What is the Trade Desk?

The Trade Desk is RB Trading's live weekly trading dashboard. Every Sunday before the open, the week's analysed setups go live across large-cap stocks, forex majors and crypto, each with the exact entry, stop-loss and scale-out targets, plus a real-time trigger watch, a 20+ stock short-squeeze watchlist and a 200-week buy-zone scanner covering 890+ assets. One subscription also includes the Inside the Trade newsletter (3 letters a week), the TradingView indicator suite and the masterclass library. Educational analysis only, not financial advice.

What is The 3-Gate System?

It's the RB Trading blueprint every setup on the dashboard follows. A trade only makes the list if it clears three gates: Trend (higher-timeframe EMA structure confirmed), Momentum (the DeMarker signal agrees), and Risk (a hard stop and scale-out targets set before entry). Miss one gate and the setup is cut, so you only ever see high-conviction trades across long-term investing, day trades, swing setups, short squeezes and EMA + DeMarker forex.

Any trader who wants a structured plan before the week opens, whether you trade stocks, forex, or crypto, full-time or around a day job. The setups come with exact entries, stops and targets so you don't need to stare at charts all day.

Do I need trading experience?

No. Every setup includes the entry price, stop-loss and take-profit levels. If you understand basic order types you can follow along. The Example Trades section also shows annotated charts of exactly what each setup looks like.

When is the dashboard updated?

Every Sunday before markets open. You log in Monday morning and the full week's plan is already there, EMA Swing Setups, Forex Levels, Short Squeeze watchlist and Portfolio Buy Zones. The Live Trigger Watch updates in real time throughout the week.

What markets do you cover?

Setups across stocks (large-cap US), forex (major and minor pairs), gold, silver and oil, crypto (BTC, ETH and more) and a long-term 200-week buy zone tracker covering 890+ assets across the S&P 500, Dow Jones, FTSE 100, DAX and Nikkei 225, plus indices, sectors, bonds, commodities and crypto.

Is there a free trial?

No trial, one setup that works pays for the year. At $29/month that's about 95¢ a day. The annual plan is better value again: the 20% launch discount takes it to $199 for the year, which is 55¢ a day and $149 less than paying monthly. Instead of a trial you get a full published track record, 118 closed trades, losers included, and a free sample letter, so you can judge the work before paying. Cancel anytime through Substack with one click.

What exactly do I get for $29 a month?

Everything, one subscription: the live Trade Desk dashboard (weekly setups, live triggers, alerts, squeeze watchlist, 200W portfolio builder), Inside the Trade, three educational letters every week covering the reasoning behind the trades, psychology and building lasting income, the TradingView indicator suite (4 invite-only algos), the growing masterclass library, and member perks including the Pro Journal at a member rate and prop-firm discounts.

How do I access the dashboard after subscribing?

Subscribe on Substack, then return here and enter your Substack email address. The dashboard unlocks instantly, no app download, no separate login. Works on any device.

Is this financial advice?

No. RB Trading is educational content for members. All setups are shared for learning purposes only. You are always responsible for your own risk management and trading decisions.

Weekly Trade Setups for Stocks, Forex & Crypto

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Swing SetupsStocks & crypto

Forex & MetalsFX, gold, silver, oil

Vol Entries1H entries

SqueezeSqueeze stocks

LearnGuides and examples

BuilderLong-term

MarketsLive market intel

AlertsYour alerts

New here? How this dashboard works

Read the planThe “This Week” bullets up top are the week’s summary, what we’re watching and why.

Watch the triggersThe Live Trigger Watch updates in real time and flags the moment a setup goes live. The badge guide below explains every state.

Open a sectionTap a tab for the full setups, exact entries, stops and take-profit targets.

Swing Setups Daily-chart swing trades on large-cap stocks & crypto.

Forex & Metals EMA + DeMarker trend levels on the major pairs, plus gold, silver and oil.

Vol Entries Mid-week 1H setups called off the Vol Entries indicator, posted with the chart as they are taken, with a before-and-after once they close. Written calls, not board setups, so manage the trade yourself.

Squeeze High short-interest stocks with active setups.

Learn Free guides to the method, and annotated charts of exactly what each setup looks like.

Builder Long-term 200-week EMA buy zones, accumulate quality slowly, no leverage.

What the live badges mean

WatchingNot there yet, price hasn’t reached the trigger. Nothing to do but wait.

In tradeLive now, the entry is in, and the setup’s stop and targets apply. “Triggered” means the same thing the moment it fires.

Wait for pullbackIt ran too far past the trigger to enter here, buying now would leave under 1.5R to target. Wait for a pullback to the marked price. Not a trade yet; the stop and target don’t change, only your entry improves.

ManagingBeing held through earnings, or it gapped clean through the stop. The auto-stop is paused and the trade is managed by hand, no win or loss is booked until it’s closed.

Target hitThe trade reached its target. A win.

StoppedThe trade hit its stop. A loss.

Some setups, the forex daily-close levels and certain stocks, trigger on the daily close above the level, not an intraday tap. Those go live at the next session’s open: a level that closes above on Monday flips to In trade when the market opens Tuesday, at that opening price.

Every setup clears The 3-Gate System, Trend, Momentum, Risk. Tap any of thousands of tickers, US stocks, ETFs, forex and crypto, to open its chart, fundamentals, seasonality and volatility. Educational only, always manage your own risk.

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DeM 14Oversold <0.30Leaning Buy 0.30-0.44Mid 0.45-0.55Leaning Sell 0.55-0.70Extended >0.70

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Currency Strength Live · powered by TradingView

Forex Seasonality

Which months favour your pair?

Average monthly return over ~5 years, type any pair or pick one below.

EUR/USD GBP/USD USD/JPY AUD/USD USD/CAD Gold

DeM 14Oversold <0.30Leaning Buy 0.30-0.44Mid 0.45-0.55Leaning Sell 0.55-0.70Extended >0.70

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Vol Entries

Entries taken off the Vol Entries indicator on the 1H, spotted after Sunday’s board went out. Posted here exactly as they go into the Substack chat, with the chart. These are written calls, not board setups, no live trigger state and no alerts on them, so read the note and manage the trade yourself.

Off, you only see updates when you open this tab.

What a Vol Entry is

Vol Entries come off my own 1H indicator, built for intraday moves inside the London and New York sessions. It reads three things at once and only marks a setup when all three line up.

Volume spike Real money arriving, not drift. The move has to be carried by a genuine jump in participation rather than a quiet grind.

Adaptive volatility bands The bands widen and tighten with the pair’s own range, so a level means the same thing on a quiet morning as it does in a fast one.

Directional momentum filter Which way the session is actually leaning. It keeps me out of the spikes that fire against the prevailing push.

Where those three agree, the setup arrives with its stop and target zones already defined, which is why every call below carries a stop and a target in the note, not just a direction.

These land whenever they land. There is no schedule to them. A Vol Entry can show up in any session, on any day, and I post it here the moment I take it, the same words and the same chart that go into the Substack chat. That is also why there are no alerts on this tab: check it when you are at your screen, and treat anything here as a trade to manage yourself.

Position Sizing

Risk only 1% of your account per position. $10,000 account = max $100 risk per trade.

Stop Loss

Stops go under the low of the breakout candle. Clear invalidation, if it breaks back below, the setup failed.

Entry Strategy

Entries are called in the chatroom. Check regularly. Never chase breakouts, wait for confirmation.

Take Profits

Scale out at targets. Take partial profits at 2R, let the rest run with a trailing stop.

Market Cap >$2B Volume >1M Price >$10 Short Interest >20%

Ticker	Trade idea

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Winning setups, what to look for ▾

GBP/NZD

8/21 EMA BullishDeM < 0.3Daily CloseLong Setup

Price pulls back into the 8-21 EMA zone while the DeM dips below 0.3. We wait for a strong bullish candle close to confirm the entry, with stops below the trigger candle.

AUD/NZD · Clean Trend

50/200 EMA BullishEMA PullbackDaily Close2R+ Target

Long-term trend confirmed bullish with the 50 above the 200 EMA. Price retraces into the 8-21 zone, the DeM cools from extended readings, and we target a minimum 2R from entry.

Northrop Grumman 200-week EMA buy zone example

NOC · Northrop Grumman

200W EMABuy ZoneWeeklyLong-term

Price tags its rising 200-week EMA (white line) and bounces, the same long-term accumulate signal repeating across years. We build the position slowly in the zone, no leverage, and let the weekly trend carry it.

Stryker 200-week EMA dip-and-recover example

SYK · Stryker

200W EMADeM BarsWeeklyHistory Repeats

History repeating: a ~13% dip below the 200-week EMA, then back to higher highs, the same shape that played out two years earlier. The DeMarker bars cool into the dip, confirming exhaustion before the turn.

First Solar measured dips into the 200-week EMA example

FSLR · First Solar

200W EMABuy ZoneWeeklyMeasured Dips

Even in a strong uptrend, First Solar dips 17–25% into its 200-week EMA before resuming. We size for that: accumulate in the zone, keep the stop below the deeper level, and never chase the strength.

Oracle 200-week EMA dip and DeMarker example

ORCL · Oracle

200W EMADeM BarsWeeklyRepeatable Dip

Two dips into the 200-week EMA, roughly 10% and 18% deep, each a long-term buy zone that resolved higher. The DeMarker bars flush red into the low and turn, the momentum tell we wait for before adding.

Uber 200-week EMA bounce with earnings marker example

UBER · Uber

200W EMAEarnings RiskWeeklyBounce

Price rides back to the rising 200-week EMA for the bounce, with the earnings marker flagged on the timeline. Long-term buy zone, but manage the stop manually around the print: gaps don't respect resting stops.

AUD/NZD

8/21 EMADeM BarsDailySupport Retest

Daily forex: price pulls back through the EMA cluster to a tested support shelf while the DeMarker bars cool from overbought. We watch that shelf for a reaction rather than selling into the hole.

Bitcoin setup with mapped risk-reward example

BTC · Bitcoin

CryptoRisk:RewardDailyMapped Levels

The exact setup as it appears on the desk: entry, stop and target mapped before the week opens, with the risk:reward box drawn on the chart. Accumulate the long-term core on dips; take the leverage trade only on the defined level.

Bitcoin weekly Fibonacci and EMA example

BTC · Bitcoin (Weekly)

Fibonacci200W EMADeM BarsWeekly

The bigger-picture map: weekly Fibonacci levels off the last major swing, layered with the EMA cluster and DeMarker bars. The 0.618 retracement lines up with the rising 200-week EMA, where we start scaling the long-term core.

Portfolio Builder, 200 Week EMA Buy Zones Long-term · No leverage
This is a separate, long-term portfolio strategy, completely different to the EMA Swing setups, which are short-term trades read off the daily chart. Here we accumulate quality assets for the long run when they pull back to the 200 week EMA, only when the 50W EMA is above the 200W (confirmed weekly uptrend). Proximity is judged in each asset's own weekly volatility (ATR), so "close to the line" means the same thing whether it's a calm bond fund or volatile crypto. Build positions slowly, never use leverage, trail your stop below the 50W EMA and scale out at the targets. Click any row for its live weekly chart.

How to read this section

A signal only fires when an asset is in a genuine long-term uptrend: the 50 week EMA above the 200 week EMA and the 200 week EMA itself rising over the last 2 years. That second rule filters out weak assets that only bounced recently.

The Score column, entry quality right now, not company quality

Five checks. 5/5 is the moment to start accumulating, not a verdict on the business:

1 50W EMA above the 200W, long-term structure intact

2 Price within 1× weekly ATR of the 200W, either side

3 No more than 2× ATR above, you are not chasing

4 No more than 2× ATR below, not a falling knife

5 Weekly DeM under 0.30, momentum washed out, so the zone touch is likelier to hold

Why a stock that has fallen further can score lower. Being down a long way is not the same as being at the zone. A name well under its 200W has usually broken its trend rather than gone on sale, so it loses marks for the same reason one that has run too far above does. The score is looking for price sitting at the 200W, whichever side it arrives from.
A low score is not "bad company", it is "not your entry today". A great business that has run 30% above its zone still scores low. Hover any score to see which checks it passed and failed.

Buy Zone, confirmed long-term uptrend AND price is right at the 200 week EMA (within one weekly ATR). This is the moment to accumulate.

Holding, uptrend, price up and away from the 200W line. Hold and trail your stop below the 50 week EMA (with a 1 ATR buffer).

Extended, uptrend but stretched far above the 200W EMA. Too far to start, wait for a pullback.

Weak Trend, the 50W is above the 200W, but the 200W EMA is flat or falling (a counter-trend bounce). Not a quality buy, no targets shown.

No Signal, the 50W EMA is below the 200W EMA (weekly downtrend). We do not buy here.

The scale-out targets are scaled to each asset's own volatility (its weekly ATR), not a flat percentage, so they stay realistic whether it is a calm currency ETF or volatile crypto: TP1 = +5 ATR, TP2 = +10 ATR, TP3 = +18 ATR above the 200 week EMA. Take partial profit at each, and trail the rest below the 50 week EMA. Long term, no leverage.

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Asset	Price	200W EMA	50W EMA	vs 200W ▲	Structure	Signal	Score
Score = entry quality right now, not company quality. Five checks, 5/5 is the ideal moment to start accumulating: 1) 50W EMA above the 200W (long-term structure intact) · 2) price within 1× weekly ATR of the 200W, either side · 3) no more than 2× ATR above it (not chasing) · 4) no more than 2× ATR below it (not catching a falling knife) · 5) weekly DeM under 0.30, momentum washed out, so the zone touch is more likely to hold. Why a stock that has fallen further can score lower: being down a long way is not the same as being at the zone. A name well under its 200W has usually broken its trend rather than gone on sale, so it loses marks for the same reason one that has run too far above does. The score wants price at the 200W, whichever side it arrives from. A low score is not "bad company", it is "not your entry today". Hover any score to see which checks it passed and failed.