, RSI, and volume profile, the common ways traders draw zones dishonestly, and why a zone alone is never a stand-alone signal.
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Indicators
By Lior Paryente · ProChart Research
How to Read RSI Without Lying to Yourself
Last updated 2026-05-14
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is one of the most-used — and most misread — indicators in modern trading. This guide explains what RSI actually measures, why overbought/oversold are not signals, how trend and timeframe context change everything, divergence done honestly, common mistakes, and why RSI is never a stand-alone signal.
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Sentiment
The Fear & Greed Index distills many sentiment signals into one 0-100 number. This guide explains how it's calculated, where it's most useful, the limitations every trader should know, why it is never a stand-alone signal, and how AI can usefully contextualize it alongside technicals, news, and positioning.
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Positioning
By Lior Paryente · ProChart Research
Reading the CFTC Commitment of Traders Report
Last updated 2026-05-14
The CFTC Commitment of Traders (COT) report is one of the most useful — and most misused — datasets in market research. This guide explains what COT is, how to read it across forex, commodities, and crypto futures, its honest limitations, and where AI can usefully assist interpretation.
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Important disclaimer
All articles in the Learn section describe research methodology and educational content. Nothing on these pages constitutes financial advice, investment advice, or a recommendation to buy or sell any security, currency, commodity, or digital asset. ProChart provides AI-assisted market research and educational content. We are not licensed financial advisors. Trading and investing carry risk of loss, including total loss of principal. Past performance and historical patterns do not predict future results.