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Plain-English explainers for the strategies everyone trades, each paired with its honest, survivorship-free backtest score. No jargon, no hype.

What is the Golden Cross? (And does it actually work?)
What is the Death Cross? (And should you short it?)
What is RSI, and do RSI strategies actually work?
What is MACD, and is the MACD crossover a real edge?
What are Bollinger Bands, and do they work?
SMA vs EMA: what's the difference, and do moving-average strategies work?
What is the SuperTrend indicator, and does it actually work?
What is the Stochastic Oscillator, and do stochastic strategies work?
What is the ADX, and does trading only in strong trends help?
What is Rate of Change (ROC), and does momentum trading work?

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