First Look
The regime, the session's leading name and its streak, today's economic prints and times, and one education item. Ninety seconds. No card required.
Morning briefing · Every trading day
Market intelligence,
Market intelligence,
before the bell.
Regime, movers with their records, the day's catalysts, and one thing worth learning. Conditions as they are, in about ninety seconds.
No credit card. No picks. No predictions.
First Look
Sample layout
RegimeBull
SPY$710.14
VIX17.48
Mover board
AAPL +1.2%. Led the Mag-7 for a third consecutive session, +6.0% cumulative, tying its longest run since August 2025.
Today's prints
CPI · 8:30 AM ET · FOMC minutes · 2:00 PM ET
One thing worth learning
Volatility contracts before it expands. A tightening range is a spring with no direction printed on it.
Full Brief adds 3 SEC filings, 4 catalyst-calendar names, and full mover records.
What a SITREP is
A situation report on current conditions.
In military operations, a SITREP is the brief that tells command what is true right now: where things stand, what has changed, and what is about to matter. It is written to be read fast and trusted.
SITREP applies the same discipline to the market. Every trading morning, the regime, the movers, the catalysts, and the context, computed from the tape and linked to primary sources.
Systematic. Factual. Delivered before the bell.
Two editions
One morning brief. Two depths.
Same data pass, same rules. The Full Brief is the complete record.
The Full Brief
Everything in First Look at full depth: complete mover boards with two years of records, filtered headlines, event-day volatility context, SEC filings, the catalyst calendar, IPO and dividend dates, and the full education set.
Logistics Recap
The week in review: sector rotation, the week's mover records, and regime history. Conditions, summarized.
Inside the brief
Every section, named.
First Look carries the headline layer free. Tactical Report subscribers get full depth.
Regime bar
The market's posture, measured the same way every morning.
Free
Mover board
Leaders and laggards with streak records across the Mag-7 and S&P 100.
HeadlineFull boards
Overnight headlines
Rule-filtered, linked to source, never summarized.
Tactical Report
Economic calendar
Today's prints and times, with event-day range history.
TimesContext
SEC filings watch
Tagged by form and item. Every line linked to EDGAR.
Tactical Report
Catalyst calendar
Names with a scheduled binary event inside one session.
Tactical Report
IPO and dividend calendars
Sized deals on the runway. Notable ex-dates ahead.
Tactical Report
Education
Technical, fundamental, and psychological notes, plus a daily lesson keyed to the market calendar.
One itemAll
Sector rotation board
Sector leadership and laggards, measured daily.
Tactical Report
The catalyst calendar lists a name because a scheduled binary event occurs within one session. It is an events list, not a selection.
Attached to every brief
The SITREP Snapshot.
One shareable card with the morning in a single image: the regime, the leader, and the record.
SITREPSample
AAPLLed Mag-7 · 3 sessions · +6.0% cum
+1.2%
DHR7 sessions above S&P 100 median
Record
CPIPrints 8:30 AM ET
Today
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Research, not promises
Only what survives testing gets published.
SITREP runs a quantitative research program alongside the briefing. Systematic scanners, a signal ledger that records every result (winners and losers, measured from the open of the day each name surfaced), and null-baseline tests that ask the one question that matters: does this beat random?
Strategies that pass out-of-sample validation will ship as features, with their full audited record attached. Strategies that don't stay in the lab.
Plans
Three ways in. Same mission.
Command Center is Tactical Report at annual pricing. The product is identical.
Recon
Free daily intelligence
$0forever
- Daily First Look, 9:00 AM ET
- Friday Logistics Recap
- Regime bar and mover headline
- Economic prints and times
- One education item daily
- Full mover boards and two-year records
- SEC watch and catalyst calendar
- Full manifest depth
Tactical Report
The Full Brief, every trading day
$9.99per month
- Everything in Recon
- The Full Brief, 9:00 AM ET daily
- Complete mover boards and two-year records
- Filtered headlines and event-day context
- SEC filings watch, EDGAR-linked
- Catalyst calendar with TradingView watchlist
- IPO and dividend calendars
- All education and the daily lesson
- Sector rotation board
Command Center
Same product, billed annually
$99per year
Two months free. Save $20.88 against monthly.
- Everything in Tactical Report
- Every section, every morning
- Pay once, twelve months of intelligence
- One less subscription to manage
Cancel anytime from the Manage Subscription link in any email or the site footer.
Questions
The direct answers.
What is a SITREP?
A SITREP, short for situation report, is the intelligence brief a frontline unit sends to command: current condition, position, what it is seeing, and what is about to matter. This product does the same for the market before the open.
What is in the free edition versus the Full Brief?
First Look is the headline layer: regime, the mover board's lead story, today's economic prints, and one education item. The Full Brief adds complete mover boards with records, filtered headlines, the SEC filings watch, the catalyst calendar, IPO and dividend dates, event-day volatility context, and the full education set. Every free edition ends with the day's Full Brief contents, so the difference is never a mystery.
Is this financial advice?
No. SITREP is published for educational and informational purposes. It reports conditions computed from market data and linked to primary sources, and it teaches concepts. It does not recommend trades, does not say what to buy or sell, and does not know your situation. You make your own decisions.
Does SITREP publish stock picks?
No. Scanner research runs internally, with every signal tracked in an audited ledger and tested against null baselines. Nothing from that program is published unless it survives out-of-sample validation. If something does, it launches with its full track record attached, losers included.
What is the difference between Tactical Report and Command Center?
Nothing in the product. Command Center is Tactical Report at annual pricing: $99 once a year instead of $9.99 a month, which saves $20.88 and gives two months free.
What if I miss the morning send?
The brief is a read, not an alarm. Conditions and context do not expire at the bell. The Friday recap ties the week together.
Where does the data come from?
Market data is computed from exchange-derived price history. Filings come from SEC EDGAR and link to the primary documents. Economic calendar times come from the published schedule. Every claim in the brief can be checked, and the brief links to its source.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Use Manage Subscription in the site footer or any email. It opens the billing portal, where cancellation takes one click. Monthly subscriptions end at the close of the current billing cycle. Annual subscriptions are non-refundable, and you keep full access for the rest of the year.
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