How to Use Tradewink: Complete Platform Walkthrough

What Is Tradewink?

Tradewink is an AI trading platform that monitors markets and generates trade ideas. It is paper trading only — public plans do not include live order submission, and Paper Autopilot runs signals in a simulator or a connected paper/sandbox account. It combines market data from multiple sources with multi-model AI analysis across stocks and options — accessible through a web dashboard, Discord, and APIs. Polymarket is not a Tradewink product; Kalshi prediction-market tools are a separate optional workflow.

This guide walks you through every part of the platform so you can get the most out of it.

Creating Your Account

Sign up at tradewink.com — no credit card required. The free sampler delivers up to 3 AI signals per day across 2 sampler signal types from the currently enabled catalog, with a 15-minute delay. Options flow is paused and is not part of the free sampler. Once you sign in, you land on the dashboard.

The Dashboard

Your dashboard is the command center with five main tabs:

Overview

A snapshot of your account — active positions, recent signals, and key metrics at a glance.

Market

Real-time market data, sector heatmaps, and regime status.

Watchlist

Your personal watchlist with live prices, technical levels, and AI monitoring status.

Signals

View your full signal history with filters for ticker, signal type, direction, and outcome. Each signal expands to show the complete AI analysis, entry/stop/target levels, risk:reward ratio, confidence score, and tagged catalysts. Completed trades are marked as wins, losses, or expired.

Analytics

Performance tracking across your signals — win rate, P&L, and breakdowns by signal type and ticker.

Connecting a Paper Account

Connecting a broker is optional, and only paper or sandbox accounts can be connected — public plans do not include live order submission. Use your broker's paper environment (for example Alpaca paper trading). Keys are Fernet-encrypted and never stored in plaintext.

To connect:

1. Go to the app settings page
2. Select your broker
3. Enter your paper API credentials (key + secret). Alpaca is manual key entry — OAuth is disabled.

Orders are simulated against real market data. Public subscriptions are paper-only; separately approved private beta accounts may submit live broker orders.

The Discord Bot

Tradewink lives in Discord. Add the bot to your server or receive signals via DM.

Slash Commands

• /snapshot — Get a real-time AI snapshot of any ticker
• /pulse — Quick market pulse with sentiment and regime
• /signals-dashboard — View your portfolio and active positions
• /whatif — Simulate a trade before committing
• /earnings — Upcoming earnings calendar with AI analysis
• /insider — Recent insider buying and selling activity
• /ratings — Wall Street analyst ratings for any stock
• /macro — Current macro environment summary

Conversational AI

You can also just talk to Tradewink naturally. Ask questions like "What do you think about NVDA?" or "Should I sell my TSLA position?" and the AI responds with context-aware analysis drawing on real-time data.

Building Your Watchlist

Your watchlist determines which stocks get priority scanning. Watchlist tickers are:

• Scanned first in every agent cycle (before the broader universe)
• Given a +15 point score boost in the day trade screener
• Monitored for significant price moves, volume surges, and news events
• Monitored across every enabled signal type that scans your watchlist

Add tickers through the dashboard or via Discord commands.

Paper Autopilot

When Paper Autopilot is on, Tradewink's AI runs a complete paper-trading pipeline every 60 seconds during market hours, in a simulator or a connected paper/sandbox account:

1. Screen — Scores a liquid default universe (about 180 names, plus micro-account names when that mode applies) using volume, ATR, gap, RSI, relative volume, and more, with Finviz movers expanding the list; only the top candidates (capped around 25) advance
2. Evaluate — Runs technical analysis, strategy engines, and AI conviction scoring on candidates
3. Size — Calculates position size using risk-based, ATR-based, and half-Kelly methods (most conservative wins)
4. Paper execute — Submits paper orders (simulator or paper/sandbox account) with full risk checks
5. Monitor — Tracks positions with trailing stops, regime-shift exits, and end-of-day flattening

Safety guardrails include daily loss limits, position concentration limits, margin/buying-power checks, circuit breakers, and monk mode (which skips unfavorable conditions like quiet hours or pre-earnings windows). The old federal pattern-day-trader designation was eliminated June 4, 2026; Tradewink's PDT gate is a no-op (some brokers may still apply legacy day-trade limits until October 20, 2027).

Understanding AI Confidence Scores

Every signal includes a confidence score from 0-100:

• 80+ — High conviction: multiple factors align. Day-trade sizing can use full size at this tier.
• 60-79 — Standard conviction: meets the day-trade conviction floor; size may be reduced below 80.
• Below 60 — Not used for day-trade entries by default (candidates are rejected). Advisory signals on paid plans may still use plan-specific confidence floors.

The trading default minimum confidence is 70%. Scores are calibrated over time from outcomes — that is not a promise that high-confidence alerts will win more often in live trading.

Market Regime Detection

Tradewink uses a Hidden Markov Model to classify the current market regime:

• Bull — Trending up, favor momentum and breakout strategies
• Bear — Trending down, favor defensive and mean-reversion strategies
• Sideways — Range-bound, favor mean-reversion and VWAP strategies

The AI adapts its strategy weights, position sizing, and signal thresholds based on the detected regime. When the regime is transitioning, the system reduces exposure automatically.

Tips for Getting the Most Out of Tradewink

• Start with signals only — Read the AI analysis for every signal before acting. Understanding the reasoning makes you a better trader.
• Paper trade for 2-4 weeks — Learn how the system behaves. Tradewink stays paper-only; for public-plan users, any real trade is your own decision at your broker.
• Follow the confidence scores — Start with 80+ signals only. Expand to lower-confidence signals as you learn.
• Don't override stop losses — The AI calculates stops based on ATR and support levels. Moving your stop "to give it more room" is how small losses become big ones.
• Review your signal history — The dashboard keeps a running history of signals, wins, and losses so you can track your progress; a weekly digest summary is one of the catalog types, published when enabled.

Subscription Tiers and What They Unlock

Tradewink offers four tiers:

• Free — Up to 3 signals/day across 2 sampler signal types from the currently enabled catalog. 15-minute delayed delivery. 5-ticker watchlist. 7-day history. No credit card.
• Starter ($19/mo, 7-day trial with card required) — Real-time delivery of currently enabled signal types, email + webhook, unlimited watchlist, 90-day history.
• Pro ($79/mo) — Everything in Starter plus REST API access and unlimited signal history.
• Elite ($149/mo) — Everything in Pro plus expanded analysis capacity and dedicated support.

Every tier is paper trading only. Paper Autopilot runs in a simulator or a paper/sandbox account; no plan unlocks live, real-money trading.

Notifications and Alert Delivery

Tradewink delivers signals through multiple channels simultaneously:

• Discord DM — Real-time signal alert the moment a setup is confirmed. Includes the full written analysis with one click to expand.
• Discord channel — Post signals to a shared server channel for a trading community.
• Email — Available on Starter and above (the free sampler is Discord/dashboard; batched digest email may run as an operator switch, not a Free entitlement).
• Webhook — HMAC-signed webhooks on Starter and above (Slack/Teams and Zapier/Make/n8n on Starter; REST API on Pro).

Configure your delivery preferences in the Settings tab of your dashboard.

Understanding the Weekly Digest

Every Friday, Tradewink generates a personalized performance digest covering:

• Total signals sent that week and outcome breakdown (win/loss/expired)
• Your top 3 performing signal types and worst 3
• Market regime summary for the week (bull, bear, sideways)
• Upcoming catalysts for the following week (earnings, economic data)
• AI-generated commentary on what worked and what didn't

The digest is designed to replace the manual trading journal review most traders skip. It surfaces patterns you wouldn't notice from individual trades.

The Settings Page: Key Configurations

The Settings page is where you tune Tradewink to match your trading style:

• Risk tolerance: Conservative, moderate, or aggressive (affects position sizing and confidence thresholds)
• Confidence threshold: Minimum AI confidence score (default 70%) to receive a signal
• Sector exclusions: Block signals in sectors you don't want to trade (e.g., biotech, energy)
• Max daily signals: Cap the number of signals per day to avoid overtrading
• Ticker exclusions: Never trade specific tickers (useful if you hold long-term positions)
• Monk mode settings: When to pause Paper Autopilot (pre-earnings windows, low-volume hours, transition regimes)

Every preference is stored per-user and persists across sessions.