Alpha Stops

Your answer to exiting the trade successfully

I’ve waited 4 years to release Alpha Stops. It’s been a core part of my personal toolkit, and now it’s finally ready for the Alpha community.

This is just phase one - there’s another advanced adaptation of this stop model coming exclusively to Alpha Stops in the months ahead. But first, I want our Vault members to get comfortable with the foundation: precise, adaptive stops designed specifically for our high-momentum Trading Alpha setups.

The mission is simple: set it, forget it, let the trade prove itself.

Alpha Stops force every position to either perform - or get cut. No babysitting. No emotional decisions. We rotate capital into strength and free up capital from setups that lag. In trading, time is opportunity cost - and these stops remind us of just that.

Great traders aren’t defined by just entries… they’re defined also by disciplined risk management . Nothing impacts PnL more than risk management, and stop-loss placement is half the game. Let’s dive in.

Designed specifically for stage 2 Uptrends

When we designed the explosive Alpha Stops we had one goal in mind. That is to capture the most of every stage 2 uptrend that we could. Now after testing, capturing ~95% of every Stage-2 uptrend we tested - that goal is now officially achieved. This is the most efficient stop-loss system we've ever seen for targeting Stage-2 moves.

In the picture below the Alpha Stops capture the entire Bitcoin bull market stage 2 uptrend currently to date. If you used the Alpha Stops this cycle you were never stopped out during any of the corrections. A true set it and forget it stop loss system for stage 2.

Lets now go over how to setup and use the Alpha Stops...

Long or Short trade?

You can apply these stop-loss levels to both long and short positions. Inside the Alpha Vault indicator settings, simply select whether you're using a Long Stop-Loss or a Short Stop-Loss.

By default, Alpha stops uses a Long Stop-Loss so if you're trading the short side, make sure to switch it before entering your trade.

Picking your Risk Tolerance

There are two types of Explosive Stop-Loss settings inside Alpha Stops:

✅ Low-Risk Tolerance

Designed for traders who want tighter protection and minimal draw-down. This stop-loss will hug price action more closely, giving less room for pullbacks and cutting the trade faster if momentum stalls.

✅ High-Risk Tolerance

Built for traders who still want a stop loss designed for explosive setups but who prefer to give their trade a little more breathing room to mature. This setting still protects you - but allows deeper pullbacks so that any short term volatility doesn't shake you out too early.

In short:

Setting	Best For	Behavior
Low-Risk	Tight risk, fast exits	Closer stop, smaller drawdowns
High-Risk	Letting trades stretch	Wider stop, more room to run

Long Trade Stop-Loss

Here is an example of a long Stop-Loss that we started from the first green Dot on Bitcoins 2023-current cycle. Notice how the stop-loss required the price action to perform but still giving it enough room for dips and corrections. It has captured all of the stage 2 uprend so far which is the goal in trading.

Take note of the time frame you're trading

Alpha Stops are built to capture Stage-2 uptrends only. When the market transitions into a Stage-3 base, the stops will take you out - exactly as designed. That’s proper trade management.

This also means your expectations should match your time frame:

• Monthly / Weekly setup → expect a long-term Stage-2 trend

• Daily setup → expect a mid-term Stage-2 trend

If the trend bases into Stage-3 and later makes a fresh Stage-2 continuation breakout, that becomes a new trade - simply re-enter and set stops again.

Trade the time frame you selected, and let the stops do their job.

Setting Alpha Stop Alerts On TradingView

Alert tutorial coming soon.

For now, you can set Alpha Stop alerts manually:

1. Hover over the Alpha Stop indicator name

2. Click More

3. Select Add Alert

This opens the TradingView alert menu, where you can create alerts that notify you via email, mobile, or smartwatch.

How to change you time zone in TradingView

Alpha Stop-Loss follows the users time zone that they have set in TradingView. The default setting in TradingView is UCT time. If you want you Stop-Losses to be accurate, make sure you set your TradingView time to match you own time zone.

Failure to do so will result in your Stop-Losses not matching your selected date and time.

COMING SOON - Wick will release an additional variation into the Alpha Stops that will allow the setup longer to progress. These should work particularly well with Bottom signal setups. We want our members to feel comfortable first with these explosive stage 2 stops.