Trading education, checked against real market data
Every pattern and indicator on these pages is found by the same detector that runs inside the Vike trader — the exact rule, run over real exchange candles. No hand-drawn examples, and the trades that failed are shown next to the ones that worked.
Candlestick Patterns: The Complete Cheat Sheet
Every candlestick pattern with the exact rule that detects it, real market examples, and honest failure cases. The cheat sheet is copied from a running trading engine.
- Doji Candlestick: What It Is and How to Trade Itdoji candlestick
- Dragonfly Doji Candlestick: How to Spot It and Trade Itdragonfly doji
- Gravestone Doji Candlestick: How to Spot It and Trade Itgravestone doji
- Hammer Candlestick: How to Spot It and Trade Ithammer candlestick
- Hanging Man Candlestick: How to Spot It and Trade Ithanging man candlestick
- Inverted Hammer Candlestick: How to Spot It and Trade Itinverted hammer candlestick
- Shooting Star Candlestick: How to Spot It and Trade Itshooting star candlestick
- Spinning Top Candlestick: What It Means and How to Trade Itspinning top candlestick
What Is DeFi? How Decentralized Finance Actually Works
DeFi replaces banks and brokers with code anyone can audit. Here is what the $183 billion locked in it is actually doing, and where the risks sit.
On-Chain Analysis: What the Ledger Shows That Price Does Not
On-chain analysis reads settlement directly — who holds a token, who funded them, and who is selling. Here is what the ledger answers, and the four questions it cannot.
Trading Indicators: What They Measure and Where They Fail
A trading indicator is a formula over past bars, nothing more. Here is what each family actually measures, the exact RSI arithmetic our engine runs, and the failure every indicator shares.