# Trade Echo Docs > Member documentation for Trade Echo (tradeecho.com): how to use Dealer Edge (GEX, VEX, charm), Pulse charting, Option Flow, Dark Pool, Algo Edge, Futures (Echo Map), Cortex AI agents and trade plans, Copy Trading, the rest of the platform, and the Trade Echo MCP server for AI assistants. Educational material, not investment advice. Every page is available as Markdown: append `.md` to its URL, as linked below. All pages in one file: https://tradeecho.com/docs/llms-full.txt. MCP setup for agents: https://tradeecho.com/docs/mcp-for-agents.md. Site-wide index (pricing, methodology, Edge guides): https://tradeecho.com/llms.txt. Last updated: 2026-10-10 ## Platform ### Get started - [Platform Overview](https://tradeecho.com/docs/getting-started/platform-overview.md): Trade Echo platform overview - dashboard, social feed, markets, OptionFlow, DealerEdge, AlgoEdge, and how to get started with the $199/mo all-in-one plan. - [What's New (July 2026)](https://tradeecho.com/docs/getting-started/whats-new-2026-07.md): Member-facing summary of Futures Echo Map, Pulse drawing and alerts, Rotation Lab, Copy Trading, and Cortex updates shipped in July 2026. - [Creating Your Account](https://tradeecho.com/docs/getting-started/creating-your-account.md): This guide walks you through account creation, subscription activation, and initial setup so you can start using Trade Echo quickly. - [Daily Trading System](https://tradeecho.com/docs/getting-started/daily-trading-system.md): The daily process for finding and executing winning options trades - pre-market routine, open session, and stacking Dealer Edge, News Edge, Algo Edge, and Option Flow. - [Your First Trade](https://tradeecho.com/docs/getting-started/your-first-trade.md): This walks you through placing your first trade using the Trade Echo process - the same system behind our TSLA 500%, TSLA 750%, and OKLO $10K trades. The core… ### Help - [General FAQ](https://tradeecho.com/docs/faq/general.md): What is Trade Echo? - [Billing and Subscriptions](https://tradeecho.com/docs/faq/billing-subscriptions.md): Pricing - [Mobile App](https://tradeecho.com/docs/faq/mobile-app.md): Availability - [Broker Sync](https://tradeecho.com/docs/faq/broker-sync.md): Overview - [Notifications and Alert Preferences](https://tradeecho.com/docs/faq/notifications.md): Trade Echo has dedicated preference pages for each alert type. All of them share the same structure - a master switch, delivery channels, a cooldown, a ticker… ### Community - [Discord Server Guide](https://tradeecho.com/docs/community/discord-server-guide.md): Your trading community hub. Navigate channels, enable alerts, use bot commands, and get the most from the Trade Echo Discord server. - [Alert System](https://tradeecho.com/docs/community/alert-system.md): How to post trade alerts in Discord. The Trade Alerts Bot validates your trades, tracks performance, and connects you to the community. - [Member Alerts](https://tradeecho.com/docs/community/member-alerts.md): Member Alerts brings the Trade Echo Discord trade-alert community into the web dashboard and mobile app. Read parsed alerts, follow top traders, and manage… - [Competitions and Leaderboard](https://tradeecho.com/docs/community/competitions-leaderboard.md): Compete for cash prizes and exclusive rewards. Trade Echo runs monthly trading competitions with a weighted scoring system. - [Affiliate Program](https://tradeecho.com/docs/community/affiliate-program.md): Earn recurring commissions by referring new members to Trade Echo. Every signup through your referral link is automatically tracked. ### Why Trade Echo - [Feature Comparison](https://tradeecho.com/docs/why-trade-echo/feature-comparison.md): A comprehensive comparison of Trade Echo vs standalone GEX tools vs assembling your own tool stack. - [DealerEdge vs $699 Alternatives](https://tradeecho.com/docs/why-trade-echo/dealeredge-vs-alternatives.md): Direct comparison of Trade Echo's DealerEdge vs standalone GEX heatmap tools (like Heatseeker at $699/mo). ## Dealer Edge - [Dealer Edge Quick Start](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/dealeredge/quick-start.md): Read GEX structure in 60 seconds - Anchor, Flip, GEX Rating, and price vs anchor for direction. Charm and Pulse complete the workflow. - [GEX Heatmap Guide](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/dealeredge/gex-heatmap-guide.md): Traditional and heatmap analysis in 10 minutes. Two views: Classic Charts and GEX Heatmap. - [Anchor Points, Defense Lines, and GEX Flip Points](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/dealeredge/anchor-points-defense-lines.md): A deep dive on the three key levels that drive price behavior in the GEX heatmap. - [GEX Rating System](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/dealeredge/gex-rating-system.md): The GEX rating (1-5) describes the volatility regime for the session - how smooth or violent the tape may trade. It is not a directional signal. - [Dealer Edge Charm Lens](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/dealeredge/charm-lens.md): The Charm lens is the fourth heatmap view on Dealer Edge. It shows time-decay drift exposure by strike - useful near expiry when delta moves faster than gamma… - [Dealer Edge Net Flow](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/dealeredge/net-flow.md): Net Flow answers the simplest question in options: is more money going into calls or puts on this ticker today? It rolls up the session's option premium and… - [Dealer Edge Vol Scenario](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/dealeredge/vol-scenario.md): Implied volatility moves the hedges dealers need, not just the price of options. The Vol scenario card answers one question: if implied vol moved by this… - [Dealer Edge + Charm + Pulse Workflow](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/dealeredge/dealeredge-charm-pulse-workflow.md): Dealer Edge structure first, Charm time pressure second, Pulse execution third - with live read template, playbooks, and daily routine. ## Pulse - [Pulse Quick Start](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/pulse/quick-start.md): Use Pulse Focus for live charts with GEX, Net Flow, VWAP, moving averages, drawings, and futures live ticks. - [Pulse Gravity Path](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/pulse/gravity-path.md): Set up and read Pulse Gravity Path - forward dealer-gravity arc, window pills, expiration lens, and futures projection. ## Flow ### Option Flow - [OptionFlow Quick Start](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/optionflow/quick-start.md): Master real-time options flow in 10 minutes - institutional trades, premium filters, sentiment analysis, and high-momentum day trading setups. - [OptionFlow Filter Settings](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/optionflow/filter-settings.md): This guide covers the Option Flow filters, the built-in presets, and tips for adjusting based on market conditions. - [OptionFlow AI Flow Assistant](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/optionflow/ai-flow-assistant.md): The AI Flow Assistant lets you ask natural-language questions about options flow and get instant, institutional-level analysis. Use it to surface high-value… ### Dark Pool - [Darkpool](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/darkpool.md): Read dark pool prints with EchoScore, Block/Unusual/@Magnet/Accum badges, per-ticker rollups, and the Snapshot levels view. ## Algo Edge - [AlgoEdge Quick Start](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/algoedge/quick-start.md): Master real-time options trade alerts in 10 minutes - 9 channels, SPX 0DTE strategy, and institutional flow detection for day traders. - [The 9 AlgoEdge Channels Explained](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/algoedge/8-channels-explained.md): A deep dive on each channel, when to use it, and which to prioritize for your trading style. - [SPX 0DTE Day Trading Strategy](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/algoedge/spx-0dte-strategy.md): The complete strategy for day trading SPX 0DTE options using AlgoEdge alerts. ## Futures - [Futures Quick Start](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/futures/quick-start.md): Read the Echo Map in 5 minutes - live CME futures with heatmap, volume profile, gamma force lines, and CVD fused on one chart. - [Reading the Echo Map](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/futures/echo-map-guide.md): The four layers of the Echo Map - pressure heatmap, volume profile, gamma force lines, and CVD - plus read order, IF/THEN cheat sheet, and the patterns that matter. - [Gamma on Futures](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/futures/gamma-on-futures.md): How SPX and NDX dealer gamma is projected onto ES and NQ - Call Wall, Put Wall, Anchor, and Gamma Flip on your futures chart, and how to trade them. - [Key Levels, Trade Plan & Replay](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/futures/trade-plan-and-replay.md): The Futures right panel - Key Levels, Time & Sales and Session CVD - the Cortex-written Trade Plan, and Session Replay for reviewing how the map developed. ## Cortex - [Cortex Quick Start](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/cortex/quick-start.md): Cortex is Trade Echo's AI assistant inside the web dashboard. It can pull live context from OptionFlow, DealerEdge, dark pool, AlgoEdge, news, your portfolio… - [Cortex Ready-Made Custom Prompts](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/cortex/ready-made-prompts.md): These short instruction blocks are designed for Trade Echo Cortex when you can add custom instructions on top of a preset (often called custom agents or Agent… - [Cortex Agent Builder](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/cortex/agent-builder.md): The Agent Builder is where you create a custom Cortex agent. Open it from the Cortex section in the web app (/cortex/builder). The flow is four steps - same… - [My Agents and Approvals](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/cortex/agents.md): After you build an agent in Agent Builder, manage it from My Agents (/cortex/agents) in the Cortex section of the web app. - [Cortex Marketplace](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/cortex/marketplace.md): The Marketplace is the community exchange for published Cortex agents. Open it from Cortex (/cortex/marketplace) after you log in to the web app. - [Cortex Trade Plans](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/cortex/trade-plans.md): Set up a long option trade ahead of time, approve it once in Trade Echo, and let Cortex run the entry, trims and exits. Beta, every paid plan. ## Copy Trading - [Copy Trading Overview](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/copy-trading/overview.md): Follow skilled traders (pilots), connect your broker through a secure partner, mirror options activity into your account, and understand approvals, timing, and safety - all from the Trade Echo dashboard. - [Using Copy Trading](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/copy-trading/dashboard.md): Step-by-step guide to each tab in Copy Trading - Overview, broker setup, finding pilots, performance, positions, settings, and support. - [Pilot Setup](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/copy-trading/pilot-setup.md): Connect as a Copy Trading pilot and Set Active on the account you actually trade so followers mirror the right book. - [Connect Robinhood](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/copy-trading/robinhood.md): Link a Robinhood account to Trade Echo copy trading using Robinhood's official agent connection - requirements, the in-app steps, and what to do when a connection attempt does not finish. - [Copy Trading FAQ](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/copy-trading/faq.md): Answers for Trade Echo members about copy trading, brokers, risk, approvals, and getting help. ## More tools ### NewsEdge - [NewsEdge Quick Start](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/newsedge/quick-start.md): NewsEdge is Trade Echo's premium market intelligence tool. It delivers real-time news with a 20-second auto-refresh, so you see catalysts before they move the… - [NewsEdge Impact Levels](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/newsedge/impact-levels.md): Impact levels tell you how much a news item typically moves a stock. Use them to filter your feed and prioritize trades that match your risk and reward goals. - [NewsEdge Trading Catalysts](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/newsedge/trading-catalysts.md): Five strategies to trade news catalysts with NewsEdge. Each uses impact levels and news type presets to find setups before the crowd. ### Snapshot - [Snapshot Quick Start](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/snapshot/quick-start.md): Snapshot shows real-time sentiment via options flow. Bullish flow (green) = call buying. Bearish flow (red) = put buying. Use flow strength (3x+ = strong, 5x+… - [Reading Sentiment](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/snapshot/reading-sentiment.md): Four strategies to trade options flow sentiment with Snapshot. From following the flow to fading extremes, use the ratio to time entries and confirm direction. ### Rotation Lab - [Rotation Lab](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/rotation-lab.md): Watch sector and stock rotation on a four-quadrant relative rotation view - Leading, Weakening, Lagging, Improving - with tails, playback, and live intraday drift. - [Reading the Rotation Map](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/rotation-lab-guide.md): Member-style playbook for Rotation Lab - two axes, four quadrants (seasons), tails and the golden hook, plus a sector-to-ticker-to-OptionFlow workflow. ### Your workspace - [Workspace](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/workspace.md): Build your own multi-tile trading terminal - 18 tile types, saved layouts, an attached Cortex agent that reads your tiles, and shareable layouts. - [Trade Journal](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/trade-journal.md): The Trade Echo trade journal - KPI bar, Discipline Score, calendar, trade log, review drawer, and how to get your trades in. - [Portfolios and Mirrors](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/portfolios.md): Paper and live portfolios, browsing Community Portfolios, and mirroring another portfolio's trades (Beta). - [Market Treemap](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/treemap.md): Trade Echo's market treemap is a market-wide heatmap. Each tile is sized by weight (market cap or index weight) and colored by stock performance. Use it to… - [BT Cloud & Advanced Trading Strategies](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/bt-cloud.md): BT Cloud is a TradingView indicator that shows trend direction and key levels. Add it free to your charts. This guide covers the indicator components, five… ## Playbooks ### Strategies - [SPX 0DTE Morning Breakout](https://tradeecho.com/docs/strategies/spx-0dte-morning-breakout.md): The #1 ranked setup (5 stars). Use Trade Echo tools to identify and trade SPX/NDX morning breakouts with high-probability conditions. - [Momentum Clusters](https://tradeecho.com/docs/strategies/momentum-clusters.md): The #2 ranked setup (4 stars). Identify and trade tickers with concentrated institutional flow using AlgoEdge and OptionFlow. - [Three-Tool Confirmation System](https://tradeecho.com/docs/strategies/three-tool-confirmation.md): Use AlgoEdge, OptionFlow, and DealerEdge together for high-conviction entries. Each tool confirms the next before you trade. - [NDX Morning Sniper Strategy](https://tradeecho.com/docs/strategies/ndx-morning-sniper.md): Capture NDX 0DTE momentum at the open using AlgoEdge. Act fast - the best setups appear within the first 5-10 minutes. ### Risk management - [Risk Management](https://tradeecho.com/docs/risk-management/overview.md): Portfolio sizing, daily limits, emotional discipline, and Trade Echo alert playbooks - companion frameworks for protecting capital. - [Portfolio sizing and daily limits](https://tradeecho.com/docs/risk-management/portfolio-sizing-daily-limits.md): Trade frequency, daily loss rules, core vs risk-shot size, stop loss vs portfolio risk, and worst-case day scenarios. - [Emotional trading and guardrails](https://tradeecho.com/docs/risk-management/emotional-trading-guardrails.md): The Script, emotion scale, guardrails, pre-trade centering, in-trade rules, and emergency plan for impulse control. - [Trade Echo - turning opportunities into wins](https://tradeecho.com/docs/risk-management/trade-echo-alerts-playbooks.md): Tailing with discipline, active verification, the 3-Box test, sizing matrix, and common errors when using platform alerts. ### Case studies - [TSLA 435c - 500% Gain](https://tradeecho.com/docs/case-studies/tsla-500-pct.md): This case study walks through the TSLA 435 calls that ran from $1.05 to $6.35 for a 500% gain. The same process used on the OKLO 10K trade - stacking… - [TSLA 410c - 750% Gain](https://tradeecho.com/docs/case-studies/tsla-750-pct.md): This case study walks through the TSLA 410 calls that ran over 750% - and how three Trade Echo tools flagged this setup before the market even opened. This is… - [OKLO 95c - $10K Challenge](https://tradeecho.com/docs/case-studies/oklo-10k-challenge.md): This case study walks through the exact OKLO options trade that pushed the challenge account up to $10,000. Step-by-step: how Trade Echo, TradingView, and… ## MCP - [Trade Echo MCP Overview](https://tradeecho.com/docs/mcp/overview.md): Connect Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, Meta Muse, Grok Bot, and other agents to Trade Echo market intel via MCP. - [Connect Your Client](https://tradeecho.com/docs/mcp/connect-clients.md): Wire Trade Echo MCP into Cursor IDE, native Grok Bot, grok.com, Grok CLI, Claude, ChatGPT, Meta Muse, and Codex. - [Agent Connections](https://tradeecho.com/docs/mcp/agent-connections.md): Create PATs, choose scopes, manage credits, and revoke MCP connections. - [Example Prompts](https://tradeecho.com/docs/mcp/examples.md): Copy-paste prompts and tool examples for Trade Echo MCP. - [Robinhood Agentic + Trade Echo MCP](https://tradeecho.com/docs/mcp/robinhood-agentic.md): Use Trade Echo MCP for intel and Robinhood Agentic MCP for execution in the same agent, or turn on Trade Echo Trading (beta, every paid plan) to place option orders on a Robinhood Agentic account.