The Swing Trade Product
Swing Trade is Vector Ridge's selective multi-day product. Its long and short research cards typically resolve within 1 to 5 sessions, with a 20-session maximum. Each card includes a timestamped entry basis, conviction grade, manager state, risk information, and expiry.
The public description is intentionally about the product contract, not the private recipe. Swing Trade looks for unusual price dislocations with durable recovery or continuation potential and then manages each published card through a defined state lifecycle.
The lifecycle
- Published: the setup, direction, entry basis, grade, manager version, and timing are locked on the record.
- At risk: the card is active but has not earned protected status.
- Confirmed or protected: favorable price action changes the active manager state and published protection.
- Closed: the governing level, lifecycle rule, or multi-session clock ends the card.
The exact thresholds, feature construction, source routes, and manager constants are proprietary. The state changes and realized result are not: they remain available in the subscriber product and performance ledger.
Why the horizon matters
A multi-day card needs more room than a same-session card. Swing Trade can cross nights, weekends, earnings, and unscheduled news. That gives a move time to develop, but it also creates gap risk that cannot be removed by a displayed level.
Who it suits
Swing Trade suits subscribers who can manage positions over days and weeks, tolerate open-card noise, and review state updates without watching every minute. It is not designed for users who require every idea to close the same day.
Evidence standard
Static marketing pages do not carry the current performance claim. Use the realized live ledger to evaluate actual published cards, including losses. Historical replays and internal research remain separately labelled from live subscriber evidence.
Public method, private implementation
The horizon, lifecycle, evidence contract, and risks are public. The formula that selects and calibrates a card is not.
How long can a Swing Trade card remain active?
Most cards resolve within 1–5 sessions. The manager can keep a card active for up to 20 sessions; the displayed state and expiry are authoritative for each trade.
Does Swing Trade publish both directions?
Yes. It can publish long and short cards when the active source models qualify them.
Does the public page disclose the exact signal formula?
No. Exact thresholds, calibration, feature weights, source routes, and manager constants remain proprietary.
What is the main risk?
Multi-day carry creates overnight, weekend, earnings, and news-gap risk. A user's execution can differ from the published research convention.