Academy

1. Direction

   "Bullish" means go long, "Bearish" means go short.

2. Entry

   If marked "limit", place a limit order at the entry price and cancel it if it does not fill; otherwise enter at the open of the next candle.

3. Stop

   Close everything if price touches it. The risk on each signal is the distance from entry to stop, and results are counted in R: +1R means a gain equal to the risk taken.

4. Take half off, then target

   At the "take half off" price close half the position and move the stop on the rest to the entry price, then wait for the target. If price turns back, the remaining half is break-even at worst. A few signals have no take-half level; those are a single order aimed at the target.

5. Status

   Waiting for the open, limit order pending, open, half closed with the rest at break-even, then target hit, half profit with the rest at entry, stopped out or closed at the time limit. "Look-back" marks results re-run on live quotes before launch.

"Take half off" means closing half of the position, not a price halfway to the target. The simplest way is to split one signal into two equal orders:

1. Place both orders

   Both orders share the same entry and stop; only the take-profit differs.

2. Order 1 takes profit

   Move the stop on order 2 to the entry price. It is now break-even at worst while it runs to the target.

3. If the stop is hit first

   Both orders close, and the loss is the risk of one signal (-1R).

4. Time limit

   If neither level is hit by the time limit on the signal, close at the market.

Every signal's detail page has a "How to place it" box with that signal's own prices.