Use Rule ideas
Check completed Day trades for a well-supported pattern and decide whether to add, save or dismiss the suggested preset.
Open Trade TrackerCheck your trades
Run a factual check without adding or changing a rule.
1. 1. Start the check
Open Trading Rules and choose Check my trades in the Rule idea card.
2. 2. Read the comparison
If a pattern qualifies, review the suggested preset setting, affected trades, comparison trades and their actual completed results.
3. 3. Make your choice
Choose Add rule, Save for later or Not for me — show another. That last choice dismisses the current preset and, when another supported idea is available, moves to it. Add rule still opens the normal rule form so you can review the setting before activating it.
Checking changes nothing
The check cannot activate, adjust, pause or retire a rule. If no pattern passes every evidence check, TraderLink says so and leaves your rules unchanged.
How much history is checked
Start with recent trades and extend backward only when more evidence is needed.
- The check starts with the latest 14 calendar days.
- It extends backward until it has at least 3 active Day-trading days, 20 eligible completed Day trades and 50 accepted executions.
- If that window has no qualifying idea, it adds 14 available trading dates at a time and checks again.
- It stops at the first window with a qualifying idea or after all available history for the selected account has been checked.
The check uses the currently selected Trade Tracker account. Intentional Swing trades, open trades and facts still waiting for a required Data Decision are not treated as completed Day-trade evidence.
What qualifies as a Rule idea
A repeated loss pattern must survive several checks before it can appear.
- The pattern must occur across at least 3 trading days and meet the minimum event and affected-trade counts for that preset.
- The affected trades must have a negative combined result and a worse average result than the other completed trades on those days.
- The affected result must remain negative after its single worst trade is removed.
- One ticker cannot supply more than half of the affected trades.
- When enough history exists, both the earlier and more recent portions must show a negative affected result.
A pattern is not proof
Historical results do not prove that the rule caused the difference or that using it will improve future results.
Existing, saved and dismissed ideas
Avoid duplicate active rules and keep every choice explicit.
| Situation | What happens |
|---|---|
| The preset is already active | TraderLink does not recommend that preset again. It checks for another qualifying idea instead. |
| Save for later | The idea remains available without activating the rule or changing its setting. |
| Not for me — show another | The idea is dismissed and the same preset is suppressed for 90 days. If another idea meets every evidence check, TradersLink shows it next. |
| Several ideas qualify | They are shown one at a time: more supporting trading days first, then more affected completed trades, then more trigger events. This is a consistent review order, not a claim that the first idea is best or will work in future trading. |
| No idea qualifies | TraderLink confirms that the check finished and that nothing was changed. |