Spread Foundry

User guide

Spread Foundry is a focused workspace for defined-risk options spreads. This guide walks it in the order you’ll use it: find a candidate, study it, decide whether to watch or trade it, manage the live position with a plan and a daily decision log, then close it and keep its record.

1. 01Getting startedThe Spread Foundry workspace at a glance — views, the masthead, and how to move around.
2. 02Key conceptsIdeas vs. positions, and the watch → trade → close lifecycle that everything is built on.
3. 03Finding spreadsUse watchlists and the Spread Explorer to find candidates worth studying.
4. 04Studying a spreadRead the payoff, the analytics, and the risk-based size before you decide.
5. 05Saving & tradingSave adds a spread to your watchlist; Execute records a real trade. Why they're separate.
6. 06Managing a positionThe cockpit: health, the plan, review triggers, and the daily decision log.
7. 07Closing & historyClose a position into realized P/L, stop watching ideas, and keep a trade history.
8. 08SettingsYour profile and defaults — trade size, landing view, read mode, watchlist, and identity.
9. 09Reading the screenThe color, status, and freshness language Spread Foundry uses everywhere.
10. 10GlossaryThe terms and abbreviations used across Spread Foundry.