Retail traders (yes, like YOU) don’t stand a chance against the market.
It hurts to admit it...
No new zone alerts in today’s issue. Instead, let’s talk about something a bit more fundamental: why following a structured, systematic approach—like our zone algorithm—can not only ensure your survival in today’s markets, but also significantly improve your trading outcomes.
Most retail traders just won’t cut it out here. It’s a harsh truth, but hey, a little tough love never hurt anyone.
And here’s why...
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Retail traders simply can’t match the resources institutional players have at their disposal. Do you really think you can compete with an MIT graduate?
No strategy/system
Without a proven game plan, most traders are just gambling. Buy this, sell that—YOLOing based on half-assed indicators, gut feelings, or a hot tip from a buddy.
No discipline
And even with a solid plan, most traders have a hard time sticking to it. One bad play and they go full WSB, revenge trading to oblivion.
Before you know it, the market feels more like a casino rather than a calculated practice.
On top of all that, they’re also drowning in an endless stream of distractions:
Social media hype pushing “can’t-miss” stocks
Contradictory advice from self-proclaimed “gurus”
Overcomplicated indicators that look good on X but do nothing else.
So lost in all this noise, retail traders often make emotional decisions... with predictable results. According to broker figures, over 90% of trading accounts lose money, with average losses around 36%.
The reality is, the only consistent winners here are the brokers and market makers.
But there are, of course, traders who succeed. And they all share the same traits: They’re systematic. They’re disciplined. And most importantly, they only trade when the odds are in their favor.
So how can you do that?
One easy way is with our Zones.
Let’s break it down with a real example:
Case study: META in 2024
Our zones algorithm identifies key reversal zones—areas where market conditions have historically led to high volatility.
For the following charts, the 🆕 marks a newly detected zone, and 📢 marks where our algo would alert when a stock approaches a Hot Zone—an area with a favorable risk-reward setup.
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February 2, 2024: A new zone forms (Zone A)
From this point forward, our filtering model closely monitors this zone.
Each bounce strengthens its validity and increases the zone’s score, while penetration either reduces it or filters it out completely.
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March 8, 2024: Another resistance appears (Zone B)
The stock hits a new resistance, pushing price back down. But guess where the reversal gets stopped?
Right at Zone A, which now serves as a solid support. Despite multiple attempts over a month, sellers couldn’t break this level.
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High-quality trade example
In March and April, our scanner flags multiple entry opportunities near $485.
If you’re anticipating a bounce, you place your stop where the zone would be invalidated—let’s say around $475.
Your initial take profit could be set at Zone B, approximately $520.
That’s a $10 risk for a potential reward of $35—a 3:1 ratio. This is how professional traders work.
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Another clear example: Zone D
Zone D was first established on October 7, 2024. What followed was multiple rejections occurring very precisely at that exact zone over the next few weeks.
By late October and early November, our alerts highlighted two prime short setups—with the first target being the upper threshold of Zone B, around $550.
Again another potential 3:1 reward-risk ratio.
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“But what if I went short in December and it didn’t work?”
Well that’s just the cost of doing business. As the poet Drizzy once said:
But interestingly, as often happens in the market, Zone D—which was birthed into the world as a resistance—flips into a support after December 3. It’s then retested a couple of times before the price moves higher.
The results
From February to December 2024, our algo generated 10 alerts for META alone.
Our tool allows traders to be systematic, improve their trades’ chances drastically, and limit their trading activities to only those days when there are higher-quality opportunities.
And yes, we specifically call them Alerts, not Signals.
Why? Because we’re not serving up trade directions on a silver platter. This isn’t financial advice, after all.
Instead, we give you a heads-up on what deserves your attention at that exact moment.
Because that’s how you transform the chaos of online trading into a systematic, disciplined practice that takes uncertainty and psychology out of the equation.
Trading Places: Launch coming soon!
Stop obsessively refreshing your charts like it’s your ex’s Instagram.
By combining historical patterns with real-time market data, Trading Places identifies zones and assigns probabilities to each one—helping traders spot potential plays with higher chances of success.
It automates all of the curation, chart-plotting, and alerting for you, so you can actually have a life (or at least pretend to)!
Stay tuned!