Capture
Record the setup, source, level, time window and why it matters now.
Signal model
Signals are not predictions. They are pressure points.
A signal does not become valuable because it is loud. It becomes valuable when it is timely, testable, actionable and clean enough to route.
Qualification
Every signal has to earn its next step.
The output is never “interesting”. It is action, watchlist, defer or discard.
Triage
Remove stale, vague or low-value noise before it consumes attention.
Qualify
Assess relevance, credibility, timing, actionability and risk clarity.
Package
Turn raw signal into a clean decision brief with invalidation attached.
Route
Move it to action, watchlist, defer with reason or discard.
Track
Review outcomes so the process improves instead of just collecting charts.
Signal domains
The best signals have context, structure and a decision attached.
Nordhaus looks for places where technical structure, market behaviour and capital asymmetry start to align. A chart can create the question. It cannot answer it alone.
If a setup cannot tell us where we are wrong, it has not earned the right to tell us where we might win.~ G.
Technical Setups
Levels, liquidity, compression, breakouts, failed moves and relative strength that may create executable pressure.
Market Structure
Risk-on/risk-off shifts, liquidity regimes, rotation, dominance and the wider environment around a trade.
Asset Intelligence
Protocol events, token mechanics, infrastructure shifts and narratives that may change how capital prices an asset.