Ask RM Playbooks

A playbook is a question the desk already knows how to answer well. Pick one, fill in a ticker if it asks for one, and the desk answers from its own data.

Every figure here is paper trading and hypothetical. The answers are published research and education, the same for every reader.

At a glance

• Where they are. A row of chips at the top of the Ask. Find me a trade comes first.
• Who writes the answer. The desk, by code, from its own figures. No model writes a playbook's answer.
• Two parts, never mixed. RingMaster view is the desk's own figures. External information is what outside sources report.
• Outside items. Each one carries its site, its time, its title and its link. The desk does not check them.
• Analyst ratings. The desk holds none of its own. Its signal is a rank, not a rating.
• Explore. A second mode for open questions and strategy ideas. It is exploration, never a RingMaster signal.

Key difference. RingMaster view is what the desk measured. External information is what others said. An outside view is never the desk's.

The playbooks

Find me a trade. Tonight's Trade Cards that print a priced trade, ordered by confidence and then by win rate. Each line gives the structure, the limit and the Max loss. You can keep only bullish or bearish cards, only the index funds, or a Max loss per contract. The order sorts the cards' own published figures. It does not make one card right for any reader.

Ticker deep dive. One name in full. First the signal, its place in the ranking and the win rate. Then the Trade Card, the walls and zero gamma, and the expected move. Then the next report and the Desk Analyst note. The Free plan reads the note's first paragraph. Last, the desk's headlines on the name, under External information.

Earnings plays. Tonight's signal cards with a report inside the hold or before expiry, each with its expected move and its card. A report can move the price past a breakeven in one gap.

Compare two names. Two names side by side: the signal, the win rate, the confidence, the trade, the expected move and the next report. The desk does not pick one of the two.

Market today. The index funds and the sector funds on the last trading day, the Market Conditions reading, breadth, and the top headlines.

Why did it move. A name's last daily move, set beside the S&P 500 fund and its own sector fund. Then its volume against its 20 day average, any report or company filing near that day, and outside news.

Key levels. A name's levels from the listed chain, the same list as the Gamma Map's Levels tab. It names the walls, zero gamma and the strike with the most open contracts. Then the gamma clusters, each with its share of open gamma, and the expected moves.

Asking in your own words

You do not need the chips. The Ask runs the same answers for questions like these.

• Find me a trade, or give me a bullish trade idea.
• Find me an index fund trade under $500 max loss.
• Why did DELL move today?
• What is the latest news on NVDA?
• What are analysts saying about AMD?
• What happened in the market today?

The desk is end of day

The desk reads daily closes. A move is always the last trading day the desk holds, and the answer names that day. The desk holds no intraday prices.

The desk does not know why a price moved. It shows the figures it holds and what outside sources reported, and it keeps the two apart.

Where outside information comes from

The desk's own headline feed comes first. Then a public news search, by the company's name, over the last one to three days.

Each outside item names its site, its time and its link. When a source does not answer within about four seconds, the answer says so and carries on without it.

Asked what analysts say, the desk says plainly that it holds no ratings and no price targets, and republishes none. Under External information it lists outside news items that mention analysts, each with its site.

Explore mode

Explore is a switch in the Ask, beside Desk. Desk is the default. A new conversation, or opening the Ask again, starts on Desk. While Explore is on, the Ask says so and offers one tap back to Desk.

In Explore, a model may read up to four of the desk's own tools and the outside news search, then write an answer. Every Explore answer starts with "Exploration. Not a RingMaster signal."

For a strategy idea, Explore looks for what the desk has already measured on similar ideas. It explains how one would test the idea and names the standard structures. Under "Names that fit, from tonight's scan" it quotes each name's signal state as the desk published it. None of them is a pick.

Explore never invents a backtest result. Every figure in its answer must come from what the desk's tools returned, or the answer is not shown. It never sizes anyone's account.

Frequently asked questions

Is a playbook answer a recommendation? No. It is the desk's published figures, the same for every reader. The desk does not say which card fits a reader's account.

Why does an answer say a source was not reached? The desk waits about four seconds for outside sources. A source that has not answered by then is named, and the answer goes ahead without it.

Does Explore count against my analysis questions? Yes. An Explore answer reads the desk's figures with a model, so it is one analysis question. The playbooks are not.

Can Explore place a trade or watch a price for me? No. It reads and explains. Nothing on the desk places an order.

Related panes

• Trade Cards holds tonight's cards, the sheet Find me a trade reads.
• Headlines is the desk's own headline feed.
• Company Events lists the filings a name made.
• Gamma Map shows the walls and zero gamma.
• Where to look for what finds a reading by the word you search for.