01 The high yield spread is the extra yield junk bonds pay over Treasuries. How to read its level, its rate of change, and why equity traders watch it.
7 min read 02 How the RSI range shift works: why RSI holds 40–80 in uptrends and 20–60 in downtrends, how to classify the regime, and a worked example with numbers.
9 min read 03 How the stochastic RSI works: the StochRSI formula, what 14, 14, 3, 3 means, a worked example, and why an oversold StochRSI is not an oversold stock.
8 min read 04 The historical volatility formula explained: log returns, standard deviation, annualizing with √252, a plain-number worked example, EWMA and range estimators.
8 min read 05 Market crash indicators ranked by what they measure and when they fire — breadth, credit, volatility, leverage and the yield curve — plus a dashboard you can score.
8 min read 06 How the stochastic oscillator works: the %K and %D formula, fast vs slow vs full settings, a worked example, and the trend filter that keeps signals honest.
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