Signals on TrendTrader Pro update on a fixed rhythm. Knowing that rhythm helps you understand why a signal changed when it did — and why it sometimes hasn't changed yet.
Daily signals: once per day at 01:00 UTC
The engine runs its full daily scan across every covered market once per day, completing at 01:00 UTC — that's 9:00 PM US Eastern (8:00 PM when the US is off daylight saving). When the scan completes, every asset's daily signal reflects the freshly closed daily candle.
While the scan is running, the app shows a "Generating signals" progress state in the feed — signals reappear as soon as the scan completes.
A few things follow from this schedule:
Daily signals are stable during the day. If you check EUR/USD at noon and again at 5:00 PM, you are looking at the same daily signal — that is by design, not staleness.
A new daily trend that forms during today's session is picked up by the next scan. The signal updates at the next 01:00 UTC pass.
Weekend behavior varies by market: forex and stocks do not print new daily candles over the weekend, so their daily signals typically carry through unchanged, while crypto trades (and scans) every day.
Intraday signals: continuous refresh
Intraday signals (a Pro plan feature) do not wait for a daily cycle. The engine re-evaluates intraday trends continuously, every few minutes, around the clock for markets that are open. When an intraday trend flips, the new signal appears in your feed within minutes of the flip being confirmed.
Reading the fired-at timestamp
Every signal in your feed shows when it fired:
Intraday signals show the fire time in your local timezone (for example, 14:35).
Daily signals show the fire date (for example, Jul 22), in UTC — matching the daily-candle convention used across the industry.
The fired-at stamp tells you how fresh the signal is. A daily signal fired several days ago means the trend was established then and has held since — trend signals staying in force for days or weeks is normal and expected.
On the chart
The chart mirrors the feed: the current signal's marker is pinned to the candle where it fired, so you can see exactly how much price movement has happened since. See "Understanding signal markers on the chart" for details.
If a signal looks out of date
First check the fired-at stamp against the schedule above — a daily signal from yesterday is current until the next 01:00 UTC scan. If a signal genuinely seems stuck beyond its schedule, contact support and we will look into it.