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Score Yuka

Yuka Score Explained: Composite Market Indicator

How the Yuka Score works: GEX, COT, sentiment, seasonality and Fed probabilities combined into one score per asset.

Score Yuka Methodology: How It's Calculated

Discover the 13 ingredients of the Score Yuka, their weighting, and the exact calculation behind the final signal.

Positioning

GEX/DEX Explained: Gamma Exposure

Complete guide to GEX: positive/negative gamma regime, flip point, impact on market volatility.

What Is Gamma Exposure (GEX) in Trading?

Gamma Exposure (GEX) measures market makers' net gamma exposure on options.

Gamma Flip: The Hidden Lever of Options Traders

Understand the gamma flip, how it works, and how traders exploit it to optimize their strategies.

How to Read the COT Report

Complete guide to understanding and interpreting the CFTC's COT report: trader categories, net positioning, percentiles.

What Is the COT Report in Trading?

The COT report is a weekly CFTC report detailing trader positioning on futures markets.

Fear & Greed Index: How to Read the Market's Contrarian Barometer

Understand the Fear & Greed Index (CNN): its 7 components, contrarian reading.

Market Sentiment: Fear & Greed

Complete guide to understanding market sentiment: components, contrarian reading, limitations.

What Is Market Sentiment in Trading?

Market sentiment is a composite index measuring investors' dominant emotional state.

Crypto Positioning: Funding Rate, Open Interest and Long/Short Ratio

Understand funding rate, open interest and long/short ratio on crypto markets.

Volatility

The Volatility Complex: The Market's Stress Seismograph

Understand the VIX3M/VIX ratio, volatility term structure, MOVE and VVIX.

VIX Explained: Understanding the Volatility Index

Complete guide to the VIX: implied volatility, term structure, contango, backwardation.

What Is the VIX in Trading?

The VIX (CBOE Volatility Index) measures 30-day forward implied volatility priced by the options market.

Macro

Understanding Fed Rate Decision Probabilities

How Fed decision probabilities are calculated, why the surprise matters more than the decision.

Fed Liquidity & Rates: The Market's Tailwind (or Headwind)

Understand Fed net liquidity and the impact of real rates and the 2s/10s curve.

Sovereign Debt: US and France Challenges

Complete guide to sovereign debt: debt/GDP ratio, budget deficit, interest burden.

Global Economies: Comparing the Macro Health of Major Powers

How to compare the economic health of the top 10 world powers: growth, inflation, debt.

Markets & seasonality

Understanding Market Seasonality

Guide to seasonality in trading: how to interpret historical monthly statistics.

Sector Rotation and Market Breadth

Understand sector rotation and market breadth (RSP/SPY) to spot fragile rallies.

Sector Rotation: Reading Market Flows

Complete guide to sector rotation and market breadth: cyclical vs defensive.

Commodities: Gold, Oil, Futures Curve

Understand the dynamics of agricultural commodities, metals and energy.

Forex: Rate Differentials and the Dollar

Complete guide to forex: rate differentials, carry trade, Dollar Index, safe-haven currencies.

Crypto: Understanding Bitcoin's Cycle

Complete guide to crypto: BTC dominance, halving cycle, correlation to risk assets.

Yuka tools

Stock Screener: Filter and Find

Complete guide to using a stock screener: fundamental filters, technical filters, mistakes to avoid.

Earnings Calendar: Earnings Season

Complete guide to earnings season: implied move, IV crush, how to read an earnings report.

Market News: Signal vs Noise

Complete guide to prioritizing financial news and separating real impact from media noise.

Watchlist: Building an Effective List

Complete guide to building an effective watchlist: organization, alerts, pitfalls to avoid.

DameTrendV1: Understanding a Systematic Trend-Following Bot

How a systematic trend-following trading bot works: win rate, expectancy, profit factor.