How the system works
Four parts: find the opportunity, size it, spread it, and watch it. Each is a rule, not a mood.
1. Signals
Strategies look for supply and demand zones and price structure on defined timeframes. A signal is created only when every condition in the written rule is met. Economic-news windows can block new entries.
2. Position sizing
Each position has a stop before it has a size. Volume is calculated from the stop distance, the instrument's tick value and a fixed risk budget, converted into the account currency. Pending orders are checked against a margin gate before they are placed.
3. Diversification
We track how positions overlap. Same-direction exposure to the same driver (for example several US tech stocks) is treated as one position when we judge risk, not several.
4. Monitoring
Equity, unrealized P&L, open-position count and risk at stop are recorded every minute. Alerts go out for entries, exits and failures so nothing depends on someone watching a screen.
What we hold, and why
The target book is built from asset groups that respond to different economic drivers. Symbol selection is rule-based and reviewed against correlation, not chosen by headline.
| Group | Examples | Main driver | Role in the book |
|---|---|---|---|
| US equity indices | S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 | US growth, rates, earnings | Core growth exposure |
| Non-US indices | Euro Stoxx 50, FTSE 100, ASX 200, Nikkei 225 | Regional economies, local currencies, commodities | Spreads the equity risk across regions |
| Precious metals | Gold, silver | Real yields, safe-haven demand | Often moves apart from equities |
| Digital assets | Ethereum, Bitcoin | Liquidity, crypto-specific flows | Independent return stream |
| Single stocks | Selected US shares | Company results | Tactical, rotated out after a profit |
Correlations change, especially in a sell-off, when many assets fall together. Diversification lowers concentration risk. It does not remove loss.
Take the profit, then step aside
Positions in older, highly correlated names can be flagged for removal. A flagged symbol stops taking new entries, any winning position is closed, and once nothing is left open the symbol is deleted from the book. Positions at a loss are left to their stops rather than closed to tidy up.
Flag
Mark a symbol "remove on profit" in the admin console.
Close winners
Positions in profit (after swap) are closed. Pending orders are cancelled.
Retire
When no position remains, the symbol and its alerts are removed.
Guardrails built into the platform
- Stop loss on every position
- Risk at stop reported in account currency
- Margin check before new pending orders
- News-window filter on entries
- Admin console behind a signed 1-hour session
- Lockout after repeated failed logins
- Public pages show results only: no balances, symbols or positions
- Everything else on the API refuses unauthenticated requests