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Start Here: Welcome to Trade Cycles

Published: July 10, 2025

Latest Update: July 14, 2026

 

🌟 Start Here: Welcome to Trade Cycles

We’re so glad you’ve joined the TradeSmith family—and we appreciate your trust. You’re about to gain access to powerful tools and insights that can help you grow and protect your wealth. 


Getting Started: What to Expect  

To support your journey, our education team has created a “Getting Started” series, including quick- start training videos.  


You will also have access to the following educational resources: 

  • Live TradeSmith Walkthrough webinars 
  • Ongoing tutorials, guides, articles, and expert editorials 


These resources are available regardless of which TradeSmith product you subscribe to.   

About TradeSmith: 

Founded in 2005, TradeSmith began as a simple way to track positions with trailing stops. Today, it has evolved into a comprehensive suite of market analysis and risk-management tools—all designed to help individual investors make more informed, unbiased decisions. 

What is Trade Cycles? 

Trade Cycles identifies periodic price patterns and combines them with other indicators to help forecast upcoming market turns of the major indexes, stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies.  


Our program will help you time your entries and exits and can act as an odds enhancer when combined with other TradeSmith indicators. 


You will come to learn more about your indicators and tools in the upcoming videos and articles. 

Key Features of Trade Cycles: 

  • 💼Portfolio Synchronization: Import your brokerage accounts and track your positions in TradeSmith Finance. To learn more, click here.
  • 📊 Home: Center console for market health and Trade Cycle signals 
  • 📄 Asset Details Page: Research assets with our proprietary indicators 
  • 📈 Seasonality and Cycle Tools: Find predictable price patterns and upcoming turns 
  • 🧠 Trade Cycles' Model Portfolios: Automated short-term trade recommendations based on predictable price patterns.
  • 🔎 Stock Screener Tool: Scan for new investment opportunities 
  • 📆 Market and Trade Cycles Calendar: Review upcoming corporate actions, seasonality, and cycles 
  • 📬 My Services: Link to your newsletters and publications 


🎓 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 
  • Access the mobile app install guide, contacts, and more 



Join our TradeSmith Walkthroughs and Inside TradeSmith webinars, including sessions with Senior Analyst Mike Burnick and our Education Team. 

  • Check the Product Updates tab (📣) for the latest improvements. 
  • Explore the Education Center (📖) for articles, tutorials, and a helpful glossary. 

✅ Tips for Success 

  • Don’t worry if it feels like a lot—many new members feel that way at first. 
  • Rewatch the “Getting Started” series anytime. 
  • Take advantage of your concierge call—we’re here to help. 
  • Once you’ve settled in, join us at TradeSmith Walkthrough webinars—and don’t be surprised if we chat about food and investing along the way! 😄 


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.