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Swing trading guides, from the setup to the service you pay for

This is the index of every guide on the Trade Desk. Each one answers a question swing traders actually search for, uses closed trades from the published record as its examples, and shows the screen in the app that does the job. Start with the method guides if you trade your own ideas, or the comparisons if you are choosing a service.

By RB Trading · Updated 8 Oct 2026 · Educational analysis, not financial advice
The record tab in the Trade Desk: net R, win rate, profit factor, equity curve and the hit rate of each setup type
Where the examples come from: the record tab in the free Markets section. Every trade quoted in these guides is a closed row in it, losers included.

Setups and alerts

Swing trade alertsWhat a useful alert contains, and how the Desk sends them Weekly forex trade ideasThe Sunday forex plan, graded in R Gold (XAU/USD) swing setupsHow gold is planned off spot, and why most weeks it is a watch What a short squeeze watchlist isScreen, trigger, stop, and the record of every squeeze Build a weekly watchlistFrom 900 charts to a handful of written levels The Sunday trading routinePlan the week in one sitting

Method

The EMA swing strategy8, 21, 50 and 200 EMAs as the trend gate ATR stop lossSize the stop to the market, then the position to the stop How to set a stop-lossInvalidation, not pain What is an R-multipleThe unit an honest record is kept in The London and New York overlapThe busiest four hours, and how a swing trader uses them The 200-week moving averageThe slow buy zone The DeMarker indicatorThe momentum gate Holding through earningsThe gap and the three honest options Losing streaks in swing tradingThe longest run on the record, and what came after Swing trading vs day tradingThe costs nobody itemises Trading around a full-time jobAlerts instead of screen time Swing trading glossaryThe terms, defined plainly

Prop firms and brokers

Swing trading a prop firm challengeWeekend rules, risk budget, and the copy-trading rules to read first Broker setup for forex and gold swing tradingWhat to check, without a ranking

Services compared

Best swing trade alert servicesThe checks that matter, and how five services answer them How to choose a trading serviceTen checks with two-minute tests Trade Desk vs signal groupsWhy copying signals fails even when they are good Discord signal groups, an alternativeWhat regulators have said, and what to ask for instead Telegram forex signals, an alternativeA plan with a stop versus a message with a price TradingView Ideas vs the Trade DeskFree community ideas against a graded record MRKT Edge vs the Trade DeskMacro research tools against weekly setups Learn 2 Trade vs the Trade DeskTelegram forex signals against a Sunday plan Mindful Trader vs the Trade DeskTwo swing services, side by side

The record behind every guide

The guides would be opinion without the record. It holds 111 closed trades, every one with the entry, the stop and the exit it was published with, and every loser left in. The track record is the full table, every loss published walks through the losing side, and the monthly results keep the losing months on the page next to the good ones.

Dot plot of every closed trade on the record in R
The whole record in R: one dot per closed trade. The losers stop at about −1R, the winners spread past +2R.

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FAQ

Which guide should I read first?

If you trade your own ideas, start with how to set a stop-loss and what an R-multiple is, because every other guide measures in R. If you are choosing a service, start with the best swing trade alert services page and the ten checks on how to choose a trading service.

Are the trades in these guides real?

Yes. Every example is a closed trade from the published record, with the levels it was published with and the R it booked. Open trades never appear in a guide.

Do I need to pay to use the guides?

No. The guides are free to read and the Markets section of the app is free with an email. The weekly setups themselves, with entries, stops and targets, are for members.

Keep readingThe published record · Every loss published · Monthly results