Conviction & thesis
What is setup?
A repeatable pattern that signals a possible trade.
Definition
A repeatable pattern that signals a possible trade.
Setup, explained
You pick one at entry from a short list: Breakout, Pullback, Reversal, Range, News, Income, or No setup. Naming it lets you measure each pattern separately — your breakouts may feed you while your reversals bleed you. “No setup” is a real answer, and its P&L is often the most useful row on the page.
Where setup shows up in a journal
A trading journal is where this stops being a definition and becomes your own number. sizeforzero computes it from the trades you import or log, alongside the rest of your analytics vocabulary, and every figure in the app carries an (i) that explains it in the same plain English you just read.