TheStrat Docs
TheStrat concepts, explained in plain facts.
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- Q&ATheStrat vs ICT, Smart Money Concepts and Candle Range Theory: What Is the Difference?Oct 29
- Universal TruthTheStrat Attack: 2u-2u and 2d-2dOct 28
- AlgorithmsTheStrat Shows Who Is in a Losing Position, and WhenOct 26
- AlgorithmsVIX ETNs: The Short Side Loses in the Spike, the Long Side Loses in the DecayOct 26
- AlgorithmsA Simultaneous Break Removes Diversification: Every Holder Loses at OnceOct 26
- Q&AAlex Sopa (AlexsOptions)Oct 25
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[1] The 3 Scenarios
Signals & Reversals
- Actionable Signals: Trigger, Magnitude & the Reversal Playbook
- The Hammer: Trapped Shorts, Tighter Stop
- The Shooter: Trapped Longs, Tighter Stop
- The Inside Bar: Equilibrium and the 2-1-2
- The 1-3: One-Bar Rev-Strat
- The 1-3-2: A One-Bar Rev-Strat Goes Two-Bar
- The 2-2 Reversal: 1-2-2, 3-2-2 & the Momentum Stack
- The 3-1-2 (312 Chicago)
- The 3-2
- The Pivot Machine Gun (PMG)
- The Kicker
- Engulfing Candles & Dojis
- The 1-2-2: The Two-Bar Rev-Strat
- The 3-2-2
- The Measured Move
- Inside-Outside-Inside (I-O-I)
- Simultaneous Breaks
- Momentum vs. Retracement Entries
- The 2-2-2 Continuation: 2u-2u-2u and 2d-2d-2d
[2] Timeframe Continuity
- Truth #2: Price Trades in the Direction of the Most 2s (and 2s Going 3)
- The Opening Price: The Universal Truth Under Truth #2
- Full Timeframe Continuity (FTFC)
- Participation Groups: The Four Timeframes of FTFC
- The 4 C’s of Continuity: Control, Confirm, Conflict, Change
- Conflict: When the Timeframes Disagree
- Override & The Flip: Who Controls Price Right Now
- The Flip: The New 60-Minute Open
- Uncoupling: When the Four Opens Separate
- Confirming & Negating
- The Take Action Window & Top-Down Analysis
- Actionable Signals + FTFC: From Possible to Probable
- TheStrat Attack: 2u-2u and 2d-2d
- Event Continuity
- Turnaround Tuesday & The Weekly Rhythm
- Natural Buyers & Sellers
Algorithms
- Algorithms: The Four Things
- Meta-Orders – How Real Size Trades
- Execution Algorithms – VWAP, TWAP, POV & the Iceberg
- Urgency & Market Impact – Why Fast Fills Cost More
- AMM vs Order Book: How Crypto Price Really Moves
- TheStrat Shows Who Is in a Losing Position, and When
- A Simultaneous Break Removes Diversification: Every Holder Loses at Once
- VIX ETNs: The Short Side Loses in the Spike, the Long Side Loses in the Decay
[3] Price Discovery & Broadening Formations
Combinations
Playbookfree account
- The Most 2s
- Winning & Losing Trades
- The Buy/Sell List
- Universes: What to Trade
- Stop Losses & Trade Management
- The Pre-Trade Checklist
- Corrective Activity vs. Reversal
- Adding to Winners
- Scanning Technique: Reading the Tape
- Know Your ETFs
- The VIX ETN Short
- Position Sizing & Account Risk
- The 30-60 Gapper
- The Intraday Index Simultaneous Break
- The Gap Up Buy
- Summer Markets & the Slow Grind
- Trading Continuation: LTF Reversals Into an HTF Run
- Motherbar Reclaim

