Signal methodology and performance standard

What a signal is, in our usage

A signal is a structured, conditional trade idea: an instrument, a direction, an entry area, a level at which the idea is considered wrong, and one or more objectives. It is a plan under uncertainty. It is not a forecast, not a promise, and not a substitute for the reader's own analysis and risk assessment.

Why we publish no live feed

Distributing live signals without an audited, complete and timestamped record invites exactly the outcome this publication was rebuilt to avoid: readers taking risk on claims nobody can check. Until a source meets the standard below, the site publishes signal education instead of signals.

Performance standard

No performance figure is publishable unless all of the following are stated:

• A complete sample — every signal issued in the period, including losses and cancelled ideas, not a selection.
• The exact period covered, with start and end dates and the time zone used.
• Timestamped entries and exits recorded at the time of issue, not reconstructed afterwards.
• A single named pricing source, and the fill assumption used (mid, bid/ask, or actual execution).
• Cost assumptions: spread, commission, financing and expected slippage.
• The position-sizing rule applied, and the maximum peak-to-trough drawdown over the sample.
• Whether the record is live, demo or backtested — clearly, in the same place as the headline figure.

What we will never publish

• Win rates, accuracy percentages or return figures without the disclosures above.
• Screenshots of account balances or third-party marketing figures presented as verified.
• Any claim that results are guaranteed, assured, risk-free or repeatable.

Limitations readers should assume

Past results — however documented — do not predict future results. Execution differs between accounts, brokers and market conditions. Spread widening, gaps, requotes and slippage can turn a nominally profitable idea into a realised loss. Leverage magnifies both directions.