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This site explains how trading strategies work as mechanics. It is educational and is not financial, investment or trading advice, not a recommendation, and not a signal service. Figures describe past sessions from Coinbase market data and say nothing about what happens next. What this is.

Skia Paper — How trading strategies actually work — the mechanics, not signals.

Skia Paper

How trading strategies actually work — the mechanics, not signals.

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Psychology 6 min read

What Intervention Costs a System

How overriding a mechanical trading system mid-run alters its statistical properties and why that cost is rarely visible in the moment.

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Snapshot 6 min read

Session Read: 2026-07-27 Broad Decline

Every one of 20 tracked pairs closed lower on 2026-07-27. This piece describes how that session's breadth, dispersion, and range positions looked.

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Strategies 6 min read

How the Volatility Squeeze Works

The volatility squeeze reaches the same setup as the Bollinger squeeze from a pure range angle. What ATR measures and why the target scales.

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How the VWAP Bounce Works

VWAP is an average weighted by volume, not time. How a pullback strategy uses it as a reference, and what it cannot tell you.

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Strategies 6 min read

How Trend Rider Works

Trend Rider clears the fee floor by size rather than frequency. Four filters, no fixed target, and a trailing stop that lets a move run.

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Strategies 6 min read

How the Oversold Bounce Works

The oversold bounce needs three things at once: a deep reading, a volume flush, and a turn. Why the third condition is what avoids a falling knife.

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