How to read a plan
evergreen guide
latest session 2026-11-12
Every entry plan on this site has the same shape. The card below is an
example — its levels are invented to show the layout, not a real plan.
EXAMPLE.TO
Example Company
LONG
TSX · Industrials
Entry$20.00
| Stop (5.00% away) | $19.00 |
| Exit 1 · 40% out | $21.00 +5.00% |
| Exit 2 · 30% out | $22.00 +10.00% |
| Exit 3 · 20% out | $23.00 +15.00% |
| Time limit | Applies (longs) |
| Expected hold | 21 sessions |
| Tier-1 reward : risk | 1.00 |
| Ladder reward : risk | 2.10 |
Example card — not a real plan. The remaining 10% is held to the stop, the time limit, or the end of the hold, whichever comes first.
Each field, in one sentence
- Entry
- The price the plan is entered at, priced from the previous session’s close.
- Stop
- The price that closes the plan if the trade moves against it; the percentage beside it is how far the stop sits from the entry.
- Exit 1, 2, 3
- The prices at which part of the position is sold: 40% at Exit 1, 30% at Exit 2, 20% at Exit 3. The percentage beside each exit is the move from the entry to that exit.
- Time limit
- Longs carry a time limit: a LONG that has not started working within a short window is closed at that session’s close. Shorts have none.
- Expected hold
- How many sessions the plan is expected to run, on average, before it reaches an exit, the stop, or the time limit.
- Reward:risk
- Tier-1 reward:risk compares the first exit’s gain with the stop’s loss; ladder reward:risk does the same across all three exits, weighted by the share sold at each.
- Session date versus trading day
- The session date is the day the data came from; the trading day is the next TSX/TSXV trading day after it, and the day the plans are for. The page headline names the trading day.
What the track record measures
The track record resolves every published plan against daily prices and reports the results. See the track record page for the totals, the two ways of measuring them, and the cost assumption.