Lower risk

Swing
Trading

You set it up once. The system does everything else — every evening, every morning, every trade. You don't need to watch a screen or make any decisions. It tells you when something happens.

This is the slower, steadier of our two strategies. It holds positions for a few days at a time — long enough for a genuine move to play out, short enough that your money is never tied up for weeks.

75.3%
Win rate
in simulation
2–6
Days held
per trade
19/24
Profitable months
24-month test

What it trades

US stocks.
Nothing exotic.

The system trades ordinary US-listed stocks — companies you've heard of and companies you haven't. It doesn't care about the business, the news, or the analyst consensus. It only cares whether the price and momentum meet its criteria on any given evening.

It looks across thousands of stocks every night and typically selects a handful that pass all its rules. Quality over quantity. Every position carries a defined stop loss — the maximum you can lose on any single trade is set before the order is placed.


How a trade works

From signal
to exit.

1
Evening — the system scans
After markets close, the system scores every eligible stock against its criteria. The ones that pass get queued for the next day.
2
Before 9:30 AM — orders placed
A limit order is placed on your Alpaca account at a precise price level. If the stock reaches that level when the market opens, the trade enters. If not, the order is cancelled at the end of the day.
3
You get an email
The moment a trade opens, you receive a notification — which stock, at what price, and how many shares. You don't need to do anything.
4
The system manages the position
It watches the price every minute. When the first profit target is hit, it sells a portion and moves the stop to your entry price — meaning the remaining trade cannot lose money. It continues to trail the stop upward as the stock moves higher.
5
Trade closes — you get an email
When the position exits — whether at profit or at the stop loss — you receive a summary. The result, how long it ran, and what happened.

The risk

What can go wrong.

Every trade can lose money. The stop loss limits how much — but it doesn't eliminate the possibility. If a stock opens significantly lower than expected (a gap down), the loss may be slightly larger than the planned stop.

Over enough trades, the system's win rate and average gain per trade should produce a net positive result. But there will be losing trades, losing days, and occasionally losing months. That is normal and expected. The simulation showed a worst month of −7.8%.

This strategy is described as lower risk compared to our intraday strategy — not risk-free. Never allocate money you cannot afford to lose.

Ready to run it on your account?

Free paper trading account. Takes 5 minutes to connect. No real money at this stage.

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