🌟 Start Here: Welcome to Signals by TradeSmith

 Published: April 8, 2026

Last Updated: May 21, 2026

We’re thrilled to have you on board, and we truly appreciate your trust. You’re about to unlock powerful tools and insights designed to help you invest with greater confidence and clarity. 

Getting Started: What to Expect 

To support your journey, our team has created several Educational Guides to help you learn how to use the Signals software. You can also access videos, special reports, and issues & alerts from the Signals website.

To access your Signals website, click on the Signals product logo from the Newsletters tab of the My Services page at the top navigational header.

You can also click "Check out our educational materials" from the Signals page.

You will then be routed to the Signals website:

What is a Signal? 

A signal is a pattern. Specifically, it’s a set of market conditions that has shown up before – and when it did, the stock tended to move in a predictable direction more often than not.

One important thing to understand: a signal isn’t a prediction. It’s a probability. It tells you what has usually happened under similar conditions – not what will definitely happen now.

To learn more about what a Signal is, go to Guide 2: "Signals Dashboard Quick Start Guide."

How Signals Are Built:

Every trading day, the Signals system analyzes all stocks in the S&P 500. It covers hundreds of different entry rules and dozens of potential exit rules. That adds up to more than 2 million potential trade evaluations a day – and more than 500 million a year.

From a large universe, the system filters down to high-quality, consistent signals—these are displayed on your Dashboard, which includes the tabs on your Signals page (Top Signals, Today’s Signals, Rule Playbook, My Alerts, and Signal Studies).

To learn more about how Signals are built, go to Guide 1: "How to Use Signals."

Each signal is built from two parts:

• Entry rules define the conditions that must occur for a signal to trigger. The system doesn’t guess or anticipate. If the conditions aren’t met, no signal appears. When you see a signal, it means the setup has already happened – not that it’s about to.
• Exit rules define when the signal is complete. Every signal has a predefined exit – based on time, price, volatility, or a combination. This tells you when to close the trade, regardless of whether it made a profit. Signals don’t stay active forever, and exits are designed to manage risk.

✅To learn more about how Signals are built, go to Guide 2: "Signals Dashboard Quick Start Guide."

✅To learn how to use Signals and how to set up your trades, go to Guide 1: "How to Use Signals."

✅To learn how to use Options with Signals, go to Guide 3: "Selecting Options Using Signals."

Key Features of Signals:

📊Top Signals Dashboard 

The dashboard is your main workspace. On the dashboard, you can:

• See active signals
• Compare signals side by side
• Add alerts to track your exit rules
• Click any ticker to learn more about the signal

Screenshot taken from a Platinum test account on May 6, 2026.

The highest-quality setups available today are sorted by our Quality Score.

The Quality Score is a summary measure that helps you compare signals. It combines several dimensions of historical performance into one standardized score. Those dimensions include the average gain or loss across all previous signals, the number of times the signal has appeared, and the typical risk associated with it.

To learn more about your Top Signals and the information within the column headers, click here.

📊Today's Signals

Today's Signals allows you to view all qualifying signals and filter those signals based on the criteria most important to you.

Screenshot taken from a Platinum test account on May 6, 2026.

To learn more about how to use the screening filters contained within the Today's Signals tab, click here.

🔍 The Signal Detail Page

Click on any ticker in the table, and you'll open the Signal Detail page. This is where you can dig deeper into the information.

• Signal Overview: provides key facts, including the outlook (bullish or bearish), category, rule, and quality score.
• Performance Summary: overview includes accuracy rate, returns, gains, reward-to-risk ratio, and typical holding time.
• Signals Event Path: displays the historical returns after the signal triggers.
• Past Signal Occurrences: shows real examples of the same signal firing in the past.

Screenshot taken from a Platinum test account on May 6, 2026.

To learn more about the Signals features on the Signals tab of the Asset Details page, click here.

🔍 Stock Research Hub 

Search any ticker and access signal details, price chart, financials, key stats, and news. 

📖 Rule Playbook

Search for descriptions for entry and exit rules.

📊Signal Studies

Build a Signal Study by defining a condition, running the study, and seeing how the stock has historically responded.

🚨 Today's Top 5 Signals Email

Each day, you will receive the top 5 Signals via email.

📂Portfolio Synchronization and Creation

Import your brokerage accounts and create manual portfolios to track your positions.

To learn more, click here.

🧺Baskets

Create and track groups of stocks in a watchlist to monitor trends, compare ideas, and spot opportunities.

To learn more, click here.

🔔 Signal Alerts 

Stay informed when your positions trigger the Signal’s predefined exit rule. These Signal alerts are generated automatically based on the system’s criteria. In addition, you can set your own custom alerts on positions—such as trailing stops, price, time, volume, moving average changes, and fundamental-based triggers—to complement the Signal notifications.

🗓️ Market Calendar 

 Stay on top of earnings, dividends, and key corporate events. 

📰 My Services 

Link directly to your newsletters and publications for a centralized investing experience.

📂Signals Model Portfolio(s)

The Signals Portfolio will showcase a rotating set of stocks identified by TradeSmith's highest-quality signals, built to maximize gains using our proprietary tools.

🎓 Your Education Hub 

Need help or want to go deeper? 

Use the Support menu (top right of your screen) to: 

• Call our Customer Success Team 
• Schedule your complimentary 30-minute concierge call 
• Explore the Signals website for videos, special reports, and resources

Thanks for being part of the journey. You’ve just taken the first step toward investing like a true TradeSmith. 

We’re here to educate, support, and cheer you on every step of the way.