Reading your first signal
Last reviewed: 25 May 2026
Anatomy of a signal card
Each card in the feed has the same six fields. They're laid out top-to-bottom in the app:
- Symbol & direction. The NSE ticker, plus a green or red bar telling you whether the recommendation is long or short.
- Entry zone. A price range — not a single number. Acting anywhere inside the zone is consistent with the published methodology.
- Structural stop. The level that, if hit, marks the setup as invalidated. We publish it as a single price; you place it on your own broker.
- Illustrative target. Where the methodology expects the move to reach if it plays out. Not a guarantee — every published number is pre-trade, illustrative.
- Conviction. A 0–12 score reflecting how many independent confluence factors lined up. Below 7 doesn't ship; 10+ is high conviction.
- Strategy tag. Which factor strategy produced the signal — useful for tracking exposure across the stack.
What a signal is not
- It's not personal financial advice. We don't know your portfolio, goals or risk appetite.
- It's not a guaranteed outcome. A meaningful share of any rule-based strategy's trades will lose money.
- It's not an order. You decide whether to act, how much to size and where to actually place your stop on the broker.
What to do with one
Read it as research. Cross-check against your own view, position sizing and broker's order rules. The signal stays in the feed and on your journal screen whether or not you act on it.
Where to learn more
The Understanding signal types article walks through what each strategy is looking for, and Factor strategies, explained for non-quants covers the underlying methodology.
Related in getting started
- Setting up your Markov accountInstall the Android app, verify your phone, and finish the one-time account setup before your first signal.
- Completing KYC (PAN, Aadhaar, e-sign)What documents you need, what happens at each step, and how long Digio takes to confirm your KYC.
- What the free and paid tiers includeFree plan unlocks index signals; paid plans unlock the full stock-coverage feed across all six production strategies.
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