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Articles that explain the market in four chapters, easy to hard; read them start to finish like a curriculum.

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What Is a Stock?49 Articles · ~233 Min Read

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Positions & Risk

20 Articles

From opening an account to taxes, from placing an order to sizing a position: the decisions that determine whether you stay in the game.

Basic6 Articles
01How to Buy US Stocks: Step by Step6 Min ReadThe five links lira passes through on its way to becoming a US share, and the mostly invisible price paid at each one.02What to Look for in a Broker6 Min ReadCommission can be zero; cost never is. A line-by-line way to compare brokers.03Order Types: Market, Limit and Stop4 Min ReadWhich button you press sometimes matters more than what you buy.04What Are Fractional Shares?4 Min ReadOwning part of a several-hundred-dollar stock for fifty dollars: how it works, and what's missing compared with a whole share.05Risk Management: How Much, When4 Min ReadThe one skill that decides not whether you win, but whether you stay in the game.06Dollar-Cost Averaging: What It Does and Doesn't Do5 Min ReadBuying the same amount every month seems to lower your average cost; what it really lowers, and what it never changes.
Intermediate10 Articles
07Moving From a Bank to a Broker: Türkiye's 17 June 2026 Ruling9 Min ReadTurkish banks can no longer route orders for foreign shares themselves. What the ruling says, what it leaves out, and how to keep your purchase records when you move.08W-8BEN and 1042-S: The US Tax Taken From Your Dividends6 Min ReadA US company's dividend is taxed before it reaches your account; a single form decides how much.09How Gains on Foreign Stocks Are Taxed in Türkiye6 Min ReadCapital gains and dividends from US stocks for someone resident in Türkiye: how they're calculated and when they're declared.10Irish ETF or US ETF?8 Min ReadTwo funds tracking the same index differ, for a Turkish resident, in dividend tax, estate tax exposure and expense ratio.11Technical Views: What BUY, HOLD and SELL Mean7 Min ReadA view is not an order; it is a plan with a zone, a point of giving up and a sequence.12Diversification: How Many Baskets Are Enough?3 Min ReadOwning ten different stocks is not the same as owning ten different risks.13What Do Long and Short Mean?3 Min ReadProfiting from a rise versus profiting from a fall — and why the two are nothing like mirror images.14What Is Leverage — and Why You Should Stay Away6 Min ReadCarrying a position on borrowed money. It multiplies gains and losses alike — but what it really takes is your right to decide when to sell.15Investor Psychology: The Most Expensive Mistakes4 Min ReadThe weakest link in your portfolio is usually not a stock but a habit.16What Is a 13F: How to Read Famous Investors' Portfolios4 Min ReadThe filing that shows what Buffett bought is real, but it is three months late and only part of the picture.
Advanced4 Articles
17What Is a Short Squeeze?5 Min ReadA stock doubling not because anyone wants it — but because the sellers are forced to buy it back.18Options: Calls, Puts and the Anatomy of a Premium5 Min ReadA way to trade direction without owning the stock — and why the clock inside the premium always runs against the buyer.19What the Options Market Prices: Implied Volatility and the Expected Move5 Min ReadReading how big a move the market expects before an earnings night, straight from option prices with a single division.20Hedging: What Protection Costs8 Min ReadReducing risk without selling the position — and why every hedge sends an invoice.