§01 TRADE_IDEAS¶
OVERVIEW¶
Trade Ideas is the public room. Drop a thesis with a symbol, a direction, an entry, a target, a stop, and a timeframe. Read what other operators are watching. Like the ones you'd take, ignore the ones you wouldn't, comment when you've got a counterpoint. Read-only is free; posting requires an authed account.
WHAT IT IS¶
A reverse-chronological social feed of posted trade ideas, each stamped with its author. Every idea carries a symbol, a direction, a thesis, optional entry/target/stop prices, a timeframe, and tags — a structured trade card, not a tweet. Your likes and comments are saved to your account, and liking or unliking the same idea more than once is a no-op. The feed loads newest-first, 20 ideas at a time.
WHEN TO USE IT¶
Post when you've taken a position you can defend in three sentences and want a record outside your own journal. Browse when you want a sanity check on the names you're already watching, or when the scanner's quiet and you want to see what other traders are pricing in. Don't use it as a signal service — the ideas feed is conversation, not consensus.
OPEN IT¶
Path: /ideas
Shortcut: none
Tier-gate: read-only is free for any signed-in user; posting requires you to be signed in
HOW TO USE¶
Open the feed
Navigate to /ideas. The feed loads newest-first. The header displays the Trade Ideas title and a + New Idea button.
Filter ideas
- Type a ticker (e.g.
AAPL) into the symbol input to narrow the feed to that symbol. - Use the All / Long / Short / Neutral direction chips to filter by direction.
- Filters combine — you can scope to long AAPL ideas simultaneously.
Post an idea
- Click + New Idea to open the post dialog.
- Fill in the three required fields: symbol, direction, and thesis.
- Optionally add entry price, target price, stop price, timeframe (defaults to
swing), and tags. - Submit. The new card is prepended to the feed immediately.
Like an idea
Click the heart icon on any card to toggle your like. The count updates immediately and unliking floors back at zero.
Comment on an idea
Click into a card to expand the comment thread and add a reply. Comments are flat (no nesting), shown oldest-first, each stamped with its author.
Delete your own idea
Your ideas appear in the feed mixed with everyone else's. You can delete your own ideas. You cannot delete anyone else's.
FIELDS¶
| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
symbol |
string | Auto-uppercased on insert |
direction |
long / short / neutral |
Drives the filter chip and the card's color cue |
thesis |
string | Free-text — the why, in your own words |
entry_price |
number? | Optional |
target_price |
number? | Optional |
stop_price |
number? | Optional — paired with entry_price to compute R:R |
timeframe |
string | Defaults to swing. Common values: intraday, swing, position, leap |
tags |
string[] | Free-form — e.g. breakout, earnings, oversold-bounce |
likes_count |
number | Server-maintained — incremented on like, floored at zero on unlike |
comments_count |
number | Maintained automatically — increments as comments are added |
created_at / updated_at |
timestamp | ISO; feed sorts by created_at DESC |
LIMITS¶
| Constraint | Detail |
|---|---|
| Posting | Requires sign-in |
| Likes | One like per idea per user — clicking like twice is a no-op |
| Feed pagination | Loads 20 ideas at a time |
| Comments | Flat only — no threading, no editing, no deleting yet |
Note
The part of the social feed that matters — ideas trend sparsely. Read it for signal, not volume.
TROUBLESHOOTING¶
I posted an idea but it didn't appear in the feed. If the page didn't update, the post didn't go through. Most often your session expired — sign in again — or you missed one of the three required fields (symbol, direction, thesis). If everything's filled in, wait a moment and try again.
I can't like or comment. You need to be signed in. Liking and commenting require an account. Sign in via the top-right user menu and retry.
The feed shows "No trade ideas yet." Two cases: (1) no ideas match your filter combination — broaden by clearing the symbol and direction filters; (2) the feed is still empty (the feature is new — see Limits).
Deleted an idea but it still shows. Refresh the page to re-fetch the feed. You can only delete your own ideas — anyone else's stays put.
Tip
Looking for tracking the P&L of your own ideas? Wrong surface. This is the social feed for posting theses. For the active P&L tracker on ideas you're trading — entry-to-exit performance, win rate, R-multiple per idea — see Idea Tracker at /idea-tracking.