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 Table of Contents

1. Why do I need TradeGuide Signal?

2. What is Trading Plan?
3. What is TradeGuide Trader Test?
4. What do you mean by “Set your trading plan on Auto-Pilot”?
5. What is the logic behind Entry signal genera on?
6. What is Trailing Stop-Loss?
7. How is Target Calculated?
8. What is the benefit of ‘No Trading Zone’?
9. How do I open TradeGuide Signal?
10. How many types of trading strategies come under TradeGuide?
11. What are Posi onal Signals?
12. What are Swing signals?
13. What are Intraday signals?
14. Understanding the columns of signal tracker
15. What do you mean by Stock Selec on?
16. What is TGS T20?
17. What is Backtes ng Performance Tracker?
18. What is Market Trendicator?
19. What is Posi on Sizing?
20. What does Order Form detail describe in Trading Planner?
21. What is ‘Single Entry and Dual Exit’ Mechanism?
22. What is the advantage of colorful charts and how do I view it?
23. How many ways to get real me no fica on when a new signal is generated?
24. How to get SMS and Email from TradeGuide Signal?
25. What will happen when mul ple signals are generated at a me?
26. What are the direct usages of TradeGuide Signal?
27. How can we use TradeGuide Signal with Op on Trading?
28. What analysis we can do with the help of TradeGuide Signal?
29. How do I subscribe for TradeGuide Signal?
30. What are the payment modes?
31. TradeGuide Help Desk
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1. Why do I need TradeGuide Signal?

The harsh reality is that most traders are losing money. This is because most of them are
disorganized traders and make instant trading decisions influenced by hope, greed and
fear. What separates the profit makers is that they are organized traders and have their own
trading plan as per their trading style. TradeGuide signal provides you robust technology to
design and execute your trading plan on a single pla orm.

2. What is Trading Plan?

Trading plan is a set of rules which clearly defines what, when & how trading is to be done. A
full-proof trading plan executed through robust technology is what transforms a
disorganized trader into an organized trader.

3. What is TradeGuide Trader Test?

It is very important for a trader to know his trading style-whether he is a posi onal (few
weeks), swing (few days) or intraday (few hours) trader. TGS Trader Test enables
iden fica on of one’s trading style. It analyses a trader’s personality on 7 factors and gives a
complete snapshot of his/her strengths and weaknesses.

4. What do you mean by “Set your trading plan on Auto-Pilot”?

With the help of innova ve tools & technology, TradeGuide enables One Click Mul ple
Order Execu on. When a signal is generated, a prefilled batch order form opens
automa cally based on the se ng done in trading planner. All you have to do is just click on
‘Send’. So, trading has gone on Autopilot.

5. What is the logic behind Entry signal generation?

Every stock has a unique vola lity range. When the price breakout the normal range and
behaves abnormally in either direc on, then Buy/Sell entry signal is generated with a
calculated entry Stop-loss.

6. What is Trailing Stop-Loss?

Entry Stop-loss is a maximum possible loss from the trade and therea er, Stop-loss is
revised when price moves in the direc on of your trade which is called trailing Stop-loss.
The entry Stop-loss % for each stock is different based on its vola lity. TradeGuide gives you
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calculated real me trailing Stop-loss for each stock a er performing lakhs of complex
calcula ons to understand its vola lity.

7. How is Target Calculated?

Target is calculated based on Profit % or Risk: Reward set in Trading Planner. Default targets
are also available which system itself provides by undergoing various op miza on and fine
tuning processes. User can select default target from trading planner which is considered
as best target so far in millions of combina ons.

8. Can we do short Selling in Cash?

In Posi onal and Swing Strategy, Short selling is disabled for cash but one can trade in
futures. In Intraday, short selling is allowed in both case of futures as well as cash.

9. What is the benefit of ‘No Trading Zone’?

During sideways market TradeGuide generates lesser number of signals due to the inbuilt
concept of "No Trading Zone" in the strategy. TradeGuide generates signals only when there
is strength in the trend.

10. How do I open TradeGuide Signal?

TradeGuide Signal is a part of OrionLite Trading Terminal and it can be accessed from the
Start menu or by using the shortcut ‘Ctrl+T’.

11. How many types of trading strategies come under TradeGuide?

There are 3 types of strategies:

• Posi onal (trading for few weeks)

• Swing (trading for few days)
• Intraday (trading for few hours)

12. What are Positional Signals?

The posi onal signals are generated on all F&O stocks with a Stop-loss of 1.5% to 6%.
Posi onal signals are suitable for those who wish to take posi ons for a few weeks.
Posi onal traders are interested in making profits from the primary trend rather than day
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to day fluctua ons. Stop-loss revision mechanism is slow to capture large price
momentum.

13. What are Swing signals?

Swing signals are generated on all F&O stocks, 3 Indices, 4 currencies and 9 commodi es
with a Stop-loss of 1% to 5%. Swing signals are suitable for those who wish to take posi ons
for a few days. Swing traders are interested in short term trends and price momentum.
Stoploss revision mechanism is fast to encash substan al gains from price momentum.

14. What are Intraday signals?

The Intraday Signals are generated on all F&O stocks, 3 Indices, 4 currencies and 9
commodi es with a Stop-loss of 0.05% to 1.5%. Intraday signals are suitable for those who
wish to trade and exit on the same day. The signals are generated a er 30 minutes of
market open. No new signals will be generated during last 30 minutes of market and
meout exit occurs at 15 minutes prior to market close.

15. Understanding the columns of signal tracker

Below are the list and purpose of columns which are available in all 4 windows of Signal
Tracker:
• Ac on: Displays Buy, Sell, Buy Exit and Sell Exit - you can open batch order on a single
click.
• Name: Displays Stock name with Green & Red background for no fying Buy & Sell.
• Entry Price: The price at which the Entry signal was generated.
• Stop-loss: The Stop-loss for the open signal.
• SL%: The Stop-loss in terms of percentage to the entry price.
• CMP: Current Market price in NSE Cash segment.
• CMP Fut: Current Market price in NSE Future segment.
• Peak Price: The highest price reached by the stock a er the signal was generated un l
exit.
• Peak %: The highest profit percentage that could have been achieved a er the signal
was generated and before the exit signal.
• Profit%: Current Profit value in terms of percentage.
• Risk: Reward(R:R): Ra o of Stop-loss % to current profit/loss%
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• Peak R:R: The highest value of R:R since the signal was generated un l exit.
• Status: Displays Long, Short, Stop-loss Revised or Stop-loss Revised to Cost.
• Entry Time: Displays the entry me when the signal was generated.
• Exit Time: Displays the exit me when the signal got exit.

Only a few default columns are visible. To Add /Remove columns, you can right click to
see/view the full list of columns.

16. What do you mean by Stock Selection?

You should know your stocks before you trade. Select stocks based on their trending
behaviour. In Stock selec on window, you can select your stocks to view their signals in
signal tracker. You can also receive real me SMS and Email of signals by cking on SMS &
Email op on. Once all the required stocks are selected, click on “Save” bu on to save the
changes. If you want only SMS or Email and not signals in tracker then it gives that flexibility
as per your requirement.

17. What is TGS T20?

TGS T20 is list of best performing 20 F&O stocks selected from various sectors which are
highly liquid. It is a con nuous Stock Reshuffle mechanism on weekly basis.

18. What is Backtesting Performance Tracker?

TradeGuide enables you to generate the following Online Backtes ng Reports:

• Stock wise: This report gives a stock wise view of total long and short trades with
strike rates & percentage returns on investment which helps to decide the best
stocks based on its past performance. It also shows addi onal informa on like lot
size, margin and MTM requirements to follow all signals for the selected stocks.

• Month wise: This report gives a month wise performance evalua on of total trades
for the selected stocks and shows combined profitability report. It gives a brief idea
on overall performance of total trades and how much maximum % return on total
investment can be generated.
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• Target Analysis: This report will help you to select the best target method and target
level based on the strike rate for your selected stocks a er analyzing various. You can
select target based on two methods - 1. Profit % and 2. Risk: Reward.

• Open Posi on - EOD: This report shows you all long and short open posi ons with
their entry date & me when the signal was ini ated and their respec ve stoploss
and status of stoploss revision. It also shows the peak profit % and the profit %(
current profit) of every open posi ons.

• Ni y Strength Analysis: This report helps in understanding the number of stocks

suppor ng Ni y trend with a graphical and tabular representa on of data and gives
brief idea of overbought & oversold area.

19. What is Market Trendicator?

Market Trendicator is a tool which gives overall summary of market whether it is Bullish,
Bearish, Overbought or Oversold. Also Sectorwise performance and Strength of the trend
can be seen using this feature. It also shows Ni y Strength analysis. User can refresh the
status of Trendicator in live market.

20. What is Position Sizing?

Posi on size is the constant amount invested or quan ty bought in each trade. TradeGuide
allows you to maintain a fixed posi on size which enables consistency in returns. For cash
market, user can set posi on size either by entering investment amount or amount at risk
per trade. For F&O, currencies & commodi es market, user can set posi on size by entering
number of lots per trade.

21. What does Order Form detail describe in Trading Planner?

Order Form detail in Trading planner shows, how many stocks are been selected for batch
order execu on from Trading planner se ngs. It will show the count of total stocks selected
for trading.

22. What is ‘Single Entry and Dual Exit’ Mechanism?

In Exit method, there are three ways of defining exit under TradeGuide Signal:
a) Risk Reward Method
Using Risk Reward Mul ple (RR) e.g. If Risk: Reward is 2 mes and entry stop loss is set
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at 3%, the trade will exit when there is a profit of 6% i.e. 2 mes of stop loss.

b) Profit % Method
If you decide that you wish to exit at a fixed profit%, stop loss being irrelevant, set the
target percentage where you wish to exit.

c) Trend Following Method

Under trend following, the trade exits when the system generates an exit signal. If
this method is used, the target in the signal tracker will show as ‘0’. By default, this
method is selected.

23. What is the advantage of colorful charts and how do I view it?
Colorful charts show signal history in a graphical manner. The colors are divided into Green
(Buy), White (No Trading Zone) and Red (Sell). It also displays entry, exit and trailing Stop-
loss on the graph. You can open colorful charts by double clicking on a stock name.

24. How many ways to get real time notification when a new signal is
generated?
There are 6 ways you will be no fied on signal genera on:

• Update in Signal Tracker: A new entry will be made in the signal tracker in its respec ve
strategy.

• Update in Market Watch: Buy/Sell status will reflect against each stock in the market
watch. If there is no open signal, it will show as ‘NTZ’ (No Trading Zone).

• Popup Alert on signal: Displays pop-up message when signal is generated. It will
disappear when the cursor hovers over it.

• Open Batch Order Window on Signal genera on: Will directly open the prefilled order
window as soon as signal is generated.

• Audio Alert: A beep sound would be heard on a new call genera on.

• SMS & Email Alert: Real me SMS/Email will be sent on registered mobile no. & email
id.
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25. How to get SMS and Email from TradeGuide Signal?

In Stock selec on page, there is an op on to select SMS and Signal for any stocks or
contracts. Once SMS and email selec on is done for required stocks, it will start sending
SMS on use’s mobile and also send email no fica on to user.

26. What will happen when multiple signals are generated at a time?
In case of mul ple signals are generated at a me then Batch order window will append all
the signals

27. What are the direct usages of TradeGuide Signal?

Following are the direct usages of TradeGuide Signals:

• Only Long Trading: Follow only Buy Signals (NSE Cash & NSE Futures)

• Only Short Trading: Follow only Sell Signals (NSE Futures)

• Both Long & Short Trading: Follow both Buy & Sell signals (NSE Futures)

• Short Term Momentum Trading: Follow entry signal of TGS and book profit as per Risk:
Reward mul ples of 1:1 or 1:2 or at certain fixed profit %, for e.g.at 3% Peak Profit.

• Trading on highly liquid contracts: Follow Buy/Sell signals of Ni y, Bank Ni y, CNX IT,
USD INR, Gold, Silver, Crude, etc.

28. How can we use TradeGuide Signal with Option Trading?

• Combina on of Futures & Op on Strategy: (Covered Call / Put strategy) - Based on
TGS you can BUY / SELL Futures & write Call or Put Op ons and Exit from both posi on
simultaneously when target is achieved or stop loss is hit.

• Trading based on DP Holdings: Write Call op on when sell signal gets generated in
the stock you are holding in DP and exit when stop loss gets triggered.

• Op on Strategies: Execu on of Signals through various call & put op on strategies

E.g. Credit Spread Op on Strategy; Bull/Bear Spread Op on Strategy.
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• Call/Put Wri ng: When wri ng naked Call/Put op ons, one can refer the TradeGuide
Stop loss level to avoid big losses as it indicates reversal of trend.

• When majority of stocks are in No Trading Zone and open posi on are near to its
lowest numbers, it indicates sideways market momentum. At that me, you can write
both Call and Put op on.

29. What analysis we can do with the help of TradeGuide Signal?

• Use the signal for understanding direc on of the trend for a par cular stock.

• Trendicator: indicates shi of market trend (Bull or Bear) from shorter to longer me
frame. It can be understood from the increase or decrease in number of Buy/Sell Open
posi ons of Swing and Posi onal strategy.

• Screen reading through Market Watch: TGS POSITIONAL, SWING, INTRA columns
remark shows BUY/SELL/NTZ, which helps you to understand the Long and short term
trend for the par cular stock within seconds.

• Dual Exit Mechanism: Combina on of Target & Trend Exit Mechanism: Use target exit
method, when market is in consolida on phase and use trend following method when
market is in trending phase.

• Ni y Strength Analysis Report in Performance Tracker: Helps in understanding the

number of stocks suppor ng Ni y trend and gives brief idea of overbought & oversold
area.

• Stock Wise Report in Performance Tracker: helps you to iden fy best stocks for short &
long term trading.

• SL% and stop loss column of signal tracker can also be used for your own trading
ac vi es as stop loss is very effec ve because it is separately calculated based on
vola lity of each stock a er performing millions of complex calcula ons.

• Trader without skill of shor ng is like trading with half knowledge. Only master trader
knows art of shor ng. TradeGuide encase both Long & Short trading opportunity.
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30. How do I subscribe for TradeGuide Signal?

TradeGuide is a premium subscrip on based tool for MOSL Trading Account holders. The
subscrip on can be ac vated by Login to OrionLite Trading Terminal >> Start Menu >>
TradeGuide Signal >> Free Trial/Subscribe.

31. What are the payment modes?

On subscrip on, by default charges will be deducted from the MOSL ledger account
Your ledger will be credited if you have made EMI payment via credit card.

32. TradeGuide Help Desk

Training: 022-62379090 Email: tradeguide@mo laloswal.com