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TTS

TrueTrader

TTS stands for "TrueTrader Strategy." It is the name TrueTrader uses for its overall approach to trading, which combines a specific way of timing entries and exits with a set of custom indicators and a fixed group of rules that a trader follows every time.

The idea behind having a named strategy like TTS is to remove guesswork. Instead of reacting to a chart in the moment and deciding freehand what to buy or sell, a trader using TTS follows a pre-built checklist: certain indicator readings have to line up, certain times of day may matter more than others, and certain conditions have to be met before a trade is considered valid. The rulesets exist so that the decision to enter or exit a trade is based on the same criteria every time, rather than on emotion or improvisation.

The nuance beginners often miss is that TTS is not a single indicator or a single signal you can point to on a chart. It is a framework made of several parts working together — timing, indicators, and rules — and a trade only "counts" as a TTS setup if all the pieces line up, not just one of them. Someone who only copies the indicators without following the timing and rules is not really trading the strategy, even if the chart looks similar.

Because TTS is a proprietary, in-house term specific to TrueTrader rather than an industry-standard concept, its exact components (which indicators, which timing windows, which rules) are defined by TrueTrader's own materials rather than by any outside source.

Why it matters on the desk

A day trader who trades TTS is relying on a consistent, repeatable process for entries and exits rather than ad-hoc decisions, which matters because consistency is what allows a strategy's performance to be evaluated and improved over time.

An example

A trader watching a stock in the morning session waits until the custom indicators used in TTS align with the specific timing window the strategy calls for — say, a confirmed signal in the first hour of trading — before entering, rather than jumping in as soon as the price starts moving.

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