Options-signal terms
Plain definitions for the language used across this guide. Where a term has a test behind it, the entry points to the page that develops it.
Options signal
A published, real-time instruction to consider a trade - direction, entry level, target and stop - aimed at a buyer who wants a defined-risk decision rather than open-ended exposure.
Defined risk
A position whose worst-case loss is bounded and known when the trade is opened, set by a stated stop rather than discovered after the market moves against you. See: a defined-risk structure.
Conviction grade
An A-to-D label marking how strong a call is relative to its own model's measured return distribution - a probability-style read, not a mood word. There is no E grade. See: grades that are measured.
On-chain timestamp
A hash of a call written to a public ledger at publication, proving the call - levels and grade together - existed in exactly that form at that moment and was not altered afterward. See: sealed before the outcome.
Track record
The full history of past calls, wins and losses together, which is only informative when the losing calls are left in and the count is shown. See: how to verify a record.
Independent review
An examination of the underlying statements by a named third party with no commercial stake in the result - distinct from a platform leaderboard or a testimonial.
Drawdown
The deepest peak-to-trough fall over a period - a more honest read on risk than the headline return.
Mean reversion
Trading on a price that has stretched unusually far from a typical level and tends to snap back toward it; the recommended desk publishes four such models on different cadences.
Win rate
The share of calls that closed profitably - trustworthy only with the total signal count shown beside it. See: why the denominator is the whole test.