Trade Ideas first week checklist (do this in order)¶
If you do these steps in order, Trade Ideas becomes useful fast. If you skip around, you’ll overfit, build noise, and conclude “it doesn’t work.”
This checklist is designed to prevent the two common failure modes: - overfitting (too many filters/alerts) - interference (taking profits early / cancelling trades / forcing trades)
Day 1: Define your lane (defaults that avoid chaos)¶
Non-negotiables: - liquidity + dollar volume - RVOL baseline - avoid low-float cheap stocks - practical price floor: nothing under $15
Pages: - Liquidity filters - Relative volume - Time of day filter
Day 2: Build a Top List + shortlist¶
Tutorial: - Top List Window
Day 3: Build one alert window¶
Tutorials: - Alert Window workflow - Alert window tips
Day 4: Add symbol lists (quality control)¶
Tutorial: - Symbol lists
Day 5: Review + tighten (remove noise)¶
Guide: - Alert hygiene
Day 6–7: Paper / tiny size + journaling¶
If you’re struggling and have a small account, do not buy speed. Buy discipline.
Guide: - Paper trading checklist
Next¶
If you want the full guided path: - Start here
If you’re deciding to pay: - Pricing - Choose a plan
