There are two ways to hear from a markets Super Intelligence. One is to read what he has already written. The other is to ask him something. They look alike, and they do different jobs.
What the written reads are
Dr. NoVo, NoVo’s Financial Markets SI, writes reads that sit beside the dealer map on the Trader dashboard. NoVo also publishes The Week Ahead on Sunday evening and The Open before the bell, and both quote the index perps. How the perps appear in them is described in the Week Ahead and the Open quote the perps.
A written read is produced at a moment and then stands. Everyone who opens it sees the same text.
What a written read gives you
It gives you selection. Out of everything he reads, the SI has chosen what to put in a few paragraphs. That choice is useful when you do not yet know what to look at. It covers ground you would not have asked about.
It also gives you a fixed point. A read written before the bell describes the map before the bell. Later in the day you can set the current map against it and see what moved. How to use that kind of note is in how to use a morning and close desk note.
What a question gives you
A question gives you your own selection. You pick the instrument, the level and the comparison. The answer is read at the moment you ask, so it is as fresh as the data behind it.
A question can also go where a general read does not. A read written for every member will not mention the stock token you happen to follow. You can ask about it.
The order that works
Read first. The written read tells you what the SI saw when he looked at everything. Then ask about the part that matters to you, or about the thing the read did not cover.
Asking first and reading second tends to waste the question. You ask something broad, get a broad answer, and then find the read had already said it.
Where they can differ
A written read has an age. A read from before the bell and an answer at two in the afternoon describe different moments, and their figures can differ. Neither is wrong. Check the time on the read before you treat the gap as a disagreement.
If a fresh answer and a fresh read differ about the same figure at the same moment, look at the dashboard. The chart is the reading, and both texts are reports of it.
What neither one is
Neither is a signal. A read describes the map, and so does an answer. Neither says what to buy or sell, as argued in a desk note is not a signal. The decision comes after both, and it belongs to you.
The written reads are on Trader. Questions go to Dr. NoVo directly.