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Understanding signals

Structure, confidence scores, and independent review mechanism of trading signals.

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Signal payload structure

Every signal generated by the platform contains a complete technical setup. VarianTrade does not publish raw directions; instead, each signal includes:

  • Asset: The specific financial instrument (e.g. EURUSD, BTCUSD).
  • Direction: Either a BUY or SELL action.
  • Entry price: The target price level at which the trade should be entered.
  • Stop loss: The exact invalidation price where the position will be closed to limit losses.
  • Take profit: The target price level where the position will be closed to lock in profits.
  • Strategy: The technical strategy that triggered the alert (e.g. rsi_hook, golden_cross).
  • Confidence: A numeric percentage score representing model alignment.

Confidence scores

The confidence score is a percentage indicator calculated during the generation stage:

  • What it represents: A summary of technical factors, historical backtest alignment, and momentum evidence that support the setup.
  • What it does NOT represent: A probability of profit, win-rate projection, or a guarantee of a positive trade outcome. It is a mathematical score of indicator convergence, not financial advice.

The two-stage review pipeline

To prevent executing false breakout signals or trading into illiquid spreads, VarianTrade uses a two-stage verification gate:

  1. System A (Generation): Evaluates technical indicators, charts, and patterns to propose a new setup.
  2. System B (Verification): An independent review stage that evaluates the setup against macro data, economic news, and structural market conditions.

If the verification stage is offline, busy, or cannot reach an explicit positive verdict, the signal fails closed and is blocked from execution.

Economic news filter and blackout windows

High-impact macroeconomic announcements can cause broker slippage, wide spreads, and unpredictable volatility. To mitigate these risks, VarianTrade features an economic news filter:

  • Blackout windows: When the news filter is enabled (using /settings news on), the system defines a blackout window around high-impact events listed in the economic calendar.
  • Suspended trading: Signal generation and auto-trading are suspended during these windows (typically 30 minutes before and after the release). This protects your account from sudden price spikes and spread expansion.