Authors

DH Daniel Hart Execution costs & spreads Covers what a trade really costs once it leaves the screen: spreads, slippage and the gap between the quote and the fill. Articles: 5 CD Claire Dubois Liquidity & market microstructure Writes about liquidity: how much of a stock can actually change hands, and what happens to the price when it cannot. Articles: 9 LB Lukas Brenner Risk & volatility Explains volatility and value at risk in plain numbers, so a position's downside is sized before it is felt. SM Sofia Marín Portfolio construction Looks at baskets rather than single stocks: weights, sectors and how many positions a portfolio really holds. Articles: 3 MB Marco Bellini Earnings & corporate events Covers earnings seasons and corporate events, and what they do to spreads, gaps and position sizes. Articles: 3 IC Inês Carvalho Investing basics Writes for investors placing their first trades: one concept at a time, with the arithmetic shown. Articles: 1 JW James Whitaker UK & European markets Follows the London, Paris and Frankfurt markets and the details that make trading them different from Wall Street. PR Priya Raman AI & decision models Explains where AI genuinely helps an investment decision, where it does not, and how to tell the difference. Articles: 1 NC Nathan Cole Macro, rates & the Fed Connects central banks, inflation prints and payroll Fridays to what they mean for an order placed that day. Articles: 1 EL Emma Lindqvist Behavioral finance Writes about the investor behind the order: the biases that move size, timing and conviction. HL Hugo Lefèvre Position sizing Covers the question most trades skip: how much. Risk per trade, stops and sizes that survive being wrong. Articles: 7 ER Elena Rossi Dividends & income Writes about income investing and the costs hiding around ex-dividend dates. Articles: 1 TB Tom Becker ETFs & index investing Covers ETFs and index funds, and the overlap that appears when single stocks are added next to them. Articles: 1 LN Lucía Navarro News & market events Writes about trading around headlines: what changes in liquidity and risk when the news breaks. Articles: 4 OG Oliver Grant Technology stocks Follows technology stocks and the concentration that builds quietly when a portfolio leans on one theme. Articles: 2 CM Chloé Martin Paper trading & simulation Writes about practising before risking money: paper trading, simulators and what they can and cannot teach. Articles: 1 FH Felix Hoffmann Quant scores & methodology Explains the numbers behind a verdict: scores, probabilities and how much weight each deserves. AF Ana Ferreira Long-term & retirement investing Writes for long-horizon investors, for whom execution costs and drawdowns compound over decades. Articles: 2 RM Ryan Mitchell Active trading Covers frequent trading, where small costs repeat every day and discipline is the edge. Articles: 1 GC Giulia Conti Options-related risk Writes about the stock-side risks of option strategies, from covered calls to earnings plays. Articles: 1 SO Samuel Okafor Correlation & diversification math Works through the mathematics of diversification: correlation, beta and concentration indices. Articles: 2 MG Mathilde Girard Small caps & thin markets Covers small and thinly traded stocks, where a modest order can move the price. JW Jonas Weber Order types & auctions Explains order types and the opening and closing auctions, and when each is the cheaper way in. Articles: 2 CO Carmen Ortega Valuation & fundamentals Writes about valuation metrics and what they do — and do not — say about a trade's timing. Articles: 1 AR Alexander Reid Rates-sensitive stocks & bonds Covers the link between bonds and equities, and the rate sensitivity buried in a stock portfolio. Articles: 2 BS Beatriz Santos Currency & international investing Writes about investing across borders: currency exposure, ADRs and home-market timing. Articles: 1 IM Isabelle Moreau Costs for long-term investors Tracks the costs long-term investors rarely see on a statement, from spreads to impact. PR Paolo Ricci Sell-offs & drawdowns Writes about falling markets: what liquidity, spreads and sizing look like when everything moves together. HS Hannah Schulz Trading discipline & journaling Covers the habits around a trade: checklists, journals and logging what really happened. Articles: 2 MT Michael Torres AI tools & comparisons Compares investing tools by the question each one answers, AI assistants included. Articles: 1