Quick Read is a compressed verdict for mid-session decisions, opened with the Q key: grade, invalidation, one headline line, and the live-derived signal. T, P and W decide from inside it, Esc dismisses, and one keystroke expands the full verdict.
What it shows
Four things, in the order a decision actually needs them: the grade, the level that makes the thesis wrong, a single headline sentence, and the current signal. It is the verdict with everything removed that you would not read while a position is moving.
Invalidation appears above the target here, as it does everywhere else in the product. The ordering is a doctrine rather than a layout preference — the level that ends the trade is the one that has to be read first.
Deciding from the overlay
T, P and W write exactly the same decision record as the full desk. There is no reduced or provisional capture: a take logged from the overlay is a take.
Why an old read can show no-trade
The signal is re-derived live every time a surface shows it, rather than being read back off the stored record. If the newest bar has gone stale, the read is suspended and the honest current answer is no-trade.
The stored analysis is not altered by this. The record of what was graded, and when, is immutable; what changes is whether the product is willing to stand behind it right now. Those are different questions and the product answers them separately.
What the free tier withholds
On an unsubscribed account the confidence number is withheld rather than blurred. The withheld value is not present in the page at all — it is never sent to the browser, so there is nothing to reveal by inspecting the markup.
Frequently asked
- Why does Quick Read show no-trade on a chart I graded an hour ago?
- The signal is re-derived live rather than read off the stored record. If the newest bar is stale the read is suspended, and no-trade is the honest answer to what the product thinks right now. Your stored analysis is unchanged.
Updated Sep 1, 2026