Educational Resources

Learn the Cycle Framework

Informed traders make better decisions. Our resource library covers the foundations of cycle analysis, asset-class dynamics, and investment strategy.

Six foundational reads

Start here to get fluent in the frameworks we use every day at OuroTaurus.

GUIDE 01

Understanding Market Cycles

The Accumulation → Markup → Distribution → Markdown framework. Where it came from, how to identify each phase, and why it matters.

Fundamentals
GUIDE 02

Introduction to HTF Analysis

High Time Frame top-down — Monthly first, Weekly second, Daily last. How to read a chart without getting lost in the noise.

Technical
GUIDE 03

Dividend Investing Principles

Yield vs growth. Coverage ratios. Aristocrats and champions. How to build an income portfolio that compounds safely.

Dividends
GUIDE 04

How to Read a Yield Curve

The 2s/10s, inversion signals, term premium, and what a re-steepening actually means for equities and credit.

Macro
GUIDE 05

Crypto Basics for Traditional Investors

Bitcoin, Ethereum, altcoins, and L2s — framed in the language of asset classes, cycles, and portfolio construction.

Crypto
GUIDE 06

Risk Management Fundamentals

Stop-loss placement, position sizing, risk-to-reward, and the math of drawdown recovery. Non-negotiable basics.

Risk

Key terms you’ll see across our research

HTF (High Time Frame)
Analysis performed on monthly and weekly charts first, then refined to lower time frames. The structural foundation of every OuroTaurus setup.
Cycle Phase
One of four regimes — accumulation, markup, distribution, markdown — that every asset passes through repeatedly.
Relative Strength
How a sector, asset, or factor performs relative to a benchmark. Leaders outperform on up days and down days alike.
Yield Curve
The spread between short-duration and long-duration interest rates. Inversions and re-steepenings anchor macro cycle calls.
MVRV
Bitcoin on-chain metric comparing market value to realized value. Cycle extremes tend to cluster at specific MVRV bands.
Payout Ratio
Dividends paid as a percentage of earnings. Above 80% warrants scrutiny; sustainability depends on cash-flow coverage, not just the ratio.
OAS (Option-Adjusted Spread)
Credit spread measure used to gauge risk premium in investment-grade and high-yield bonds. A leading indicator of equity-market stress.

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