The Trading Storybooks

A CRT & ICT price-action trading library

Smart-Money concepts only — liquidity, sweeps, order blocks, fair-value gaps, candle ranges. Every system backtested on real market data.

Curated & battle-tested by Yash Darji

I read 40+ trading books — CRT, ICT, Wyckoff, candlestick patterns — turned each into something a beginner can actually understand, then did the part almost no one does: I backtested every system on 3 years of real market data.

Most famous setups lost money. A few held up. This library teaches them all, keeps what actually works, and is honest about what doesn't — because your money deserves evidence, not hype.

Yash DarjiCurator · Tester · Trader
✅ The one system that passed the test

CRT Expansion — Ride the Breakout

+26R3 years, real gold
43%win rate
~16trades / month

Of every system in these 40 books, this is the only one that made money in an honest backtest after costs. A strong-bodied candle closes outside yesterday's range, with the trend — enter the close, stop at the middle. Start here.

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①Learn to see it Reading teaches words. Playing teaches the eyes.
🏫 Start here if you're new The Trading School Nine game levels, one idea each — the box, pokes vs breaks, the trigger, stop & target, take-or-skip, the breakout ride, candle & chart patterns. Ten quick questions, instant feedback, fresh charts every time. Score 8/10 to unlock the next level.
②Find the trade — the how-to Illustrated, step-by-step execution for each system.
📘 NEW · illustrated guides The System Guides Step-by-step, with a diagram for every step: exactly how to find the trade for each system — CRT Expansion, Order Block, FVG, Breakout & Retest (more coming). Each ends with its honest backtest verdict. 🧭 The CRT Map · print it Find the Trade — 12 Steps The deluxe illustrated CRT playbook: twelve numbered gates from a blank chart to a placed trade. Pass each or stop. No mixing things up. 👑 The synthesis The Whole Game All the schools stitched into one playbook: the Rosetta Stone table, the master sequence from 12 real trades, the Trade Code, and the 12-point checklist.
③Every system, honestly tested All 30, each with a "how to trade it" and a real verdict.
⚔️ The full arsenal · filter to "passed testing" The Systems Arsenal Every trading system from the 40 books — CRT, ICT, Wyckoff, price action — taught plainly, each with a badge showing what the backtest found (✅ passed · 🔬 lost mechanically · 🧠 discretionary), and an invitation to test it yourself. Filter to see only what worked, or browse by school.
④Look it up The vocabulary every system is built from.
🕯️ Searchable reference The Pattern Dictionary Every candle and chart pattern from ten pattern books — drawn, explained in one line, searchable — plus what each really means in the language of the box, and the Breakout & Retest playbook.
⑤The storybooks The long, fun version — each system as a bedtime story.
🕯️The Candle StoryCRT basics. 🐢The Turtle's SecretCRT + TBS. 🔮The Secret RulebookCRT Unlocked. ⏰The Market's ClockTime-based CRT. 🎩The Big Boss's GameWyckoff. 👁️The Patient HunterLiquidity hunting.