Guides
Every guide here is written to be the last thing you need to read on its topic. They assume you're researching real companies with real money, and they don't pad. None of them tell you what to buy.
Screening & research
How to find stocks under $10 worth researching
Why price alone tells you nothing, the three very different populations of sub-$10 stocks, a three-layer screen, and the eight-point disqualifier checklist that removes most candidates.
Read the guide →How to read a stock screener without fooling yourself
What each field actually measures, why dollar volume beats share volume, which ratios break on unprofitable companies, and the biases hiding in every result set.
Read the guide →Market mechanics
Float and short interest, explained properly
Outstanding versus float, why thin floats amplify moves in both directions, how short interest reporting actually works and why it's always stale, and what a squeeze really requires.
Read the guide →How to read an SEC filing: 8-K, S-1, S-3 and 424B
The 8-K item numbers worth memorising, primary versus resale registrations, the baby-shelf rule, and how to spot an at-the-market programme before it costs you.
Read the guide →Risk
Position sizing and risk management for small accounts
The one formula that matters, why percentage risk beats fixed dollars, where the stop actually belongs, and the four small-cap realities — halts, gaps, thin books, PDT — that break the textbook version.
Read the guide →More guides coming
Order types and why market orders are dangerous in thin stocks; reading a cap table; what happens in a trading halt; how offerings are actually priced. Subscribe and you'll get them as they publish.
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