Forte Mare
Operations Manual

Field & Term Glossary

A plain-language reference for every field, column, and trading term used across ForteMare Tempest.

A single alphabetical reference for the fields, columns, badges, and trading terms you'll encounter throughout Tempest. Where a term has its own page, follow the link for the full explanation.

Note: Trading futures carries substantial risk of loss. Signals and AI commentary are informational only — not recommendations, advice, or guarantees of accuracy or results. You alone are responsible for your configuration and your trades. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

📷 Screenshot: The Signals view with a signal expanded to show its positions and orders, with the Action (sparkline) column visible, so readers can match the terms below to what they see.

Alphabetical reference

TermMeaning
6:30 PT openThe Regular Trading Hours open for U.S. equity index futures, 6:30 AM Pacific (9:30 AM Eastern). The signal preview chart draws candles for the current trading day starting from this open.
Action line / sparklineThe small inline graphic in the Action column of the Signals view. It is a compact line tracing the recent entry prices for that symbol's signals — a quick glance at where signals have been clustering. Show or hide it with View → Sparkline. (This is distinct from the larger candlestick signal preview popup.)
AI add-on (AI Price Action Commentary)An optional license feature that adds AI-generated written commentary about a signal's price action. It can be included on any tier and is included during a Trial. See AI Price Action Commentary. Commentary is informational only.
Assisted tradingTempest's optional placing of real orders through Interactive Brokers when a signal arrives. Off until you enable it, gated by your tier, and (on normal licenses) requires you to approve each trade. See Assisted Trading.
Available FundsThe buying power your broker reports as available for new positions, shown at the top of the Position Sizing panel. Tempest uses this figure for Dynamic sizing. Shows -- (not connected) when no broker figure is available.
BB / SASignal order-type codes seen in the underlying signal: BB = Buy Below (a limit order to buy below the current price) and SA = Sell Above (a limit order to sell above the current price). These describe limit-style entries.
BracketA linked group of orders for one trade: the entry plus a protective stop and a profit target. When the stop or the target fills, the other is automatically cancelled, so you can't be left with a stray order. See Brackets & Scale-In.
BTC / STCSignal order-type codes for closing a position: BTC = Buy to Close (buy back to close a short position) and STC = Sell to Close (sell to close a long position).
Cap (cap contracts)An upper limit on the number of contracts Dynamic sizing will compute for a single trade, so a large account or tight stop can't size a position larger than intended. See Position Sizing.
clientIDA number Tempest uses to identify itself to Interactive Brokers TWS or IB Gateway so several programs can share one account without clashing. Tempest can pick one automatically ("auto-randomize"); you only set it by hand if you need a fixed value. See Connecting to Interactive Brokers.
Daily P&L (TWS)A column in the Positions table showing the realized profit or loss for the trading day as reported by Interactive Brokers. It reflects closed activity for the day, separate from the live open-position P&L.
Dynamic sizingA position-sizing mode where Tempest computes the contract count from your Available Funds, a risk level (Low/Med/High), and the signal's stop distance, so size scales with your account and the trade's risk.
EntryThe price level where a signal's initial position is opened. The starting point against which stop and target distances are measured. See The Signals View.
Fixed sizingA position-sizing mode where Tempest uses the same number of contracts on every trade (set with Contracts per trade:, range 1–100, default 1), regardless of account size or stop distance.
Formed (finalized) signalA signal whose bar has closed, so its levels are locked in and will not change. Opposite of a forming signal. Tempest's session signal counts tally formed signals.
Forming signalA signal that is still developing within the current, not-yet-closed bar; its levels may still change before the bar closes. Forming signals are highlighted in the Signals view and update in real time.
MANUAL (badge / container)An open position or order that Tempest cannot match to a system signal — for example one you placed yourself in TWS — is grouped under a ⚙ MANUAL heading in the Signals view.
Naked positionAn open position that has no protective stop and/or profit target attached. Tempest flags these (NAKED badge) and can place protective brackets on them. See Positions & Orders.
P&LProfit and loss on a position — the gain or loss versus the entry price. In the Positions table the P&L column reflects the open (unrealized) position; see also Daily P&L (TWS).
PositionYour open (or recently closed) exposure to a symbol — long or short — tracked with its entry, current price, stop, and P&L. See Positions & Orders.
Risk per trade (risk %)In Dynamic position sizing, the share of your account used to size each trade, chosen from three presets: Low (0.5%), Med (1%), or High (2%). A higher percentage generally produces a larger contract count.
Root symbolThe instrument family a signal belongs to — for example ES, NQ, MES, or MNQ — used for grouping and filtering and for checking what your tier may trade. The actual contract sent to the broker is the trade symbol.
RTH (Regular Trading Hours)The main U.S. index-futures session, 9:30 AM–4:00 PM Eastern (6:30 AM–1:00 PM Pacific). The signal preview chart draws the current RTH day from the 6:30 PT open.
Scale-inAn additional entry leg at a further price level after the first entry, letting a signal build into a position in steps. A signal can carry up to two scale-in legs, each with its own stop and target. See Brackets & Scale-In.
SignalA trading instruction Tempest receives from the Forte Mare signal service, carrying an entry, a stop, a target, an optional scale-in, a direction (long/short), and a timeframe. Signals are the primary unit Tempest displays and (optionally) acts on. See The Signals View.
Signal previewA pop-up candlestick chart that appears when you hover a signal row, drawing the current RTH trading day with the signal's levels marked — entry (white), scale-in (yellow), stop (red), target (green). See Charts & the Signal Preview.
Signals viewTempest's main table, where signals are listed and any matching positions and orders are shown indented beneath the signal that created them. See The Signals View.
Skip approvalAn administrator-only option that lets eligible signals be submitted without a per-trade approval prompt. It is hidden for normal licenses; on every standard tier each trade requires your approval. See Assisted Trading.
StopThe protective price level for a position. If price reaches it, the position is closed to limit the loss. The distance from entry to stop also drives Dynamic position sizing.
TargetThe profit-taking price level for a position. If price reaches it, the position can be closed for a gain. Part of every bracket.
TierYour license level, shown in Tempest as Basic, Standard, Executive, or Trial. Your tier sets which symbols you can view, which you can trade, and whether the journal is available. See Licensing & Tiers.
TimeframeThe bar interval a signal is based on, shown as a minute interval (for example 5min, 15min) for intraday signals, or as Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
Trade symbolThe specific futures contract sent to Interactive Brokers for execution (for example, the current quarter's ES contract), derived from the root symbol and the active contract month.
Tradeable symbolsThe root symbols your tier is allowed to trade. Basic (manual — you trade signals yourself): none. Standard and Trial: the micros MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K. Executive: the E-minis ES, NQ, YM, RTY plus those micros. See Licensing & Tiers.
TrialA 14-day evaluation with the same access as the Standard tier (view and trade micros, with per-trade approval) plus AI Price Action Commentary. No license key is needed to start one. See Licensing & Tiers.
TriggerThe bar and price action that produced a signal. It identifies the underlying instrument, the date and time, and the bar interval the signal fired on.
TWS / IB GatewayThe two Interactive Brokers programs Tempest can connect to: Trader Workstation (TWS), the full trading platform, or IB Gateway, a lighter program dedicated to API connections. See Connecting to Interactive Brokers.
TWS portThe network port Tempest uses to reach TWS or IB Gateway, which you enter in the connection settings. Standard values: 7497 (TWS paper, the default), 7496 (TWS live), 4002 (IB Gateway paper), 4001 (IB Gateway live). See Connecting to Interactive Brokers.
Widest stopWhen a signal carries scale-in legs, the protective stop that sits furthest from the entry. Tempest uses this wider stop when it displays and resubmits brackets, so the protective level covers the whole position. See Brackets & Scale-In.

Status badges

In the Signals view, signals and positions can carry a status badge:

BadgeMeaning
IN TRADEA position from this signal is currently open.
NAKEDAn open position that is missing a protective stop and/or target.
INCOMPLETESome of the expected orders for this signal are not in place.
⚙ MANUALA position or order Tempest could not match to a system signal (for example, one placed by hand).