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Every evening, each market group gets a status and the line that would change it. Green leads, yellow is building, red needs repair. The board is in the free section of every letter.
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The full board, with every level, is in the free section of every letter. Read tonight's letter free →
One letter. Six things in it.
The top half is free for everyone. The bottom half is the RTL Trading Desk.
The market read
Where we stand, the tape, breadth and the line that would change the view.
The Leadership Board
Every market group with a status and a level. Green leads, yellow builds, red repairs.
The Sunday Letter
The week's deep dive and the top stocks on our radar.
Trade ideas with levels
The day's actionable setups in the hottest stocks and themes, each with its entry and its stop.
The RTL Book
Our hypothetical model portfolio, with every change reported after the close and the reasoning.
The gameplan & members' chat
Tomorrow's plan tonight, plus desk notes on breadth and key levels through the session.
Educational research only, not investment advice. Past results are not indicative of future results.
The model book, reported after the close.
The RTL Book runs on the same ideas the letter publishes. Its trades are reported in the evening letter, after the close, with the entry and the stop. When the market says to stand aside, the Book holds cash, and the letter says so.
Every trade idea the RTL Book acts on is in the letter first, with its entry and its stop. Losers get the same billing as winners.
“I don't often recommend other market publications, but Ride The Leaders work is something I've followed for quite some time and whose perspective I've come to value. … His research goes beyond simply identifying stocks that are moving higher. He examines relative strength, sector rotation, institutional activity and the technical conditions that can distinguish an emerging market leader from an ordinary price move. … His research has contributed to my own market preparation and occasionally challenged me to reconsider my assumptions.”
One reader's view. Not representative of all readers or results.
Simple pricing.
The market review is free, five evenings a week. The RTL Trading Desk adds the trade ideas, the RTL Book and the gameplan.
RTL Trading Desk, monthly
- Swing trading research & education, including entries, stops & position management
- Daily list of actionable trade ideas featuring the market's hottest stocks & leading themes
- Periodic intraday market updates covering breadth, key index levels & situational awareness
- The RTL Book, a hypothetical model portfolio, the members' chat & the RTL Discord members area
RTL Trading Desk, annual
- Swing trading research & education, including entries, stops & position management
- Daily list of actionable trade ideas featuring the market's hottest stocks & leading themes
- Periodic intraday market updates covering breadth, key index levels & situational awareness
- The RTL Book, a hypothetical model portfolio, the members' chat & the RTL Discord members area
Not ready? Start with the free letter. The market review is free five evenings a week.
Billing through Substack and Stripe. Renews automatically, cancel anytime. The rate you lock in does not rise while your subscription stays active.
Free vs. RTL Trading Desk
The free letter is the market read. Members get the trade ideas, the levels and the RTL Book.
| What you receive | Free | Trading Desk |
|---|---|---|
| The nightly market, breadth & sector review, free five evenings a week | ✓ | ✓ |
| The Sunday Letter: our weekly deep dive & the top stocks on our radar | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access to the Ride The Leaders Discord community | ✓ | ✓ |
| Swing trading research & education, including entries, stops & position management from Ride The Leaders | — | ✓ |
| Daily list of actionable trade ideas featuring the market's hottest stocks & leading themes | — | ✓ |
| Periodic intraday market updates covering market breadth, key index levels & situational awareness | — | ✓ |
| Full access to The RTL Book, a hypothetical model portfolio, the members' chat & the RTL Discord members area | — | ✓ |
Straight answers.
What do I get free, and what does the Trading Desk add?
Free: the nightly market, breadth and sector review at the top of every letter, five evenings a week; the Sunday Letter, our weekly deep dive and the top stocks on our radar; and the Ride The Leaders Discord community. The RTL Trading Desk adds swing trading research and education, including entries, stops and position management; a daily list of actionable trade ideas featuring the market's hottest stocks and leading themes; periodic intraday market updates covering market breadth, key index levels and situational awareness; full access to the RTL Book, our hypothetical model portfolio, and the members' chat; and the members area in the RTL Discord.
How does the letter reach me, and what's in the chat?
The letter arrives by email five evenings a week and stays in the archive. Everyone gets the market review at the top; members get the trade ideas, the RTL Book and the gameplan below it. The members' chat on Substack, mirrored to the members' Discord, carries desk notes before the open, midday and at the close: market breadth, key index levels and situational awareness, plus reports of changes to the RTL Book, our hypothetical model portfolio, with the reasoning. Everything posts to every member at the same time, and a Book change is a report of a model decision, not an instruction to trade.
What happens when a trade loses?
It gets reported in the letter, with the same precision as a winner. The losers are part of the work, not a footnote to it.
How does billing work?
Membership is $39 a month or $399 a year, billed by Substack. There is no trial. Cancel anytime in your Substack subscription settings and your access runs to the end of the period you paid for.
Can I cancel?
Anytime, in your Substack subscription settings. Billing is handled by Substack and Stripe, subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled, and access runs through the end of the period you paid for.
Is this investment advice?
No. Everything here is educational research published without regard to any individual's circumstances. Levels are analytical reference points describing a chart, not instructions. Always do your own research.
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