How to Read a Signal Email
Every Slugger and Switch-Hitter signal arrives the same way: an email the evening before the trade day, with the same details saved to your member dashboard at the same moment. This guide walks through what each part of that email means and what to do with it.
When signals arrive
Slugger signals go out after the market close the night before the 6th trading day of each month. Switch-Hitter signals follow the same pattern the night before the 14th trading day. Because the schedule counts trading days (weekends and market holidays are skipped), the calendar date shifts a little each month — the email always names the exact trade date, so there is nothing to compute.
Occasionally you will also receive a stop alert. Each open position carries a pre-determined stop price that is monitored daily; if a stock closes through its stop, members get an email that night saying it will be sold at the next morning’s open.
What’s in the email
The heart of the message is the section labeled The signal — the exact tickers for the month and a timing line naming the trade date. Below it, the market commentary is context and education: how the systems see the current market. The commentary never changes what the signal says — if you only have thirty seconds, the signal section is all you need to act.
At the bottom, the dashboard button opens your member dashboard, where every signal is archived permanently. A public example of the full format is shown on the Swing Trade Alerts page.
What to do with it
Place market orders at the next morning’s open — or pre-set them the evening before, if your broker supports queued orders. There is no intraday timing to get right: both systems are built around orders at the open. Positions are then held until the system’s next monthly trading day, when it re-evaluates each one — sell, hold, or replace — with the daily stop as the safety net in between.
If the email doesn’t arrive
Your dashboard is the permanent record — every signal is posted there the moment it is sent, so a missed email never means a missed trade. If a message lands in spam, add kurt@relaxedtrader.com to your contacts and the next one should land in your inbox.
Educational only; not investment advice. Relaxed Trader is not a registered investment advisor or broker-dealer. Trading involves risk of loss, and past performance is not indicative of future results.