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Technical Trading Mastery Learn Market Structure, Indicators, and Chart Setups with Confidence By Max Koren Most traders don’t fail because they lack information. They fail because they lack structure. Technical Trading Mastery is a professional, framework-driven guide to understanding how markets actually behave—and how disciplined traders make decisions inside uncertainty. This book is not about predictions, shortcuts, or signal-based strategies. It is about building repeatable decision-making skills that apply across stocks, futures, and options. Rather than offering isolated setups ...

Order Flow for Beginners is an educational introduction to how market activity unfolds beneath price movement. Rather than focusing on outcomes or techniques, this book explores order flow as a way of describing how buyers and sellers interact in real time. It explains how transactions form, how participation changes, and how price responds when agreement shifts. Written in plain, everyday language, this book is designed for readers who are curious about what happens inside markets but want a grounded, non-promissory explanation. Concepts are introduced gradually, defined simply, and ...

Day trading tests more than your strategy—it tests your psychology. Day Trading Psychology explores the mental patterns that can disrupt execution, from bias-driven decision-making to emotional escalation during volatile sessions. Max Koren presents practical, process-focused frameworks to help readers build stronger standards, improve discipline, and reduce rule-breaking under pressure. You’ll learn how to: Spot common mental traps and bias patterns Respond to FOMO, revenge trading, and tilt more effectively Strengthen your routine for planning, execution, and review Build habits that ...

Market makers, liquidity, and short-term price behavior are often misunderstood. Many traders study charts, indicators, and news yet still find price acting in unexpected ways. This book explores why that confusion is so common by examining markets through the lens of liquidity, participation, and market structure rather than prediction. Think Like a Market Maker is an educational study of how price often behaves in modern markets, especially during moments of volatility, false breakouts, and sudden reversals. Instead of offering strategies or instructions, it focuses on interpretation - ...

Understanding the Tape: A Beginner’s Guide to Level 2 Market Data is an educational introduction to reading Level 2, market depth, and the order book—so you can better understand how liquidity and order flow behave in real time. Inside, you’ll learn: What Level 2 shows (and what it doesn’t) How bids/asks shift, stack, and thin as price moves How to combine Level 2 with Time & Sales (the tape) for clearer context The role of market makers, ECNs, and common order-book behavior Practical examples and repeatable exercises to help you build pattern recognition This book focuses on market...

Most traders don’t fail because they’re “not smart enough.” They fail because they trade the E-mini S&P 500 (ES) with no structure—no environment filter, no risk framework, and no repeatable execution rules. This book is the antidote. If you’ve ever felt like the ES market moves too fast, stops you out “for no reason,” or punishes you the moment you click—this is your blueprint to trade with the mindset and structure professionals rely on. Inside, you’ll learn how to approach E-mini S&P 500 futures and options the right way: not by predicting the market… but by ...

Swing Trading Foundations and Trend Structure is an educational study of market swings, regimes, volatility, and risk frameworks - written for readers who want clearer language and steadier interpretation when markets change character. Markets move, but the hardest part is often not the movement itself. It is the meaning we assign to it. A quiet pullback can feel like a breakdown. A fast rally can look “obvious” in hindsight. Volatility can change the ruler you measure with - and suddenly the same chart seems to “say” something different. This book focuses on the skill underneath ...

Long-term stock investing, asset allocation, and portfolio rebalancing often sound complex, especially for beginners reading their first account statements. This calm, educational book introduces portfolio concepts in plain language, using fictional stories and gentle questions rather than rules or promises. Instead of presenting a formula, the book follows a simple idea: every portfolio has a “shape” that drifts over time. Rising markets, sharp downturns, inflation surprises, changing interest rates, sector booms, style shifts, and global imbalances can all quietly reshape that mix. ...

Options feel confusing for one reason: most traders try to trade them like stocks. They focus on direction—then get blindsided by time decay and implied volatility. That’s when you hear, “Theta crushed you,” or “IV collapsed,” and it sounds like a mystery. It’s not a mystery. It’s exposure. Options Greeks Explained is a practical, beginner-friendly guide that teaches you how options actually behave—so you can stop guessing and start managing trades with a simple, repeatable framework. Inside, you’ll learn how to diagnose any option’s movement using the only three ...

Unlock the professional edge in futures trading—without the hype. If you’re tired of guesswork, emotional trades, and inconsistent results, this book delivers the clarity and structure most traders never develop. "How to Trade Stock Index Futures" is a no-fluff, execution-focused guide designed to transform beginners into disciplined operators in the futures market. Written by Max Koren with the voice of a veteran Wall Street trader and the clarity of a performance coach, this book reveals how real professionals approach U.S. index futures—including ES (S&P 500), NQ (Nasdaq 100), RTY ...

0DTE options credit and debit spreads for beginners, explained in plain English with a contract-first, diagram-free approach. This educational guidebook explores vertical spreads, same-day expiration mechanics, and how option premiums behave as time and uncertainty change. Readers may learn about: What credit spreads and debit spreads are in simple, word-based terms Strikes, widths, and “expiration zones” without payoff charts Intrinsic vs extrinsic value and why 0DTE premiums can shift quickly Delta, gamma, theta, and vega as descriptive sensitivities, not formulas Bid, ask, and ...

Gold futures and options are widely discussed but rarely explained in a way that feels clear, grounded, and realistic for beginners. This book takes a calm, educational approach to understanding how gold is traded in modern financial markets through futures and options, without promises, shortcuts, or hype. Gold Futures and Options for Beginners is a descriptive guide to how gold derivatives work, how futures and options differ, and why prices move the way they do. Rather than focusing on predictions or outcomes, the book emphasizes structure, mechanics, and interpretation. It is written ...

0DTE options research in liquid ETFs, SPY, QQQ, and DIA options mechanics, pricing sensitivities, and expiration behavior - this book is a structured study of how same-day options can be observed and documented without hype or promises. It focuses on how implied volatility, skew, term structure, and quote quality can shift intraday, and how a careful notebook can turn those observations into comparable records. Readers may learn about: The core mechanics of 0DTE ETF options, including time-to-expiration effects and settlement considerations Observing implied volatility as a surface: IV ...

Fixed income can feel confusing: bonds, interest rates, Treasury bills, and cash alternatives can move for different reasons, and headlines often leave out the details that matter. Fixed Income in Plain English is a beginner-friendly guidebook that explains the core mechanics behind bond pricing and the everyday language used in modern markets, without hype or predictions. Topics include: The price-and-yield relationship and why bond prices can change as market yields change Maturity vs duration and how time sensitivity is commonly described in fixed income Treasury bills, notes, and bonds,...

VWAP for Beginners provides a clear, calm introduction to Volume Weighted Average Price in intraday markets, with a focus on understanding rather than prediction. This book explains what VWAP measures, how it forms during the trading day, and why it is commonly referenced by market participants. Instead of presenting rules or strategies, this book approaches VWAP as a contextual reference. Readers are guided through how VWAP reflects participation, how time of day influences its behavior, and why the same VWAP line can describe very different sessions. The emphasis is on observation, ...

0DTE options and same-day expiration options can behave very differently from longer-dated contracts. With little time left, option premiums may respond quickly to small price changes, shifts in implied volatility, and changing liquidity. 0DTE Options Trading Foundations offers a clear, beginner-friendly explanation of these mechanics, with a steady focus on interpretation and risk. Topics include: What 0DTE means and why same-day expiration can feel “compressed” The option contract in plain English, including intrinsic vs extrinsic value Bid, ask, spreads, and why the “price” is ...

Same-day expiration index options (0DTE) are a widely discussed part of modern derivatives markets, especially around SPX index options. Understanding 0DTE SPX Index Options is an educational, plain-English study of how these contracts are structured, how pricing can behave as expiration approaches, and why intraday volatility can feel different when time is measured in hours rather than weeks. Readers may learn about: What “0DTE” means in practice and how the shrinking clock can change option sensitivity Core SPX index option features, including cash settlement and expiration mechanics...

Options don’t have to be overwhelming. They just need to be explained clearly. Options for Beginners is a plain-English introduction to options contracts designed for readers who want to understand how options work—without hype, predictions, or pressure to trade. Instead of overwhelming you with strategies or promises, this book focuses on conceptual clarity. You’ll learn what options actually are, how they’re structured, and why they behave the way they do—so the language of options finally makes sense. This book is written for beginners who have heard terms like calls, puts, ...

0DTE Options and the VIX: A Market Study examines two closely watched parts of modern markets: same-day expiration index options (0DTE) and volatility measures commonly discussed through the VIX, VIX futures, and VIX options. The focus stays descriptive and mechanics-first, with careful definitions, clear timelines, and an emphasis on interpretation over prediction. Readers are guided through how option pricing conditions can shift intraday when time to expiration is measured in hours, and why the VIX is best understood as a summary of index option pricing over a forward window rather than ...

Bond ETFs are often described as simple, conservative building blocks. In practice, many beginners are surprised by how fixed income ETFs actually behave, especially when interest rates change, income shifts, or prices move more than expected. The Bond ETF Playbook for Beginners is an educational guide to understanding how bond ETFs work, with a clear focus on duration, yield curves, Treasury and corporate bond ETFs, and the structure behind income and price movement. Rather than offering recommendations or predictions, this book explains the mechanics that shape bond ETF behavior over time...