Wainger Desk Start free
NQ · ES · before the 9:30 open

Institutional ideas. One-line setups.

I led trading-desk AI at $QUBT. Now I turn institutional trade ideas into setups you can read in ten seconds: the level, the entry, where it's wrong, where it pays, and how much to risk.

SAMPLE BRIEF · QUBTlong > 8.76 · stop 8.05
ENTRYThe exact trigger
STOPWhere it's wrong
TARGETWhere it pays
RISKHalf R to 1 R

No card for the free week. Cancel anytime. Education, not financial advice.

How the desk works

Four rules every setup follows

1

The stop comes first

Every setup names its invalidation before it names a target. If you can't say where it's wrong, there's no trade.

2

Wait for the close

No fading touches or chasing spikes. Entries trigger on a closed bar back through the level.

3

One attempt, small risk

Half R to 1 R, one attempt per level. Size stays small enough to follow the plan.

4

"No test, no trade"

When the setup doesn't print, you hear that too. Quiet days get posted, not hidden.

The playbook · 5-minute NQ / ES

Thirteen setups, drawn out

Illustrations of each setup's structure. Amber is the entry, red is the stop and risk, green is the target and reward. They show the rules, not real fills.

Setup lab

Turn the trade around in 3D

The same candles, with the risk and reward drawn as volumes. Red is what you can lose, green is what you're aiming for. Drag to rotate.

drag to rotate

A trading day with the desk

What lands, and when (ET)

Morning brief by email and in Discord: levels marked, the one or two setups in play, the line to say out loud.

Discord only: a short alert when a setup triggers, or "no test, no trade" when it doesn't.

Recap with the chart: what triggered, what didn't, and why.

Weekly map of the overnight, prior-day and gap levels to watch.

Two ways to get the setups

Pick how it reaches you

Start with a free week. Founding members keep their rate for as long as they stay.

Free week

$0for 7 days

For checking whether the setups fit how you trade.

  • Daily morning brief by email
  • The 13-setup playbook (PDF)
  • No card required
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Email Desk

$29/ monthfounding rate

For traders who want the plan before the open and nothing else.

  • Morning brief every trading day, before 8:45 ET
  • Entry, stop, target and risk for each setup
  • Evening recap and Sunday level map
  • No chat, no notifications to manage
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Discord Desk

$59/ monthfounding rate

For traders who want to follow the setups live with others.

  • Everything in Email Desk
  • Live trigger alerts, 9:30 – 11:00 ET
  • #setups, #recaps and #questions channels
  • Weekly live chart review
  • Founding-member rate locked in
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First month risk-free If the setups aren't useful to you in the first 30 days, ask for a refund through Whop and you'll get it.
Who's behind it

Serge P. Shuster

I worked with traders in more that a dozen of banks and hedge funds structuring trades in Equities, Futures, FX, Cryptocurrencies, ETF, Commodities, Fixed Income, Options and Derivatives. I also led tradingdesk AI at $QUBT, building the systems that turned research into trade ideas. Institutional ideas are usually complex, hedged and hard to act on. This desk cuts each one down to a simple trade setup with a level, a trigger, an invalidation and a size.

Trading-desk AI · $QUBTNQ / ES futuresRules-based setups
"Overnight high. Short only after a test fails. Invalid above the wick. Risk is half R."
Questions

Before you join

What markets do you cover?

E-mini Nasdaq (NQ) and S&P (ES) futures, including the micros (MNQ, MES). The levels apply to the index ETFs as well.

What does "half R" mean?

R is the amount you decide in advance that one trade may lose. Half R means risking half of that unit. Every setup states its risk so you can size it to your own account.

Is this financial advice?

No. The setups are educational examples of a rules-based process. You decide whether, and how much, to trade.

How do I get access?

Checkout and membership run through Whop. After you join, the email brief starts the next trading day and the Discord invite appears in your Whop account.

Can I cancel?

Yes, anytime, from your Whop account. You keep access until the end of the period you paid for.