A trading company's chart method, turned into rules a machine can test

prototype | client work | started October 2026 | last update 30 October 2026

A tangled black cable that straightens and passes through four white blocks on a plaster surface.

the problem

A chart method that lives in a trader's head

A trading company reads charts by hand and decides from a method that lives in a trader's head. A machine can't run a method until every rule is exact, and words like "looks right" or "feels early" hide dozens of small choices.

We wanted to find out if we could write the method down so strictly that a computer reaches the same call as the trader on the same chart.

We also needed a test machine we could trust, because a sloppy one makes any method look good or bad for the wrong reasons. So we're building the machine as carefully as the rules.

what we tried

We wrote the method down first, then built a machine to test it

We write the method from the trader's own words.
We write every disagreement between sources down.
We ask the open questions in rounds on a phone page.
We lock the test window.
We check the machine against the charting tool.
We move through the gates in order.
We review the machine and the rules separately.

A kill switch sits between every strategy and every order, and 416 automated tests pass. You see what a rule does long before real money is near it.

Diagram of the whole path. A knot of words straightens into a line as the method is written down and questions are asked. A marker shows today's position, where the machine is checked against the charting tool. A locked test window and four gates follow: past charts, past charts it never saw, pretend money, and small, capped real money. A kill switch sits between strategy and order. — the whole path, and where we are today.

Phone screen of a question page with a made-up question, two sample line sketches, a selected answer with a short reason, and a saved mark. — a sample of the question page on a phone. the question and answer are made up.

what we found

No result yet, and results come in a later update

Nothing runs with real money. This is a prototype, so we have no result to share yet. What we can share is how it went so far.

Writing the method down showed where the trader's sources disagree, and each gap is now a written question with a place to answer it. The test machine is built and the first checks on it pass.

The test window opens only after the machine matches the charting tool. We'll post what we find here as a dated update.

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