Practical guides for problems that keep people up at night.
Sometimes literally. Trading platforms that bury you in four hundred indicators. Perimenopause symptoms nobody warned you about. Systems for money and clutter that survive an ADHD week. Dinners for one that aren’t sad.
The rule for every book is the same. It has to work on a normal Tuesday for a busy person, or it doesn’t get published.
Start with a question
Free, specific answers to things people ask constantly and rarely get answered well. No sign-up, no email wall.
- Why does my thinkorswim scan return no results? Almost always it's one of three things: Scan in is pointed at a small watchlist instead of All Stocks, a study filter is…
- Why do my thinkorswim scan results differ from what I see on the chart? The scan and the chart share the same market data and almost nothing else. Aggregation period, extended-hours session,…
- What causes TooComplexException in thinkorswim and how do I fix it? TooComplexException means your script is syntactically fine but thinkorswim has decided it costs too much to run,…
- How do I build a premarket gap scanner in thinkorswim? Set a custom study filter to a 1 minute or 5 minute aggregation with the EXT box checked, then compare the current price…
- How do I build a relative volume (or premarket volume) watchlist column in thinkorswim? Divide today's volume by the average volume of the previous N days, offset by one bar so today doesn't pollute its own…
- How do I scan for a candlestick pattern (engulfing, pin bar) in thinkorswim? thinkorswim ships around 58 candlestick pattern studies (Engulfing, Hammer, Harami, ShootingStar and so on) and you use…
The books
ThinkorSwim Playbook
Cut through the 400+ ThinkorSwim studies to the handful real traders actually keep on their screens.
ThinkScript Playbook
40 copy-paste ThinkScript codes with every line explained, so you can customize instead of just consuming.
Perimenopause Anxiety & Rage
Explains why anxiety, rage and 3 a.m. dread appear from nowhere in your 40s, with a 6-week plan to calm them.
15-Minute ADHD Declutter
A shame-free daily method for ADHD brains: doom piles, task paralysis, small spaces.
Air Fryer Meals for One
75 single-serving air fryer recipes: real dinners for one, no leftovers, almost no dishes.
TradingView: What Works
A trader-sourced filter for TradingView's 100,000+ community indicators: what earns its place and what's noise.
By subject
Trading platforms
ThinkorSwim, ThinkScript, TradingView and MetaTrader. What actually works on the screen, and what the sellers leave out.
Perimenopause
Sleep, brain fog, anxiety, weight and stress eating after 40. What the mechanism is, and what helps.
ADHD
Clutter, money and follow-through systems built for how ADHD brains actually work. No shame, no willpower.
Food and meal prep
Cooking for one, high-protein prep for people who hate cooking, and Mediterranean dinners on a school night.
Money and career
Side income, career pivots after 50, freelance finances, taxes, and using AI in real jobs.
Health
Burnout recovery and evidence-checked supplement guides.
Dog training
Guardian breeds and the training claims worth testing.
Kids
Simple activity books for small hands.
Travel
Route-planned road trips that fit real vacation time.