My first trading plan1st
Salamander
Example learner · real filings and prices · not advice
Trading plan
DilutionIQ · Trading plan
How I trade
I hold for days to weeks.
Regular hours only.
15 minutes a day.
What this plan is not for
Not for day trading, scalping, pre-market or after-hours.
Prices come 15 minutes delayed. Filings arrive at the end of the day. That is enough for a plan that moves in days, not minutes.
My 7 rules
- 1Meter not red
- 2Selling window not open
- 3Two or fewer symbols lit
- 4No DROP in 5 days
- 5No reverse split in 21 days
- 6Close above my key price
- 7Volume at or above average
I buy on 5 of 7, and both green rules must pass.
Where the rules come from
Rules 1–2 are the two lights. Rule 3 is the Tell and its symbols. Rules 4–5 are the DROP and SPLIT symbols. Rules 6–7 are my key prices.
The three bars, in order, plus two of my own.
Most in one stock
2%
Practice account $10,000 → $200 in any one stock.
Why so small?
Small caps can fall fast when new shares are sold. A small slice means one bad day can’t wreck the account.
The number is mine. Adam never sizes a trade for me.
Key prices · XLAB
| $1.36 | 15 Oct close, the day a 13D was filed |
| $1.45 | 15 Oct high |
| $1.86 | 20-day average price: my key price |
| none | reverse splits in the last 21 days |
Four prices worth keeping
Filing-day close · day high · average price · break-even after a split (old price × the split).
Adam logs them as notes on the stock.
The check · 15 Oct
6/7meets my plan
- ✓Meter not red
- ✓Selling window not open
- ✓Two or fewer symbols lit
- ✓No DROP in 5 days
- ✓No reverse split in 21 days
- ✕Close above my key price
- ✓Volume at or above average
Missed rule 6: the close of $1.36 was under the $1.86 average.
Practice buy
- Stock
- XLAB
- Bought at
- $1.36
- Date
- 15 Oct 2026 close
- Shares
- 147 · $199.92
- Rules
- 6/7 met
In the simulator, with practice money
Why no result shown?
A plan is judged on following the rules, over months, not on one trade.
Adam’s monthly review counts how many buys met the plan. That is the score that matters.
When I sell
A new offering is filed.
It closes under my key price two days running.
The check drops below 5 of 7.
Four months of scorecards
- JulQuestionnaire, 8 cards
- Aug20 stocks: plan written
- SepFirst scorecards
- OctRules refined, first practice buy
16 SepNUAI$5.411/2 · 1/8 · 1/7
29 SepUPXI$1.151/2 · 2/8 · 1/7
7 OctCURR$2.771/2 · 1/8 · 1/7
13 OctGPUS$0.14712/2 · 2/8 · 1/7
15 OctXLAB$1.360/2 · 1/8 · 2/7
Kept on the day: lights · the Tell · symbols
Now practise yours
The simulator runs the same 7-rule check on every order.
Fills at the close only · practice money · Desk Pro
Example learner, built from real SEC filings and Massive daily prices. Not a real person’s results. Not investment advice.
After the plan
One screen of ten.
A trader learning with us, four months in, getting ready for real money. Ten screens open. The one that glows is where the plan gets practised.
- 424B5 GPUS
- 13D XLAB
- 8-K CURR
- S-3 UPXI
- 10-Q NUAI
GPUS · 21 days
SIMULATOR6/7Meets your plan
XLAB$1.36BUY 147
1stSalamander7 rules · 2% a stock
Illustration. Desk screens are DilutionIQ examples with real 23 Oct 2026 data; the chart and city photos are background images.
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The simulator
Practise the plan with practice money. Every order runs the 7-rule check and fills at a regular-session close. Shorts include the real borrow fee.
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