Reading Signals and Managing Risk

A ZUBYINTEL signal is an educational and analytical input, not a promise of direction, execution, or profit. Read the complete signal card and its timestamp together with the chart and your own plan. A direction label alone is not a trade plan. Read a signal in order 1. Confirm the symbol, asset type, timeframe, and account or workspace context. 2. Check whether the card is live, refreshing, frozen, stale, unavailable, or plan-required. 3. Review the explanation, levels, confidence or quality context, and timestamp where shown. 4. Define the entry condition, invalidation, maximum loss, and exit plan before sending an order or opening a simulated position. 5. Check the position size, spread, liquidity, scheduled events, and account limits. If any required value is missing or stale, wait or stay out. What the states mean Live or current means a recent usable update is available. Refreshing means an older result may remain visible while a newer request is checked. Data frozen or unavailable means the Terminal cannot confirm a current result. Plan required means the feature is outside the current access level. Never infer a new signal from an old marker, and do not replace a missing value with a result from another symbol. Risk and review Use only capital you can afford to lose and follow the rules of the account or broker involved. Options can lose value quickly, including through time decay and changing volatility. A strong historical or simulated result does not predict the next trade. Record the setup, decision, size, result, and what changed in your journal so you can review process rather than chase a streak. For chart and overlay context, see /help/articles/terminal-data-chart-signals-guide. For positions, trims, and order status, see /help/articles/terminal-account-positions-trading-guide. If a signal remains unavailable after one retry, open a support ticket with the symbol, timeframe, timestamp, and visible state.