Methodology

What the numbers mean, how results are graded, and what we do not show.

Signals

A signal is logged at the close of the day it appears, with its entry, stop and target fixed at that moment. Entry is the close of the signal day. No slippage is modelled.

Grading rules

• A signal closes at its stop, its target, or after 15 trading days, whichever comes first.
• If one day touches both stop and target, the stop is assumed to have hit first.
• A gap through the stop or target fills at that day’s open, which can be worse than the level.
• If a signal cannot be graded for 45 days (for example, the stock was delisted), it is recorded as a stop-out. It is never dropped.
• The costs of that market are deducted from every result.

Trading costs by market

Rates change. Statutory rates were checked on the date shown; broker commission is our assumption where no source is given. Capital-gains taxes are not trading costs and are not modelled.

Data quality

Stocks whose price history shows an unadjusted split, a bad price, large gaps or too little data are left out for the night and counted on each market page instead of producing a false signal.

What we do not show

• No raw price tables or downloads. The site shows derived analysis only.
• No backtest results as proof of performance.
• No recommendation to act on any stock. Wording is deliberately neutral.

Data

Prices come from a free third-party source during this beta and may be delayed, incomplete or wrong. A licensed feed will replace it once revenue covers the cost.