Understanding When and How Much to Trade Is Half the Battle
Most traders obsess over what to buy. RT Signals gives you the framework for the other half — a daily sentiment score that tells you how much to risk and how wide to set your stops before you ever look at a stock.
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The Problem Every Trader Faces
You find a stock you like. The chart looks right. The setup is there. But you have no idea how much to put in — so you guess. Or you use the same size every time, regardless of whether the market is in a full panic or irrational euphoria.
That inconsistency is where most trading accounts bleed. Not from bad stock picks. From bad sizing in the wrong environment.
What the RT Pulse Barometer Does
The RT Pulse Barometer is a composite sentiment score — updated every weekday at 5:30 PM ET — that reads five market inputs simultaneously: the VIX, the CBOE put/call ratio, the S&P 500's position relative to its medium-term moving average, NYSE breadth momentum, and the bond/stock spread.
The result is a single score from 0 to 100, mapped to one of seven zones. That zone tells you your position mode, your stop adjustment, and how much of your portfolio should be actively working — before you look at a single ticker.
The 7-Zone Sentiment Framework
Not every market environment is the same. The RT Pulse framework divides market conditions into seven zones — from Crisis to Extreme — each with specific position sizing limits, stop adjustment rules, and setup preferences. Calibrated against nearly two decades of market data.
| Zone | Score | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| CRISIS | 0–33 | Maximum deploy — best opportunities |
| FEAR | 34–54 | Deploy aggressively |
| CAUTION | 55–61 | Selective entry |
| NEUTRAL | 62–66 | Standard operation |
| BULLISH | 67–69 | Trim positions, build cash |
| EXTENDED | 70–73 | Defensive posture |
| EXTREME | 74–100 | Minimum exposure — protect capital |
Three Setups. One Framework.
Once you know the zone, you know which type of trade fits the environment. RT Signals identifies three setups — each built for a specific market condition. The RT Screener scans the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Russell 2000 every night and surfaces the stocks that qualify.
Mean Reversion
Price at the lower Bollinger Band, RSI oversold, volume confirming. The market is panicking — you're buying the flush with zone-adjusted position sizing and widened stops.
Trend Continuation
Price above VWAP and the 200-day MA, pulling back to support with healthy momentum. The trend is intact — you're joining it with tightened stops and conservative sizing.
Volatility Expansion
A Bollinger Band squeeze breaks out with volume. Direction confirmed. The compression is releasing — you're trading the move sized to the current zone.
Built for TradingView
RT Signals integrates directly into TradingView — the platform you're already using. The sentiment overlay colors your chart background by zone so the market environment is always visible. The Setup Guide detects S1, S2, and S3 signals in real time and draws stop and target levels automatically on the bar where the signal fires.
No switching between tools. No manual calculations. The framework lives inside your chart.
Join the Community
RT Signals is built around a community of self-directed traders who take position sizing seriously. Start with YouTube — every tool in the platform has a walkthrough and the framework is explained from the ground up. Then join the free Discord to follow along, ask questions, and see how other members are applying the framework.
Choose Your Membership
Two tiers. Both built on the same framework. Pick the one that fits where you are right now.
- RT Pulse Barometer — daily sentiment score updated at 5:30 PM ET
- 7-zone position sizing framework
- Stops widened in fear zones, tightened in greed zones
- Pulse History Chart — nearly 20 years of sentiment data
- TradingView sentiment overlay with zone change alerts
- Discord access
- Everything in Daily Edge
- RT Screener — nightly scan across S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Russell 2000
- Confluence scoring across three setup types
- Options plays ranked by setup type and account size
- Earnings proximity warnings with IV crush guidance
- TradingView Setup Guide with auto-drawn stop and target levels
- Account-size aware position sizing in dollar amounts
- Discord priority
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