Signals 101
How Traderwise generates, scores, and surfaces trade signals
How Traderwise signals are generated, scored, and surfaced. Understand the seven Nowcast strategies, signal confidence scoring, and how to use signals responsibly in the simulation environment.
Educational tool. Traderwise signals run inside a CFD simulation environment. No real capital is at risk. Signals are not financial advice — use them to learn how markets move.
What is a Traderwise signal?
A Traderwise signal is a structured trade idea generated by the Nowcast engine — our real-time strategy framework. Every signal carries four pieces of information:
- Direction — long or short
- Instrument — the underlying market (FX pair, index, commodity, equity CFD)
- Confidence score — 0–100, derived from how many of the seven Nowcast strategies agree
- Risk frame — suggested stop and target levels for the simulation account
Signals are not pushed at random. They appear on your dashboard only when the engine detects conditions that match a strategy's pre-defined criteria.
The seven Nowcast strategies
Traderwise runs seven independent strategies in parallel. A signal is only surfaced when at least three strategies agree on direction. The strategies are:
- Trend-following — momentum across multiple timeframes
- Mean-reversion — short-horizon pullbacks within an established trend
- Breakout — volatility expansion past prior structural levels
- News-reaction — post-event drift after scheduled economic releases
- Cross-asset confirmation — moves validated by correlated markets
- Session-bias — repeatable intraday patterns by trading session
- Volatility regime — adjusts position size to current ATR
Each strategy is documented under Strategies & Nowcast.
Confidence score
Every signal carries a 0–100 score. As a rough guide:
- 70+ — five or more strategies agree, conditions are favourable
- 40–69 — three or four strategies agree, conditions are mixed
- Below 40 — signals are not surfaced
The score is not a guarantee. It is a snapshot of how much agreement exists right now, not a forecast of profit.
Using signals responsibly
Signals are educational. They do not replace your own analysis, risk management, or trading plan.
The simulation environment exists so you can practise reading signals, sizing positions, and journalling outcomes without financial risk. Treat every signal as a learning opportunity — record why you took it (or skipped it), and review your trade journal weekly.
For deeper coaching on individual setups, ask the Quantum AI Coach on the Quantum tab.