THE DESPERATE TRADER · The Watcher signal performance

Measured, not marketed

When the scanner flags a stock, it’s 3.5× more likely to move 5% within the hour.

Not a promise about your P&L - a measurement of the signal. We surface where the movement is; here is every number behind that claim, including the ones that don’t flatter us.

9.9%

of flagged alerts moved +5% or more within 60 min
- vs 2.8% for a random stock

4.7×

more likely to reach a +10% move
4.2% vs 0.9% baseline

105,373

real alerts measured across
11 trading sessions, not a demo

The comparison

How far a flagged stock travels vs. a random one

For every alert, we measure the largest move over the next 60 minutes and compare it to a random-bar baseline - the same market, same clock, no cherry-picking.

Reached +3% within the hour2.8× the baseline

Our alerts

16.7%

Random

6.0%

Reached +5% within the hour3.5× the baseline

Our alerts

9.9%

Random

2.8%

Reached +10% within the hour4.7× the baseline

Our alerts

4.2%

Random

0.9%

Stocks the Watcher alerted onRandom-bar baseline

The part most sites hide

The move cuts both ways

A stock that can run +5% can also drop. We flag volatility and opportunity, not a guaranteed direction - the average alert swings up and down more than a random stock. Your entry, stop and exit still decide the outcome.

Our alerts - avg. excursion, 60 min

+2.28%

−2.08%

max drawdown

max upside

Random stock - avg. excursion, 60 min

+0.97%

−0.88%

max drawdown

max upside

Consistency

It isn’t one lucky day

Share of alerts reaching +5% in an hour, each session, against that day’s baseline. The edge shows up every full trading session we measured - the margin moves, the sign never does.

8/21

8/24

8/25

8/26

8/27

8/28

8/31

9/1

9/2

9/3

9/4

Our alertsThat day’s baseline

11 / 11 full sessions beat the baseline

How this was measured

The method, so you can trust the number

A track record is only worth the rigor behind it. This one is built on market data, not our own bookkeeping - it never touches trade P&L, which is the number most services quietly inflate.

Population105,373 alerts actually delivered to the live feed - every one, not a curated highlight reel.

Window11 trading sessions ending September 5, 2026.

OutcomeLargest favorable & adverse move over the next 60 minutes of real price bars, measured from the alert price.

Baseline352,232 randomly-sampled bars over the same days - an unbiased base rate for “what a stock does anyway.”

No hindsightAlerts are selected only by what was known at the moment they fired - never by how they turned out.

Not from tradesZero dependence on realized P&L, fills, or position bookkeeping. This measures the signal, not a managed account.

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What this does - and doesn’t - claim

What it shows

Stocks we flag move substantially more than random ones.
They reach tradeable +3 / +5 / +10% moves far more often.
The edge holds every full session we measured.
It’s measured on real, delivered alerts - all of them.

What it doesn’t

It is not a claim you would have made money - that’s your entry, stop and exit.
It is not a direction call: the move goes both ways.
Past signal behavior doesn’t guarantee future moves.
Nothing here is financial advice.