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THE KISS TRADING PRO TOOLKIT

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THE KISS TRADING TOOLKIT

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Two tools. No fluff. Built to be used every evening before the market opens.

These are the same tools described in the book KISS Trading: How to Swing Trade Stocks in 30 Minutes a Day. They are yours to download, use, and keep — free, for every subscriber.

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TOOL 1 — POSITION SIZE CALCULATOR

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The calculation that runs every trade.

You enter three numbers:

→ Your account size

→ The entry price

→ The stop loss price

The spreadsheet does the rest:

→ Calculates your 1R (maximum loss per trade)

→ Calculates the exact number of shares to buy

→ Checks if the position exceeds the 25% account cap

→ Calculates the +2R target price

→ Verifies your stop distance is within the 7% ideal range

No mental arithmetic. No sizing by feel. The numbers go in and the share count comes out.

The calculator also includes:

→ A Trade History log to track every trade in R-multiples

→ The three Risk Rules printed at the bottom as a permanent reference

Works in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Apple Numbers, and LibreOffice.

KISS_Trading_Position_Size_Calculator.xlsx

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TOOL 2 — INDICATOR CHECKLIST

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The pre-trade filter. Run it before every single entry. All six must pass. No exceptions.

The checklist covers:

→ 8 EMA — trend direction and proximity

→ MA Stack (20 > 50 > 200) — Stage 2 confirmation

→ MACD — momentum direction

→ RSI (14) — overbought/oversold check

→ Volume / RVOL — Volume Dry-Up and breakout confirmation

→ RS Line vs SPY — relative strength trending upward

Each indicator has a dropdown: PASS or FAIL. The spreadsheet gives you an automatic final verdict: ALL CLEAR (trade is valid) or FAIL (do not enter).

Below the six indicators, there are six additional pre-trade checks:

→ Market regime confirmed

→ No earnings in the hold window

→ No macro events on entry day

→ Total open risk under 3%

→ 24-Hour Rule respected

→ Position size calculated mechanically

The checklist is included as a third tab in the Position Size Calculator file above. Open the file and click the “Indicator Checklist” tab at the bottom.

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HOW TO USE THESE TOOLS

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Every evening, the process is:

Step 1: Open the Indicator Checklist tab. Enter the stock ticker. Run through all six indicators. If all pass, proceed. If any fail, stop.

Step 2: Switch to the Position Size Calculator tab. Enter your account size, entry price, and stop loss price. Copy the share count into your broker order.

Step 3: Place the order. Close the spreadsheet. Close the broker app. The decision is made. Tomorrow, the market will either trigger the entry or it will not. Either way, you have already done the work.

Total time: under 10 minutes.

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WANT THE FULL SYSTEM?

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These two tools handle sizing and filtering. But the complete KISS system includes three more tools that paid subscribers receive:

→ SOP Journal — the complete Standard Operating Procedure journal for logging every trade in R-multiples, tracking process compliance, and identifying patterns in your decision-making

→ Sprint Tracker — the 20-trade paper sprint table that takes you from theory to live trading with a structured accountability framework

→ LVTD Protocol — the Lowest Volume of the Day protocol for confirming institutional accumulation before entry

Paid subscribers receive all five tools plus the weekly watchlist, annotated setups, and Trade Plan of the Week every Sunday.

Upgrade at any time to access the full toolkit and the complete KISS system in action.

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📖 The book that started it all: KISS Trading — How to Swing Trade Stocks in 30 Minutes a Day (available on Amazon)

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Trade Tight · Think in R · Focus on Process

— Radu

KISS Trading

⚠️ Educational only. Not financial advice. Always DYOR.

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THE QUESTION

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You find a stock with a perfect chart. Clean uptrend. Tight base. Volume drying up. Every indicator is aligned. You enter on the breakout — and it fails.

Not because the setup was wrong. Because the market was wrong.

Most traders look at individual stocks first and the market second. They spend hours scanning for setups, then glance at SPY for thirty seconds before pulling the trigger.

The KISS system reverses this entirely. Market first. Stocks second. Always.

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THE PRINCIPLE

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Think of the stock market as an ocean and individual stocks as boats.

A well-built boat can make excellent progress in calm conditions. But a category-4 hurricane does not care how well-built your boat is. It will sink even the best vessels — because the environment has become hostile to all movement in the intended direction.

Markets move through distinct regimes: periods of clear upward trend, periods of directionless sideways movement, and periods of sustained decline. The probability of any individual trade succeeding is dramatically different depending on which regime is active.

A swing trade in a confirmed uptrend has a very different outcome distribution than the exact same trade in a market where institutions are reducing risk. The chart pattern may look identical. The results will not.

This is why the KISS system treats regime analysis as a prerequisite — not an afterthought, not a secondary check, but the first filter that must be passed before any other analysis begins.

You don’t find stocks and then check the market. You check the market and then find stocks. Sequence matters.

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THE METHOD — Three Regimes, One Decision

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The KISS system classifies the market into exactly three states. No more. You do not need a nuanced spectrum of ten different conditions. You need a clear decision framework that tells you — every Sunday evening, in under five minutes — how much capital to have at risk.

REGIME 1: BULLISH CLEAR

→ Condition: SPY and QQQ are both trading above their 20 MA, which is above the 200 MA. Both moving averages are sloping upward with meaningful separation.

→ What it means: Institutional capital is flowing into the market. New highs are being made. Leadership stocks are emerging from sound patterns.

→ Your action: Full capital deployment. Trade every valid KISS setup you find. The market tide is with you.

REGIME 2: NEUTRAL

→ Condition: Price is oscillating around the 20 MA. The 20 MA has flattened. Price may still be above the 200 MA, but momentum has stalled.

→ What it means: The market is not declining — but it is not providing the directional thrust that swing trades require. Setups trigger but fail to follow through. Breakouts reverse.

→ Your action: Reduce capital deployment to 30-50%. Trade only the cleanest, highest-quality setups. Many weeks, the right answer is to sit on your hands entirely.

REGIME 3: BEARISH CLEAR

→ Condition: Price is trading below both the 20 MA and 200 MA. The 200 MA has flattened or is sloping downward.

→ What it means: Institutional distribution — selling — is the dominant force. The gravitational pull of the market works against every long trade you place.

→ Your action: Deploy zero to 10% of capital. Cash is not a failure — it is the correct trade.

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THE REGIME TABLE

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BULLISH CLEAR

MA condition: Price > MA20 > MA200, both slopes rising

Capital: Full

Action: Trade every valid KISS setup. Tide is with you.

NEUTRAL

MA condition: Price around MA20, MA20 flat, price above MA200

Capital: 30-50%

Action: Only the cleanest setups. Many weeks: do nothing.

BEARISH CLEAR

MA condition: Price below MA20 and MA200, MA200 flat or declining

Capital: 0-10%

Action: Protect capital. Cash is the correct trade.

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THE THREE MACRO CHECKS

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The regime table tells you where you stand. Three macro inputs tell you why — and whether the regime is likely to shift. Each can be checked in under 60 seconds.

CHECK 1: Core CPI Direction

Core CPI measures inflation excluding food and energy. You are not forecasting inflation. You are watching its direction over the last two to three releases. Falling CPI = broadly positive for equities. Rising CPI = pressure on stocks from higher rate expectations.

CHECK 2: Federal Reserve Tone

After each FOMC meeting, you need to know one thing: was the tone Hawkish or Dovish? Hawkish = reduce exposure. Dovish = increase exposure. That is the entire framework.

CHECK 3: 10-Year Treasury Yield Direction

When the 10-year yield rises rapidly, institutional capital has an increasingly attractive alternative to equities. Money flows from stocks into bonds. Watch the trend over a two-to-four-week period. Rising sharply = warning signal, particularly for growth stocks.

You are not predicting the economy. You are reading three directional signals that tell you whether large institutional capital flows are moving toward equities or away from them.

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WORKED EXAMPLE — This Week

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Here is the exact regime check from this past Sunday (14 June 2026):

SPY: Trading at $741.75. Above 50 MA ($722.80) and 200 MA ($686.30). Both MAs sloping upward. Minor pullback to 20 MA — structure intact.

QQQ: Trading at $721.34. Testing 20 MA as support. All major MAs below price and rising.

IWM: At 52-week highs. Perfect MA stack alignment.

Breadth: 60% of S&P 500 stocks above their 50 MA, accelerating sharply. 61% above their 200 MA.

Macro: FOMC meeting this week (Wednesday). VIX at 17.67 — no fear regime.

Verdict: BULLISH CLEAR — with FOMC-week tactical caution on position sizing.

One decision. Five minutes. Every setup for the week flows from this single classification.

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THE 5-MINUTE SUNDAY RITUAL

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Every Sunday evening, before the market week begins, you answer three questions:

→ Question 1: Open SPY and QQQ on a daily chart. Where is price relative to the 20 MA and 200 MA? Are both moving averages sloping upward, flat, or downward? Classify the regime.

→ Question 2: What was the most recent Fed communication? Hawkish or Dovish?

→ Question 3: Is the 10-year Treasury yield trending up, down, or flat over the past two weeks?

Based on these three answers, you set your capital exposure for the week. Write it down. One number: the percentage of your capital permitted to be at risk.

That number changes only when the regime changes. Not because you had a bad trade. Not because a stock looks compelling. The regime drives the exposure — not your mood.

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THE TAKEAWAY

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The best traders in the world spend a significant portion of their time in cash. Not because the markets are closed. Because the regime is not right.

Cash is not laziness. Cash is capital preservation. Cash is the state that allows you to enter at full size when the regime aligns and the right setup appears — rather than having your capital tied up in three positions that entered during a Neutral regime and have gone nowhere for three weeks.

The regime check is not optional. It is the first task in your Sunday review — before you look at a single stock on your watchlist.

Market first. Stocks second. Always.

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GO DEEPER

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This concept is covered in full detail in Chapter 2 of KISS Trading: How to Swing Trade Stocks in 30 Minutes a Day.

The book walks through all three regimes with historical examples, the complete macro check framework, and how to build your own Sunday evening ritual from scratch.

📖 Get the book: amazon.com/dp/B0H4V9LFKD

📬 Free weekly regime report every Sunday: kisstrading.uk

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Trade Tight · Think in R · Focus on Process

— Radu

KISS Trading

⚠️ Educational only. Not financial advice.

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WEEKLY REGIME VERDICT

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BULLISH CLEAR

Posture: Full deployment, with FOMC-week tactical caution

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THE REASONING

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SPY closed Friday at $741.75, slightly below the 20 MA ($745.07) but holding well above the 50 MA ($722.80) and 200 MA ($686.30). The pullback this past week is cosmetic — Stage 2 uptrend structure remains fully intact.

QQQ at $721.34 is testing its 20 MA ($721.50) as support. The same controlled pullback pattern as SPY.

IWM (small caps) is the standout: $218.33, sitting at 52-week highs, perfectly aligned with all moving averages stacked beneath. Small caps participating at the high is a strong breadth confirmation.

Key levels to watch:

→ SPY support: $722.80 (50 MA)

→ SPY resistance: $745 (20 MA reclaim)

→ QQQ support: $717 (8 EMA)

→ QQQ resistance: $730

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BREADTH CHECK

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This is where the picture becomes clear.

% S&P 500 above 50 MA (S5FI): 60.43 (+8.57% on Friday)

% S&P 500 above 200 MA (S5TH): 61.03 (+3.02% on Friday)

Both breadth indicators accelerated sharply on Friday. S5TH just broke decisively above its own 200-day average — a structural bullish signal that typically leads price action on the indices.

VIX at 17.67 (-9.06%): no fear regime.

Verdict: Healthy and improving. Breadth is leading, not lagging.

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SECTOR ROTATION

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Money is moving with conviction this week. The sector rotation scanner shows clean separation between leaders and laggards.

BUILDING LEADERSHIP (RS accelerating vs SPY):

→ XLK Technology (+32.2)

→ XLV Health Care (+27.8)

→ XME Metals & Mining (+26.6)

→ XLI Industrials (+14.4)

→ XLF Financials (+14.2)

→ XLB Materials (+13.5)

→ XLRE Real Estate (+12.8)

LOSING GROUND (RS deteriorating vs SPY):

→ XLP Consumer Staples (-4.6)

→ XLU Utilities (-4.6)

→ XLY Consumer Discretionary (-9.2)

→ XLE Energy (-18.6)

→ XLC Communication Services (-24.2)

This is a textbook risk-on rotation: cyclicals leading, defensives lagging. Tech and Health Care at the top, Energy and Communication Services rolling over.

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MACRO FLAGS — WEEK AHEAD

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This is FOMC week. Plan accordingly.

→ Tuesday 16 June: FOMC Day 1 (no announcement, positioning day)

→ Wednesday 17 June (THE BIG ONE):

• 8:30 AM ET — Retail Sales (May 2026)

• 2:00 PM ET — FOMC rate decision + Summary of Economic Projections

• 2:30 PM ET — Warsh press conference

→ Thursday 18 June: Post-FOMC digestion. Volatility likely.

→ Friday 19 June: Quad witching week — options expiry can amplify moves.

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VERDICT RATIONALE

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The bull case is built on breadth, not price.

SPY and QQQ have pulled back to test their 20 MAs — that’s a normal, healthy reset within an established uptrend. What matters is what the rest of the market is doing while that happens. And the rest of the market is accelerating: 60% of S&P 500 stocks above their 50 MAs, 61% above their 200 MAs, both rising sharply on Friday.

That’s the signature of broad participation. Not a tired rally narrowing into a few names — a market where the bench is showing up.

The KISS posture is full deployment (0.75% risk per trade) — but with one tactical adjustment: FOMC week.

What invalidates this verdict:

→ SPY closes below 50 MA ($722.80)

→ VIX spikes above 22

→ S5FI rolls back below 50

→ Powell signals an unexpected hawkish pivot Wednesday

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EXECUTION FRAMEWORK — FOMC WEEK

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→ Monday 15 June: Trade A-grade breakouts with full size. Volume must confirm.

→ Tuesday 16 June: Trade selectively. Reduce position size to 0.5% on new entries.

→ Wednesday 17 June: NO new entries before 2 PM ET. Let FOMC clear.

→ Thursday 18 June: Wait for direction confirmation post-FOMC before adding risk.

→ Friday 19 June: Witching week — let the noise pass.

The system doesn’t ask you to predict the Fed. It asks you to size accordingly.

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WATCHLIST + TRADE PLAN (PAID)

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Paid subscribers receive immediately below:

→ The Weekly Watchlist with three annotated PCP setups

→ Entry levels, stop losses, and R-targets for each

→ The Trade Plan of the Week — fully sized, ready to execute Monday

Everything is decided before Monday opens. You execute. The system does the thinking.

Upgrade at kisstrading.uk to access the full system.

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Trade Tight · Think in R · Focus on Process

— Radu

KISS Trading

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⚠️ Educational only. Not financial advice. Always DYOR

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