Swing Trading

The Sunday Workflow

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The most important 90 minutes of the trading week

The Sunday workflow is the OPERATOR system's most important session. The market is closed, you're calm, and all the analytical work that should be done before trading is done now. Monday through Friday becomes execution, not analysis.

Why Sunday Works

Market decisions made during market hours are emotionally contaminated. Prices are moving, alerts are firing, and the FOMO brain is active. The Sunday workflow removes all of that. Every entry, stop, and target is decided in advance — when price isn't moving and your rational brain is in control.

This is also why the OPERATOR system generates significantly better results than reactive trading. The gate compliance rate is higher because you're running gates with no emotional pressure. The R:R is higher because you're calculating targets without a stock ticking in your face.

The 90-Minute Sunday Sequence

7:00 PM — Regime Scorer (10 min). BULL: proceed with full scan. NEUTRAL: raise bar to 85+ Master Score. BEAR: close this browser, no new longs this week. The regime decision is binary — it either opens or closes the week's workflow.

7:15 PM — RS Tracker (10 min). Which 2–3 sectors are leading vs SPY? Note the top 3. Prioritize setups in those sectors when Scanner A produces results. Sector tailwind + clean setup = Gate 4 double confirmation.

7:30 PM — Scanner A (45 min). Run in TOS Stock Hacker. Filter 65+, sort descending. For each stock scoring 80+: run Gates 2, 5, and 6 manually. Two minutes per stock: support level visible? Clear thesis? Earnings check? Result: 2–4 stocks make the watchlist.

8:20 PM — Scanner B (15 min). Run on your 2–4 qualified stocks. Score 70+ → calls appropriate. Under 50 → stock only. Log the result for each position.

8:35 PM — Journal entries (10 min). Log each watchlist entry: ticker, setup type, entry trigger (specific price and volume), stop (specific price), target (specific price), R:R calculated, options or stock, gate compliance status.

8:45 PM — TOS alerts (10 min). Price alert at entry trigger. Volume alert at 2× average. Both conditions must trigger together before you act Monday–Friday. Set alerts, not reminders.

What You've Accomplished by 8:55 PM Sunday

You have 2–4 fully analyzed swing trade candidates with specific entry prices, stops, targets, and position sizes already calculated. You know which use calls and which use stock. Your TOS alerts will tell you when to act. All decisions are made. The week ahead is execution.

The discipline that makes everything work

If Monday through Friday produces a "hot tip" or an interesting chart that wasn't on your Sunday list — it doesn't exist. You do not analyze it. You do not add it to the list. The Sunday list is the boundary. This single habit eliminates FOMO entirely because there's nothing to miss — you made your decisions already.

Sunday watchlist entry format:
"[TICKER] — [Setup type: coil / pullback / gap]
Catalyst: [what drove the setup]
Entry trigger: [specific price] + [volume]× vol
Stop: $[price] below [support/EMA]
Target: $[price] at [resistance level]
R:R: [ratio]:1 · Position: [shares or calls]
Gates: 1✓ 2✓ 3✓ 4✓ 5✓ 6✓"

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