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The public paper book, the gate, and every strategy we have killed.
- Live watchlist on thefocs.com
- Weekly Kill Report, the short version
- The five rule gate, in plain English
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Every test, published
Wins and losses go out the same day. Most trading media only shows you the winners. We show you the graveyard.
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One gate for everything
Five rules. 100 settled trades, profit after costs, beats buy and hold, worst drop under 15%, and an edge that is not luck.
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Paper first
A small real money forex test ran in June 2026 and ended down $59 of $1,000. Its last trade closed October 28, 2026. Every strategy has run on paper only since October 24, 2026. Nothing goes back to real money until it clears the gate.
Kill Report · the free version
Four ideas in. Four ideas out.
Forex · 1hKilled
Hourly trend on majors, Jan 2024 to Oct 2026
Too many trades. The spread ate the edge.
Crypto · 1hKilled
Hourly trend on BTC and ETH
Same failure. Fees beat the signal.
Stocks · 10yKilled
Trend filter on the index
Made money, trailed buy and hold by a wide margin.
EventsKilled
Kalshi event contracts, Sept 2026 study
No repeatable edge after costs.
NextTesting
Daily signal with a hold band; index with a drawdown filter
Running on paper now. Results publish either way.
Lab members get each of these as a full notebook: the exact rules, the cost math, the equity curve and why it failed.
Pick your seat.
Start free. Upgrade when the notebooks are worth more to you than $19.
$19per month
$190 per year, two months freeFull lab notebooks for every test, the moment the result is in.
- Complete Kill Reports with charts, fees and spread math
- Backtest notebooks and rules for every strategy we run
- Monthly data pack: the paper ledger as a spreadsheet
- Gate scorecard for each live paper sleeve
- Cancel any time, one click
$490one time
Bring a written strategy. We run it through the same gate we use on our own.
- Your rules coded and backtested on paper
- Fees, spread and slippage priced in
- Pass or fail on all five gates, with the reason
- A written report you keep
$2,500per year
For newsletters, desks and creators who want the gate as their own standard.
- The gate framework and scorecard, white label
- Kill Report template and publishing kit
- Quarterly methodology update
- Built by the team behind TheBestWay.tv
Is this investment advice?
No. FOCS is a research publication. Every member gets the same reports at the same time. We never tell any one person what to buy or sell, and we do not manage money.
Do you sell signals?
No. We publish research and paper results. Today no strategy has passed the gate, and we say so on the front page.
What does The Lab include?
The full Kill Report for every test, the rules and notebooks behind it, a monthly paper ledger you can open in a spreadsheet, and a gate scorecard for each paper sleeve.
Can I cancel?
Yes, any time, from the receipt email. Annual members can ask for a prorated refund in the first 30 days.
What is a Gate Audit?
You send a written strategy. We code it, test it on paper with real costs, and grade it against the same five gates. You get a written report. We do not tell you whether to trade it.