Introduction
This glossary lists the terms, indicators and proprietary acronyms that appear on the site pages and in our published analyses. It is meant as a quick reference: if you come across a term you don't recognise while reading an analysis or a screener, you'll find a short explanation here.
Entries are sorted alphabetically. When a term combines with another (for example Take Profit · Target Roadmap) the full explanation sits under the main entry.
Entries are sorted alphabetically. When a term combines with another (for example Take Profit · Target Roadmap) the full explanation sits under the main entry.
Glossary — Alphabetical Reference
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A
Letters A — B
Active trade management · ADX · ADX/DMI · Alternative SHORT · Approach · ATH · ATR · Bear · BPSPX · Bull · BuyVolume %
Active trade management — Template card that accompanies every open long trade. It lists the model's time gates (W6 / W8 / W10 for stocks, W6 / W11 / W17 for US indices), highlights which gate you are currently in (weeks elapsed since entry), shows the reached / pending status of the roadmap targets, and provides management notes. It is the card that translates the Take Profit roadmap into operating form. See also Time gate, Take Profit · Target Roadmap.
ADX (Average Directional Index) — Indicator measuring the strength of a trend, regardless of direction. High readings point to a solid directional move; low readings to a market without clear direction.
ADX / DMI — ADX read alongside the directional lines +DI and −DI. When +DI prevails the trend is bullish; when −DI prevails it is bearish. The distance between the two lines measures how clear-cut the bias is.
Alternative SHORT — Bearish operating-levels box that appears as a service reference inside posts dedicated to a long trade. It is not an active operating call: it describes what the system would set up if the weekly Inversion Point (1W PI) were broken to the downside and a reversal kicked in. The scenario's entry coincides with the current 1W PI; the bearish targets and stop losses are computed with dedicated coefficients off the weekly ATR. It gives the reader a ready alternative reference in case the main setup collapses unexpectedly. See also Long Setup / Short Setup, Inversion Point (1W).
Approach (1W EMA50) — State in which price is moving back toward the 50-week moving average without having touched it yet. It signals a possible test of the medium-term structural support. See also Compression and Free.
ATH (All-Time High) — Highest price ever reached. Distance from the ATH is used to judge whether a stock is near a key psychological resistance or still has structural room to extend.
ATR (Average True Range) — Measure of average volatility: how far price typically moves in a session. It is used to calibrate stop widths and to distinguish compressed phases from expanded ones.
Bear (marginal / intermediate / strong) — Labels describing the depth of a bearish weekly phase. Marginal bear flags the first structural cracks; intermediate bear points to a decline in formation, with the structure deteriorating but not yet collapsed; strong bear describes a fully consolidated bearish structure.
BPSPX (Bullish Percent Index S&P 500) — Percentage of S&P 500 stocks holding a baseline bullish signal. It is a participation gauge: a market that rises with BPSPX high is broadly supported, a market that rises with BPSPX falling is hiding internal weakness.
Bull (weak / medium / strong) — Labels describing the soundness of a bullish weekly phase. Weak bull points to a trend just activated or weakening; medium bull describes an orderly, coherent structure; strong bull corresponds to a full trend with every indicator aligned.
BuyVolume % — Share of weekly volume attributed to the buy side. It is used to separate rallies driven by genuine participation (high BuyVolume %) from rallies that hide distribution under the surface.
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C–D
Letters C — D
Capital flow · CCP · CD1D · CFI · CMF · Compression · Confirmation week · Coverage complete · Cumulative Delta · Death Cross · Decline · Delta W-1 · DSO
Capital flow — See CMF.
CCP (Price–Close Coherence) — Filter that checks whether the entry price quoted in the analysis is still coherent with the latest close. If price has moved too far from the analysis snapshot, the setup is no longer treated as operationally coherent.
CD1D — Proprietary indicator that condenses the daily technical condition of a stock into a single synthetic score. It takes RSI, moving-average alignment, distance from the 20-day EMA, position relative to the Ichimoku cloud and capital flows into account. On individual stocks a high CD1D points to a sound technical condition; on indices the reading is inverted — a high CD1D signals a mature / stretched technical phase, a low CD1D points to compression and potential for expansion.
CFI (Capital Flow Index) — Proprietary component that assesses the quality of capital flows backing price (net buy volumes, BuyVolume %, CMF). It tells you whether the move is supported by real money or just on the surface.
CMF (Chaikin Money Flow) — Money-flow indicator: positive readings point to accumulation, negative ones to distribution. On the site pages it is also reported in plain language as Capital flow with qualitative states (Inflow, Outflow, Neutral).
Compression (1W EMA50) — State in which price sits very close to the 50-week moving average. It typically precedes a directional move, but does not say which direction: a trigger is needed to break the stand-off. See also Approach and Free.
Confirmation week — Editorial name for the week immediately after a PI signal (i.e. W+1). It is the week in which price, through its own behaviour, confirms or denies the quality of the signal that has just fired. In the analysis posts it appears in a dedicated card, with a ready-made line such as "the confirmation week of the previous signal closed up / down versus the prior week". See also W+1.
Coverage complete — Editorial state that shows in the "Operating Levels" box when all three Take Profit targets of the roadmap have been reached by price. It means our model has exhausted the time + value references it proposes for that trade. It is not a closing recommendation: the choice to close — partially or in full — or to stay in until the signal reverses (PI SELL) is always the individual trader's, who acts on their own judgement and risk profile. See also Take Profit · Target Roadmap, Two-axis method.
Cumulative Delta — Running sum of the difference between buy and sell volumes. It shows whether, beneath the surface of price, there is net buyer pressure (accumulation) or seller pressure (distribution).
Death Cross (DC) — Bearish crossover of a short moving average below a longer one. A fresh DC is one that has just happened and still needs confirmation; on the daily chart it is a warning bell of trend weakness.
Decline — Market phase in which the primary signal is bearish (see PI SELL). Posts dedicated to a Decline focus on the short setup and mention the bullish scenario only as a minority rebound hypothesis.
Delta W-1 — Week-over-week change in a stock's metrics: IQS Lite score, RSI state, MACD state, traffic-light. It lets you read at a glance whether the technical picture is improving, stable or deteriorating versus the previous week.
DSO (Distance Score Overhead) — Proprietary 0-100 indicator that measures how much clean room sits between current price and the first meaningful resistance above (for bullish trades) or below (for bearish trades). Five orientation bands: DSO > 80 wide running room, price far from recent ceilings; 60-80 sufficient room before the first structural ceiling; 30-60 price approaching recent highs, residual margin limited; DSO < 30 price hugging the highs, little room to extend; DATH negative price exploring above the all-time high (uncharted territory). In the posts DSO is rendered as a gradient bar with a marker on the scale.
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E–G
Letters E — G
EMA · 1W EMA50 · EMA Cross · Entry · Entry Protocol · Entry trigger · EV · Exit notice · Free · Golden Cross
EMA (Exponential Moving Average) — Moving average giving greater weight to recent data. On the site we mainly reference EMA20, EMA50, EMA200 on the daily chart, and EMA10, EMA20, EMA50, EMA100, EMA200 on the weekly.
1W EMA50 — 50-week moving average: the most important medium-term trend reference. Three states show up in the analyses: Compression (price very close), Approach (price returning toward the average) and Free (price well above, with clean room).
EMA Cross — See Golden Cross and Death Cross.
Entry — Price level at which the setup calls for market entry. Together with the stop loss and the targets it defines the trade's risk/reward. For a bullish trade born from a PI BUY, the Entry coincides with the weekly close of the signal candle and is the trade's historic reference (it does not get recomputed in later weeks). For a bearish primary trade from PI SELL, the same principle applies on the short side. In the alternative SHORT scenario that accompanies bullish trades as a service reference, the Entry is instead the current 1W Inversion Point — a dynamic, not historic, reference.
Entry Protocol — Proprietary filter that assesses, case by case, whether a PI BUY signal is worth being opened as a trade and under which conditions. It combines three dimensions: the technical Quality band of the setup (five levels — high, medium, reduced, watchlist, exclusion), the opening policy (standard opening, opening with a tighter stop for marginal-quality setups, do not open), and a macro-risk modulator that can reduce or zero the sizing in adverse market regimes. The result is a more nuanced operability call than the old five-label Protocol: each setup is presented either as "openable, and in which mode" or as "not openable, and why". See also Quality band, Sizing class.
Entry trigger — Price or condition that activates trade execution. It is typically a breakout level or a pullback level defined upfront. For bullish setups the classic trigger is the breakout above the upper edge of the NTZ (NTZ_high); for bearish setups, the break of the lower edge (NTZ_low). Without the trigger reached, the setup stays theoretical.
EV (Expected Value) — Average statistical return observed on the system's signals in the historic backtest. It is an aggregate reference, not a forecast on the individual trade.
Exit notice (Exit gate, indices) — Observation procedure of the sell signal on the indices. When a PI SELL fires on an index with an open long trade, the system does not close the coverage immediately but opens a three-week observation window: if in the three following weeks price builds up a confirming drawdown (indicative threshold around 6%) or a technical condition reinforcing the bearish signal kicks in, the exit is confirmed; otherwise the signal is treated as a false positive and the trade continues. In the analysis posts this procedure shows up as "Exit notice W1 / W2 / W3" or "Trade under observation". See also PI SELL, W+1.
Free (1W EMA50) — State in which price sits well above the 50-week moving average, with clean room to extend. Typical configuration of mature bullish-trend phases. See also Compression and Approach.
Golden Cross (GC) — Bullish crossover of a short moving average above a longer one, typically on the weekly chart. A mature GC happened several weeks ago and describes a consolidated structure; a fresh GC has just happened and still needs confirmation.
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H–L
Letters H — L
Ichimoku · Inversion Point (1W) · Inversion Points · IQS Lite · IQS Lite Components · IQS Lite Scale · IQS Phase · Kijun-sen · Kumo · Long Setup / Short Setup
Ichimoku — Japanese indicator made of several lines that provide dynamic support and resistance levels. On the site we mostly reference three components: the cloud (see Kumo), the short-period Tenkan-sen (T) line, and the medium-period Kijun-sen (K) line.
Inversion Point (1W) — Current weekly inversion threshold computed by the proprietary Inversion Points indicator (see PI). It is a dynamic reference: it updates each week as the trade progresses. The main stop loss (SL1) of bullish trades is anchored to the current 1W PI; the Entry of the alternative SHORT scenario also coincides with the 1W PI. It is a different object from the PI BUY / PI SELL signals, which are point events (the weekly candle where the PI fired a historic inversion). See also PI, SL1 / SL2, Alternative SHORT.
Inversion Points — See PI.
IQS Lite — Proprietary setup-quality indicator on a 0–100 scale, computed on the Screener pages over the full monitored universe. It condenses a stock's relative technical condition by combining weekly structure, daily momentum, Ichimoku position, capital flow and week-over-week change. It is used to rank stocks by technical quality; it is not a buy recommendation.
IQS Lite — Components — The five axes that build the IQS Lite score:
· 1W Structure — moving-average alignment and soundness of the underlying trend.
· 1D Momentum — directional strength and acceleration of the daily impulse.
· 1W Ichimoku — price position relative to the weekly cloud.
· 1D CMF — capital pressure (inflow or outflow).
· Delta W-1 — score change versus the previous week.
· 1W Structure — moving-average alignment and soundness of the underlying trend.
· 1D Momentum — directional strength and acceleration of the daily impulse.
· 1W Ichimoku — price position relative to the weekly cloud.
· 1D CMF — capital pressure (inflow or outflow).
· Delta W-1 — score change versus the previous week.
IQS Lite — Scale (Traffic Light) — Four qualitative levels of the IQS Lite score that classify the position in the cycle, shown with a gradient bar: Green (compressed phase — score below 35, potential for expansion), Yellow (ordinary phase — score 35–54), Orange (tight phase — score 55–74), Red (mature phase — score 75 or higher, exhaustion warning). A high score is not "great trade" but "already-stretched trade" — caution, not enthusiasm. A low score is not "bad trade" but "compression awaiting release" — active attention. The screener page also shows the textual scale: COMPRESSED PHASE / ORDINARY PHASE / TIGHT PHASE / MATURE PHASE.
IQS Phase — Proprietary 0-100 indicator that describes the technical-cycle phase the instrument is in, without expressing a quality judgement on the setup. Four bands: compressed/accumulation (IQS Phase < 30, structure cooling off, potential for release), ordinary (30-65, regular phase), tight (65-80, stretched phase, residual room limited), mature (≥ 80, extended phase, watch out for the exhaustion warning). It is explicitly a phase descriptor, not an outcome predictor nor a "good trade / bad trade" score: a high IQS Phase does not mean "great setup" but "already-stretched setup, caution"; a low IQS Phase does not mean "bad setup" but "compression awaiting release, active attention". On the Screener page the equivalent reading is exposed as IQS Lite. See also IQS Lite — Scale, Sizing class.
Kijun-sen (K) — Medium-period equilibrium line of the Ichimoku indicator. Its position versus price and its crossover with Tenkan-sen provide momentum signals.
Kumo (Ichimoku Cloud) — Key area of the Ichimoku indicator, displayed as a "cloud" on the chart. Three reading states: price Above Cloud = bullish structure; price Inside Cloud = transition or equilibrium phase; price Below Cloud = bearish structure.
Long Setup / Short Setup — Complete operating scheme for the bullish or bearish side. It includes the entry level (Entry), stop loss (SL1 and possibly SL2), the three targets of the roadmap (TP1, TP2, TP3) and a short description of the rationale at each level. In posts dedicated to a bullish trade, alongside the full Long scheme an alternative Short setup is also shown as a service reference: it describes what the system would set up if the Inversion Point were broken and a bearish reversal kicked in, but it is not an active operating call.
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M–N
Letters M — N
MACD · Macro Regime · 1D Momentum · MOVE Index · NTZ · NTZ_low / NTZ_high
MACD — Classical momentum indicator. On the site the state of the MACD is classified into four plain-language labels:
· A — Improvement — histogram expanding into positive territory, constructive momentum.
· B — Deterioration — histogram contracting, momentum weakening.
· C — Bullish cross — fresh upside crossover, restart signal.
· D — Decay — negative histogram expanding, bearish momentum building.
· A — Improvement — histogram expanding into positive territory, constructive momentum.
· B — Deterioration — histogram contracting, momentum weakening.
· C — Bullish cross — fresh upside crossover, restart signal.
· D — Decay — negative histogram expanding, bearish momentum building.
Macro Regime (SPY × QQQ) — Combination of the directional states of SPY (S&P 500) and QQQ (Nasdaq 100). It defines the market regime in which the individual trade is assessed.
1D Momentum — Macro-summary area of the analyses that describes the daily technical picture: ADX/DMI, 1D RSI, 1D MACD, capital flow, stochastic. See also 1W Structure.
MOVE Index — Implied-volatility index on US Treasuries. States: Low, Normal, Elevated, Crisis. Combined with BPSPX it builds the macro picture of systemic risk.
NTZ (No-Trade Zone) — Price band within which the system suspends market entries, because the move is too compressed or sits halfway between a support and a resistance, with no clean reference level. The band is delimited by two edges: NTZ_low (lower edge) and NTZ_high (upper edge). As long as price stays inside the band there is no operation; a breakout above NTZ_high activates the bullish setup, a break below NTZ_low activates the bearish setup. In the posts the NTZ is shown with a graphic widget at four references — the scale extremes (computed as NTZ ± three times the weekly ATR) and the two band edges — plus a white dot labelled "close" that marks the current price position inside the scale, without exposing its numeric value.
NTZ_low / NTZ_high — Lower and upper edges of the No-Trade Zone. NTZ_high is the bullish breakout threshold (price breaking it upward activates the Long setup); NTZ_low is the bearish breakdown threshold (price breaking it downward activates the Short setup). In the posts they appear as numeric values in the NTZ widget and as triggers in Long Setup / Short Setup. See also NTZ, Entry trigger.
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O–R
Letters O — R
OBV · Operating Levels · Overbought/Oversold · PI · PI BUY · PI SELL · Price Action · Profit-taking areas · Quality band · Quick Failure · R/R · Range band · Rolling Max · RPDB · RSI
OBV (On Balance Volume) — Indicator that cumulates volume by price direction. When OBV diverges from price (price rising while OBV is flat or falling) it suggests the move lacks genuine participation.
Operating Levels — Set of prices that describe a complete setup: entry level (Entry), main and secondary stop loss (SL1, SL2) and the three targets of the roadmap (TP1, TP2, TP3) computed with the two-axis time + value formula. They are shown both for the bullish side (main operating reference of the trade) and for the bearish side (alternative scenario as informative coverage). See also Take Profit · Target Roadmap, Long Setup / Short Setup.
Overbought / Oversold — Extreme states of the RSI. Classic reference levels are 70 (overbought) and 30 (oversold), but on the site we also use intermediate zones (positive neutral zone, neutral zone, negative neutral zone) to describe momentum in a more nuanced way than plain thresholds.
PI (Inversion Points) — Proprietary weekly trend-inversion indicator. It generates two signals: PI BUY and PI SELL.
PI BUY — Weekly bullish PI signal. It flags a possible upside reversal or the restart of a trend and activates the analysis on the Long side.
PI SELL — Weekly bearish PI signal. It flags a possible downside reversal or the start of a decline phase and activates the analysis on the Short side.
Price Action — Card that summarises in compact form the price-action reading of the stock or index. It includes a direction pill (bullish / sideways / bearish), a synthetic 0-100 score of move quality, a narrative paragraph on the recent structure, possible warning chips (weakness patterns, divergences, false breakouts), a dedicated box for the current daily pattern, and the most relevant reference levels. It summarises in a single view what would otherwise require reading several indicators.
Profit-taking areas (indices) — Card that appears in the posts dedicated to indices in open trades. It shows three price areas, each with its own time gate, reached on average by the indices in statistically observed median times. For US indices the timings are the 6th, 11th and 17th week from entry; for EU/UK indices the levels are fixed at +4%, +7% and +10% off the Entry. Unreached areas are shown as a price band (lower range – upper range, with width equal to the weekly ATR); reached areas are frozen at their first-touch value. Three editorial states: no area reached, partial reach, coverage complete. See also Take Profit · Target Roadmap, Coverage complete.
Quality band — Classification of the technical quality of the entry setup on five levels, produced by the Entry Protocol. High = full-quality setup, conditions aligned; Medium = ordinary setup, some compromise; Reduced = marginal setup, to be opened with a tighter stop if at all; Watchlist = setup not immediately operational, kept under observation pending confirmations; Exclusion = setup not worth opening due to adverse technical or macro conditions. The Quality band describes the entry quality of the setup; it is a different thing from Signal Strength (which describes directional conviction) and from Sizing class (which derives the position sizing). See also Entry Protocol.
Quick Failure — Trade that fails quickly, in the first week after entry. It is a statistical risk metric used to qualify the historic reliability of the signals.
R/R (Risk/Reward Ratio) — How much you risk versus how much you aim to make, measured as the ratio between the distance to the stop loss and the distance to the first target. A 1:2 R/R means you risk 1 to aim at 2.
Range band (±Weekly ATR) — Visual format under which not-yet-reached price levels are shown as a band rather than as a hard value. The band has width equal to the instrument's weekly ATR, centred on the theoretical level: the lower edge (range_low) and the upper edge (range_high) bracket the area where the level may materialise, accounting for the typical volatility. It is used mainly in the "Profit-taking areas" card on the indices, to recognise that the statistical level is not an exact point but a zone. Reached levels, once frozen, are instead shown as a hard value. See also Profit-taking areas, Weekly ATR.
Rolling Max (7 / 30 / 90) — Price high on a rolling 7-, 30- or 90-day window. It helps to position the current price relative to recent short-, medium- and long-term peaks.
RPDB (Pullback-from-Edge Rule) — Proprietary entry technique. Instead of entering on the breakout above a resistance, you wait for a pullback to the structural level for a lower-risk entry.
RSI (Relative Strength Index) — Relative-strength oscillator, range 0–100. On the site it is classified by zones (oversold, negative neutral zone, neutral zone, positive neutral zone, overbought) to describe momentum in a more nuanced way than plain thresholds.
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S
Letter S
Above Cloud · Sector context · Sector ETF · Signal Strength · Sizing class · SL1/SL2 · SPY · SRI · Stochastic · 1W Structure
Above Cloud / Inside / Below — See Kumo.
Sector context — Card that appears in the posts dedicated to individual stocks. It shows the sector the stock belongs to, the reference sector ETF, the sector's technical state (bullish / neutral / bearish) and the sector's price change over the last week and the last month. It serves to frame the individual stock within its context: a strong stock in a weak sector is a different thing from a strong stock in a strong sector. See also Sector ETF.
Sector ETF — SPDR ETF that represents an S&P 500 sector. Examples: XLK (Technology), XLF (Financials), XLV (Healthcare), XLE (Energy), XLY (Consumer Discretionary), XLP (Consumer Staples), XLI (Industrials), XLB (Materials), XLU (Utilities), XLC (Communications). The state of the sector ETF provides context for the individual stock.
Signal Strength — Proprietary 0-100 indicator that expresses how convincing a setup is in its orientation. For bullish trades (buy side) it measures the overall technical quality of the long scenario; for bearish trades (sell side) it measures the cumulated downward pressure on price. It is recalibrated on per-category statistical models (US stocks, EU/UK stocks, US indices, EU/UK indices), trained on the system's historic data. Five reading bands: convincing (Strength ≥ 70), medium (50-69), medium-weak (30-49), weak (10-29), muted (< 10). The Strength is remodulated each week based on price behaviour: a high Strength that fades in the following weeks signals loss of momentum, a Strength that builds up signals consolidation. It is the driver of the Sizing class.
Sizing class — Position-sizing class assigned by the system based on the Signal Strength, using fixed thresholds (Strength ≥ 70 → Full, 50-69 → Standard, 30-49 → Reduced, < 30 → Minimal). It is explicitly disconnected from IQS Phase, which describes a phase of the cycle and not a quality judgement: a setup in a compressed phase (low IQS Phase) can have a high Strength and therefore a Full Sizing class, and vice versa. It is to be read as a maximum cap: you can always go below it, never above.
SL1 / SL2 (Stop Loss) — Planned exit levels for losing trades. SL1 is the main stop, anchored to an objective technical reference. SL2 is a secondary stop, used in some cases for active management or trailing.
SPY — SPDR S&P 500 ETF. Primary macro reference index for the US market.
SRI (Structural Risk Index) — Proprietary component that measures the structural risk of the entry level (proximity to resistances, quality of the base, and so on).
Stochastic — Short-period momentum oscillator. On the site it is reported in qualitative states (Neutral, Overbought, Oversold, etc.).
1W Structure — Macro-summary area of the analyses that describes the weekly technical picture: moving averages, 1W MACD, Ichimoku, EMA Stack, price positioning. See also 1D Momentum.
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T–W
Letters T — W
Take Profit · Target Roadmap · Tenkan-sen · Tier Gold/Platinum · Time gate · TPE · Traffic Light · Two-axis method · VIX · VRI · VWAP · VWMA · W+1 · Watchlist · Weekly ATR · 1W EMA Stack · Weekly State · Win Rate
Take Profit · Target Roadmap (TP1 / TP2 / TP3) — Three two-dimensional time + value references proposed by our model for managing the trade in progress. Each TP combines a time gate (the week in which it could statistically make sense to consider trimming) and a price value (how much you can expect the move at that point). For stocks the gates are W6 / W8 / W10; for US indices they are W6 / W11 / W17 (computed with a dynamic weekly ATR). The 3 TPs are hypothetical thresholds computed by our model, never automatic closures: the choice to close — partially or in full — or to stay in is always the individual trader's, who acts on their own judgement and risk profile. See also Time gate, Coverage complete, Two-axis method.
Tenkan-sen (T) — Short-period line of the Ichimoku indicator. Together with Kijun-sen it provides momentum and equilibrium signals on the reference timeframe.
Tier (★ Gold / ★ Platinum) — Site subscription levels. Gold gives access to the Screener pages with the IQS Lite score, essential operating levels and the synthetic technical picture. Platinum includes all the in-depth analyses on single stocks or indices, with additional proprietary indicators, setup classification, sizing and detailed action plan.
Time gate — Week window, computed by our model, in which it could statistically make sense to consider trimming part of the position. For long stock trades the gates are W6, W8, W10 (i.e. 6, 8 and 10 weeks from entry) with indicative fractions of 34% / 33% / 33%. For US indices they are W6, W11, W17. The gates are never automatic closure thresholds: they are hypothetical closure thresholds computed by our model. The choice to close — partially or in full — or to stay in is always the individual trader's, who acts on their own judgement and risk profile. The gates light up in the "Active trade management" card and on the Take Profit roadmap. See also Take Profit · Target Roadmap, Two-axis method.
TPE (Pre-Event Tension) — Proprietary check that flags the presence of a market event (earnings, FOMC, macro data) within a few days from entry. It does not automatically block the trade but recommends caution on timing and sizing.
Traffic Light — Chromatic summary of the IQS Lite score: Green, Yellow, Orange, Red. See IQS Lite — Scale.
Two-axis method (time + value) — Methodological approach of our model to trade management. Each Take Profit carries two complementary pieces of information: the when (the week of the gate) and the how much (the price value at that point). The two axes live together: the "Profit-taking areas" card (indices) and the "Operating Levels" box (stocks + indices) are two views of the same roadmap. Nothing ever closes automatically: the model provides hypothetical management thresholds, the choice to close — partially or in full — or to stay in is always the individual trader's, who acts on their own judgement and risk profile. See also Take Profit · Target Roadmap, Time gate, Coverage complete.
VIX — Implied-volatility index of the S&P 500. It measures market "fear": high readings point to stress, low readings to complacency.
VRI (Volatility Regime Index) — Proprietary component that assesses the stock's volatility regime. Low and stable volatility is treated as constructive; high and rising volatility penalises the setup.
VWAP (Volume-Weighted Average Price) — Volume-weighted average price across the session. Used as an equilibrium reference between buyers and sellers.
VWMA (Volume-Weighted Moving Average) — Volume-weighted moving average. When it coincides with a structural level it is used as a reference for stops or targets.
W+1 — The week immediately following a PI signal (the so-called "confirmation week"). Price behaviour in W+1 is one of the best predictive indicators of how the signal will hold: if W+1 closes in continuation of the signal (bullish after a PI BUY or bearish after a PI SELL), the probability that the setup keeps its trajectory is significantly higher. On EU/UK indices the W+1 reading produces an explicit statistical probability band, reported in the analyses.
Watchlist — One of the levels of the Entry Protocol's Quality band: a setup that is interesting but not immediately operational, to be kept under observation pending confirmations on level, momentum or volume before entry. See also Quality band, Entry Protocol.
Weekly ATR — Measure of average volatility at the weekly level: how much price typically moves in a 1W candle. It is the unit of measurement our model uses to define the operating widths: roadmap targets, NTZ widget bands (scale = NTZ ± 3 × weekly ATR), profit-taking area ranges on the indices (band ± 1 × weekly ATR) are all calibrated on this metric. See also ATR, NTZ, Take Profit · Target Roadmap.
1W EMA Stack — Number of weekly moving averages stacked in correct order below the price, on a 0/5 scale. A full bullish stack (5/5) describes a fully aligned structure; low readings point to disorder or a bearish trend in formation.
Weekly State (stock / index) — Classification of the weekly trend, expressed in six symmetric levels: strong Bull, medium Bull, weak Bull, marginal Bear, intermediate Bear, strong Bear. It is the quick summary of the market phase the stock or index is in.
Win Rate — Percentage of trades closed in profit out of the total. Statistical metric from the historic backtest, not a guarantee on the individual trade.
Notes
Glossary in progress
When the system introduces a new concept or updates a label in the posts, the entry is updated here. For questions or terms not found, write to info@aitrading67.com.
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