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Signal Architecture Documentation

How DEFINTEL Reads the Market

Full transparency into the signal stack: 34 data channels, AI scoring, IVC strategy, and live execution on Alpaca. No black boxes.

34
Signal Channels
157
Tickers Monitored
Real-Time
Signal Delivery
Alpaca
Live Brokerage
AI
Signal Scoring

34 Data Sources, Continuously Monitored

DEFINTEL ingests and scores 34 distinct data channels in real-time. Each channel is weighted based on historical predictive accuracy and current market regime.

CH-01
Insider Buy Filings
SEC Form 4 disclosures when insiders purchase company stock with personal capital. Filtered for open-market purchases only.
High Weight
CH-02
Congressional Trades
STOCK Act disclosures from US senators and representatives, monitored within minutes of filing.
High Weight
CH-03
Dark Pool Flow
Large off-exchange block trades that reveal institutional accumulation before price moves appear in public markets.
High Weight
CH-04
Short Interest Spikes
Rapid changes in reported short interest, identifying both squeeze setups and institutional short conviction.
Medium Weight
CH-05
Unusual Options Activity
Options flow that significantly deviates from historical norms — large call sweeps, put buying on quiet names.
High Weight
CH-06
IVC Earnings Setup
Pre-earnings IV patterns where options are underpriced relative to historical volatility around comparable catalysts.
Core Strategy
CH-07
Earnings Momentum
Pre-earnings price and volume momentum that historically precedes significant post-earnings moves in the same direction.
Medium Weight
CH-08
13F Institutional Changes
Quarterly institutional holdings changes from top hedge funds and asset managers, filtered for significant position additions.
Medium Weight
CH-09
Technical Breakouts
Price action confirming breakouts above key resistance levels, filtered with volume and sector confirmation.
Medium Weight
CH-10 to CH-34
Additional Channels
Options skew analysis, put/call ratios, analyst revision momentum, sector rotation, macro event positioning, and more. Full channel list available to Pro and Elite subscribers.
Pro/Elite

From Data Ingestion to Alert Delivery

Every signal moves through a 5-stage pipeline before reaching subscribers. No raw feeds, no noise — only scored, validated setups.

RAW
Ingest
34 data sources polled continuously in real-time
FILT
Filter
Noise removed, duplicates deduplicated, thresholds applied
SCOR
Score
AI assigns 0–100 confidence score based on historical accuracy per channel
VALD
Validate
Cross-channel convergence check — multiple signals on same ticker increase confidence
ALRT
Alert
Signal delivered via dashboard, email, and SMS (Pro/Elite)

Signal Strategies That Drive the Live Portfolio

DEFINTEL runs two primary option strategies with its own capital. Signals reflect these same setups.

Secondary Strategy
LEAP Positioning
Long-dated equity options (12–24 months out) on high-conviction names where the thesis requires time to develop. Lower time-decay risk, higher capital efficiency than stock ownership.
1
Multi-channel signal convergence: insider buying, institutional accumulation, technical breakout
2
Macro tailwind confirmation for the sector (e.g., AI accelerator for AMD)
3
Buy LEAP calls with 12–24 months to expiry, delta 0.5–0.7
4
Scale out on target price milestones, not calendar dates
AMD LEAP: +154%

Technology Stack

DEFINTEL's signal and execution infrastructure is built on production-grade components.

Alpaca Markets
Live Brokerage — US Equities & Options
DEFINTEL executes all live portfolio trades through Alpaca's brokerage API. All positions — equities and options — are managed programmatically. The live portfolio results on the Performance page are pulled directly from Alpaca account data in real-time.
REST APIWebSocketPaper + LiveOptions
PostgreSQL (Neon)
Signal Storage & Subscriber State
All generated signals, subscriber state, tier assignments, and alert queues are stored in a self-hosted PostgreSQL instance (Neon). Signals are written by the scoring engine after every run and served in real-time to subscribers via the /api/signals Netlify function. Authentication uses bcrypt password hashing and JWT tokens — no third-party auth services.
PostgreSQLJWT AuthbcryptReal-Time
SEC EDGAR
Insider Filings & Institutional Disclosures
Form 4 insider transaction data and 13F institutional holdings changes are pulled from SEC EDGAR. DEFINTEL monitors new filings as they appear and routes them through the signal scoring pipeline. Only open-market purchases by insiders are weighted as bullish signals.
Form 413FEDGAR API
STOCK Act Disclosures
Congressional Trade Monitoring
Congressional financial disclosure filings are monitored in real-time. When a senator or representative reports a stock or options transaction, DEFINTEL cross-references it with existing signal data and incorporates it into the scoring model for affected tickers.
Senate DisclosuresHouse DisclosuresReal-Time

How Confidence Scores Are Calculated

Each signal receives a 0–100 confidence score. Only signals above threshold are delivered to subscribers. Pro and Elite subscribers see the full score breakdown.

Factor Weight Description Score Contribution
channel_accuracy 35% Historical accuracy of this channel type in current market regime
signal_magnitude 25% How far the signal deviates from historical baseline (z-score)
cross_channel 25% Whether multiple channels confirm the same ticker simultaneously
market_regime 15% Current macro/sector environment and how it affects signal reliability

Signals below score 60 are suppressed and not delivered. Signals above 85 are marked high-confidence and delivered with priority SMS for Pro/Elite subscribers.

34 channels. Live capital. Real proof.

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Not financial advice. DEFINTEL is a data intelligence platform for informational and educational purposes only. All trading involves risk.