A plain-English dictionary of trading and market terms

Setup

A setup is a market situation with enough structure to deserve review. It is not a guarantee, prediction, or promise of outcome.

Report Lane

A report lane is the specific part of the platform built for a certain market style or timing window, such as overnight, intraday, options, crypto, or a steadier long-term lane.

Ranked Setup

A ranked setup is an idea that has already been narrowed and ordered so a member can see where to look first. The rank helps focus attention, but it does not replace judgment.

Extended Setup

An extended setup has already moved meaningfully from a cleaner base or entry area. It may still continue, but it carries higher timing, reversal, and profit-taking risk.

If a trader cannot monitor closely, an extended setup may be a poor fit compared with a cleaner pullback, reset, or less-extended candidate.

Movement Opportunities

Movement Opportunities is the Tide Trader section for Dawn Breaker, Swell, and Tsunami. Dawn Breaker is a premarket-only report that organizes meaningful gaps above and below the previous regular-session close.

Swell highlights persistent one-direction movement across consecutive daily closes. Tsunami separately identifies recent excessive upside and downside movement after it occurs using percentage and ATR context. These reports provide context and do not predict reversals or provide exit guidance.

Trade Context

Trade context is the surrounding information that shapes how an idea should be read, including market posture, sector behavior, timing, Conservative-exit confidence, and nearby event risk.

ATR

ATR means Average True Range. Tide Trader shows it as a raw dollar amount so members can compare report levels with normal movement for the ticker being reviewed.

Market Tone

Market Tone is the platform's plain-English read on the broader environment. It is meant to help a trader think about selectivity, caution, and posture before diving into a ticker.

Sector Context

Sector context means understanding whether a group of stocks is acting strong, weak, or mixed before a member treats one name in that group like it exists on its own.

Event Risk

Event risk refers to something near the setup that could change behavior quickly, such as earnings, economic news, a company announcement, or another scheduled catalyst.

Storm Watch / Storm Warning

Storm Watch / Storm Warning is Tide Trader's market-weather risk layer. A Storm Watch means conditions are present for trouble, such as sector deterioration, profit-taking risk, or trend-change risk. A Storm Warning means broad setup conditions are already hostile, with short-side pressure outweighing clean long opportunities.

Timing Window

A timing window is the practical life span of the setup. Some ideas are meant for the next session, some are intraday, and some are better treated like slower multi-day or longer-term opportunities.