Desk plan
Stock Picker: The Desk's Trades With Entry, Target and Stop, Scored as They Play Out
The analysts' published trades with instrument, side, entry, target, stop and reasoning, reward-to-risk computed from the levels, live distance to each level, and the open and closed record.
The Stock Picker is where the desk's analysts publish their trades. Each pick states the instrument, whether the desk is long or short, the entry, the target and the stop, and the reasoning in a few lines. The reward-to-risk ratio is computed from the three levels and shown with the pick, so what each trade risks for what it aims at is on the page before anything has happened.
From the moment a pick is published it is scored against the live price: the distance from the current price to the entry, the target and the stop is refreshed every minute, and the open picks sit above a closed record that shows each trade's result, the hit rate and the average move. The record is there to be read rather than taken on trust.
The Stock Picker is on the Desk plan, which also includes portfolio management: on request, the analysts review the holdings on your portfolio page and write back what to hold, add, trim or exit, and the review appears on the page itself. Standard subscribers can switch plans from their account page.
What it shows
- Instrument, side, entry, target and stop on every pick, with the reasoning
- Reward-to-risk computed from the levels
- Live distance from the current price to each level, refreshed every minute
- Open picks and the closed record, with hit rate and average move
- Portfolio management: the desk's written review of your book, on the Desk plan
On the Desk plan. Standard subscribers can switch from their account page at any time.
Guides that explain it
Risk and method
Reward-to-risk ratio
How the reward-to-risk ratio is computed from entry, target and stop, the win rate each ratio needs to break even, expectancy in R, and position sizing.
4 min read
Technical analysis
Pivot points
The classic pivot point formula with R1 to R3 and S1 to S3, a worked example, the Fibonacci and Camarilla variants, and which session to compute them from.
4 min read
Technical analysis
EMA 50 and EMA 200
How the 50 and 200 exponential moving averages are calculated, what a golden cross and a death cross mean, and how an EMA touch is read across timeframes.
5 min read