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The market changes tools. So does VTM.

VTM doesn't run one strategy and hope. It reads current market conditions and decides which of its strategies deserve capital right now — expanding what's working, standing down what isn't, before you have to ask.

Regime Readout Illustrative
Bull 70% conf.
Trend enginesFULL
Income strategiesFULL
Downturn hedgesSTANDING BY
All-weather basketFULL
This is what every VTM tier sees, always — the free tier included. The reasoning is the product; the trade lists are what you pay for.
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What VTM actually does, in plain terms.

A short walkthrough of how the regime engine works, why nine strategies cover more ground than one, and what you're actually paying for at each tier.

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Why regime-first

Most trading tools ask you to pick a strategy. VTM asks what today needs.

A trend strategy is brilliant in a trend and dangerous in a chop. A hedge is dead weight in a rally and the only thing that matters in a crash. VTM was built around that asymmetry, not around any one strategy being "the best one."

READ

Classify the conditions

Every session, VTM reads the broad market's trend, volatility, and drawdown state and settles on a regime — bull, neutral, bear, or crisis — before any strategy is asked to act.

GATE

Size to the moment

Each strategy has a standing, pre-declared posture for every regime — full size, reduced, or stood down entirely. Nothing gets discovered to be wrong in real time; the response was decided in advance.

GUARD

Protect the whole, not just the parts

A portfolio-level risk layer sits above every individual strategy, watching total exposure and drawdown across all of them together — the failure mode a single strategy can never see coming from inside itself.

The roster — nine, by design

Nine strategies. One line each on what they're for.

VTM is deliberately capped at nine. Each one earns its place by covering a condition or a time horizon the others don't — not by chasing a marginally better version of one already on the roster. Exact entry/exit logic isn't published; what matters to you is the role each one plays.

LFCM

Core

The longest-running strategy in the roster — a systematic trend engine built to ride sustained moves rather than predict tops and bottoms.

BullNeutralBearCrisis Continuous

RSI Mean Reversion

Core

Buys controlled pullbacks inside an otherwise healthy uptrend and exits as price recovers — a counterweight to pure trend-following.

BullNeutralBearCrisis Continuous

QQQ/GLD Trend Switch

Rotator

Rotates between growth exposure and gold depending on which one the prevailing trend actually favors — a hedge that adjusts itself.

BullNeutralBearCrisis Continuous

0DTE

Income

Harvests same-day options premium on a major index — structurally active every trading day the market's calm enough to support it.

BullNeutralBearCrisis Daily

Defensive Put Hedge

Insurance

Built for the downturn, not despite it — this is the one strategy designed to put capital to work specifically when markets turn against everything else.

BullNeutralBearCrisis Event-driven

Bear Market Puts

Insurance

Targets individual, high-beta names breaking down under real bear-market pressure — a name-by-name complement to the broader hedge above.

BullNeutralBearCrisis Occasional

Donchian Breakout

All-weather

A diversified, long-or-short trend basket spanning multiple asset classes — the one strategy on the roster with a genuine case for every single regime, crisis included.

BullNeutralBearCrisis Multi-week

Momentum Fade

Intraday

Fades small, thinly-traded names that spike early and tend to give the move back before the close — a same-day, short-side read on overextension.

BullNeutralBearCrisis Daily

Momentum Breakout

Intraday

The mirror image of Momentum Fade — catches the early spikes that genuinely continue, rather than betting they'll fail.

BullNeutralBearCrisis Daily
Why a fifth strategy

Four strategies cover a season. Nine cover a market.

Every strategy in VTM is active in some regimes and stands down in others by design — that's what keeps any one of them from being reckless. It also means four strategies, however well chosen, will always leave part of the map uncovered.

Strategy Bull Neutral Bear Crisis
LFCM
RSI Mean Reversion
QQQ/GLD Trend Switch
0DTE
Defensive Put Hedge
Bear Market Puts
Donchian Breakout
Momentum Fade
Momentum Breakout
Worked example CRISIS COVERAGE: NONE

A customer on the highlighted base four — LFCM, RSI, QQQ/GLD, 0DTE — has strong Bull and Neutral coverage, but every one of those strategies stands down or scales back the moment markets turn. In a real Bear or Crisis regime, that account goes quiet exactly when protection matters most. Adding Defensive Put Hedge or Donchian Breakout is what fills that specific gap — not "more strategies for the sake of more," but coverage for the one condition the base four can't reach.

Before you subscribe

The questions worth asking first.

Does VTM place trades for me?

No, never. VTM finds a setup and shows it to you — entry, stop, target, and the regime reasoning behind it. You decide whether to act on it, and you execute it yourself in your own brokerage account. VTM never has access to your account and never places an order on your behalf.

Is this personalized investment advice?

No. Every subscriber to a given strategy sees the same signal — it isn't tailored to your personal finances, risk tolerance, or holdings. Think of it closer to a published research feed than a financial advisor. It isn't a substitute for professional advice about your specific situation.

What do I actually get on the free tier?

The regime dashboard — live classification of current market conditions and each strategy's status (full size, reduced, or standing down). No trade signals. It's the same reasoning every paid tier sees too; the free tier just stops short of the trade lists.

Do I need my own brokerage account already?

Yes. VTM surfaces what it finds — executing it requires an account of your own with whatever broker you use.

Can I change which strategies I'm subscribed to?

Yes. Swap strategies within your Base four or adjust your add-ons as your account and preferences change.

Why only nine strategies, with no more coming?

Running every strategy well takes real capital — adding more without limit would keep raising the account size needed to meaningfully participate. Nine was chosen for coverage without needing more capital than a smaller account can actually put to work.

Pricing

Every tier sees the reasoning. Paid tiers see the trade lists.

VTM never places a trade for you. Every signal it finds is shown to you, with the regime reasoning behind it — you decide what to act on. Illustrative pricing below; final numbers TBD.

Dashboard
The regime reasoning, always
$0/mo
  • Live regime classification
  • Per-strategy status board
  • No trade signals
Start free
Add-on
Per additional strategy
+$15/mo each
  • Layer onto any Base subscription
  • Fill a specific regime or cadence gap
  • Cancel any single add-on independently
Add a strategy
Full Access
All nine strategies
$99/mo
  • Every strategy, every regime
  • Priced below Base + 5 add-ons
  • Full coverage, no gaps
Go full access
Annual billing available at a discount on any tier. No tier ever includes trade execution — VTM surfaces what it finds; you decide what to act on.

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