Blueprint Prescriptive Section

How to read and apply WHAT, WHEN, HOW, and HOW MUCH recommendations

The prescriptive section is the main output of Blueprint. It translates all the engine computations into clear, actionable trading recommendations organized into four categories: WHAT to trade, WHEN to trade, HOW to trade, and HOW MUCH to risk.

Setup Cards: The Hero Section

Setup cards are the centerpiece of Blueprint. Each card represents a specific cross-dimensional trading combination and is graded based on its historical performance.

A++ (Gold) -- Your golden setup: Rank 1, win rate 55%+, profit factor 1.3+, at least 10 trades
A+ (Green) -- Strong and reliable: Profit factor 1.0+, win rate 50%+, positive expectancy
A (Blue) -- Good and viable: Positive expectancy, worth trading with awareness
Avoid (Red) -- Stay away: Negative expectancy or profit factor below 0.85

Setup cards showing A++ and A+ graded trading setups

WHAT to Trade

Each setup card shows the symbol and direction (Long or Short) as colored pills. The "Focus" symbols are your strongest performers based on a composite score that combines Bayesian win rate, profit factor, trade count, and Sharpe ratio. Symbols marked "Avoid" have a profit factor below 0.8 with at least 10 trades -- these are consistently losing combinations.

WHEN to Trade

Each setup card includes timing information: the best session (e.g., New York, London), the best 4-hour window (e.g., 08:00 - 12:00), best days of the week shown in green, and days to avoid shown in red. This timing data is specific to each combination, not a global average.

HOW to Trade

The execution details on each card include the recommended SL (stop loss) and TP (take profit) distances, the management style (Active Management or Set and Forget), whether to use partial exits, and which of your strategies works best for this combination. Active Management is recommended when analysis shows that cutting losses early and taking early exits has historically saved you money. Set and Forget is recommended when interference has historically cost you money.

HOW MUCH to Risk

The risk profile at the top of the page shows your recommended risk per trade percentage, risk type (fixed or compounding), and daily/weekly loss limits. You can accept this recommendation to apply it directly to your trading account. For prop firm accounts, the risk is automatically capped at 20% of the maximum daily loss rule.

Reading the Metrics

Each setup card displays key metrics at the bottom: Profit Factor (ratio of gross profit to gross loss), Expectancy (average expected R per trade), trade count, max consecutive losses (a reality check showing the longest historical losing streak for this combo), and the confidence level.

The max consecutive losses number is a reality check, not a prediction. If your A++ setup shows 3 max consecutive losses, it means even this great setup historically had runs of 3 losses in a row. Use this to calibrate your expectations and avoid abandoning a good setup after a normal losing streak.

The Detailed Breakdown section below the setup cards shows the individual dimension analyses (symbols, sessions, timeframes) that feed into the setup generation. It is collapsed by default since the setup cards already contain the most actionable information.

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