Giordano Salvatori, founder of STA · 16/10/2026 · 4 min read
A signal is a ready-made trade: «LONG on this coin, entry at this price, stop here, target there». It can come from a trader, a Telegram group or an automated system. Whoever receives it decides whether to follow it.
The problem is that selling signals is easy, while proving that they work is hard. That is why the market is full of services that only show their wins.
Every STA card has entry, stop, target and the agents' reasoning in plain words. Every card, as soon as it is born, gets a hash published on GitHub and timestamped on the Bitcoin blockchain: anyone can check that it has not been changed or deleted. Closed cards become public after 48 hours, losses included. Your funds stay in your OKX account. And the fee, at the standard price, is 18% of the day's positive net result (on losing or break-even days you pay nothing); during the launch phase it is suspended.
| Number | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Number of trades | Ten trades say nothing; hundreds start to say something. |
| Average result in R, net of costs | It tells you whether the system earns more than it risks, once fees and funding are paid. |
| Share of winning trades | On its own it misleads: it must be read together with the R:R. |
| Maximum drawdown from the peak | How far the account fell in the worst period: that is what you will have to endure. |
| Period covered | A system tested only in a rising market has not yet faced its real test. |
Following a signal by hand gives you control, but it takes time: you have to be at the screen when it arrives and enter the orders correctly. A service connected to your account through API keys sends the orders ready-made, with stop and target in place. Either way the rule is the same: you must be able to stop everything whenever you want and see every trade.
The two most common models are a fixed monthly subscription, which you pay no matter what, and a fee on results, which you only pay when you make money. The second ties the service's interest to yours, but it needs reading carefully: what matters is how profits are calculated, over which period and whether losses are offset. Be wary of high entry costs, «premium packages» and anyone who doesn't write the rules out in full.
Before putting in real money, watch. A DEMO account, with virtual capital and real prices, lets you see for a few weeks how a service works, how often it is wrong and how it handles losses. A serious service has no problem being watched.
Every card as soon as it closes, with the result and what STA learned from it. It's free and you don't need to sign up.
Follow the channelA DEMO account with virtual capital and real prices, the same cards as REAL users.
Try DEMO for free →This article is for information only and is not investment advice. Trading crypto-assets involves a high risk, including the total loss of the capital used. Numerical examples are for illustration.
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