What if you had simply followed your plan?
Ghost lets you compare the trade you actually made with the version that followed the RulesFirst plan you created before the trade.
You
What you actually did
Ghost
What happened when your original plan was followed
One trade. Two paths.
QQQ Trend Pullback
You
Actual decisions after entry.
Ghost
Applicable plan-following path.
Illustrative example only. Sometimes You may outperform Ghost. Sometimes Ghost may outperform You. The purpose is comparison.
Same trade. Same market. Your plan followed.
Before a trade, you may define your entry, stop, target, position size and risk in RulesFirst. Once the trade begins, you may follow that plan, or your decisions may change.
Ghost preserves the applicable plan-based path so that afterward you can compare it with what you actually did.
Before the trade
Your Plan
Entry
$50.00
Stop
$48.50
Target
$54.00
Size
100 shares
During the trade
You vs. Ghost
You
Moved stop
Added size
Exited early
Ghost
Kept planned stop
Kept planned size
Followed applicable plan
After the trade
Ghost vs. You
Compare the two paths and review where the actual trade diverged from the process you had defined.
Ghost P/L
-$150
Ghost R: -1R
You P/L
-$750
You R: -5R
You
The trade you actually made.
You is straightforward: it is what happened in your real brokerage account. Your entries. Your adds and reductions. Your exits. Your actual outcome.
Ghost
Your planned version of the trade.
When an original pre-trade RulesFirst plan exists, Ghost is best understood as the version that followed your original plan under the applicable Ghost logic.
Ghost is not a prediction, trading signal, or recommendation. It is a comparison based on the plan and market evidence available to RulesFirst.
Ghost isn't another trader.
It's you, with the plan left intact.
Ghost gives you a reference point for reviewing the decisions you made after the trade began.
Separate the market outcome from the decisions you changed.
After a trade, it is easy to look at the final P&L and judge the decision based only on the outcome.
Ghost gives you another reference: what happened to the actual trade versus what happened under the applicable plan-following path. It helps you review deviations from your process using evidence rather than memory alone.
Ghost does not prove which decision was objectively correct. It gives you a clearer review surface.
A simple post-trade comparison.
This demo uses illustrative values only. It is designed to show the review concept, not a customer result.
Original plan
Long 100 shares
Entry
$50.00
Stop
$48.50
Target
$54.00
Size
100 shares
Divergence review
Demo only. Ghost follows the applicable plan or baseline under RulesFirst logic.
| Moment | You | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Position size | Added 100 @ $49.20 | Maintained baseline size |
| Stop behavior | Moved stop | Maintained applicable planned risk |
| Exit | Exited @ $48.90 | Exited according to Ghost logic |
| P/L | -$750 | -$150 |
| R | -5R | -1R |
Ghost doesn't tell you what to trade.
It gives you a comparison point based on the applicable RulesFirst plan or baseline and the market path that actually occurred.
Ghost does not pick the stock.
Ghost does not predict where price will go.
Ghost does not place or modify trades.
Ghost does not rewrite your plan afterward.
When there was an original plan
If you planned the trade in RulesFirst before entering it, Ghost can use that original plan as the applicable baseline according to the existing Ghost implementation. This is the cleanest Ghost vs. You review experience.
No original plan?
If RulesFirst first detects an existing broker position, Ghost may use an applicable detected-position baseline where supported. That is separate from an original plan created before entry, and it does not mean RulesFirst knew your original intention.
Two paths. One review.
The purpose is not only to ask which one made more money. The better question is: where did my decisions diverge from the process I had defined?
| Review field | You | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | Actual size | Baseline size |
| Exits | Actual exits | Ghost exits |
| Changes | Actual changes | Plan / baseline path |
| P&L | Actual P&L | Ghost result |
| R | Actual R | Ghost R |
See the divergence in Decision Replay.
Decision Replay places your executions, Ghost events and other available RulesFirst evidence alongside historical price action so you can see when the actual trade and Ghost path began to differ.
Explore Decision ReplayDuring the trade, Beacon watches the live path.
When supported by the recorded evidence, Beacon can surface relevant changes while the trade is active. Afterward, Ghost vs. You helps you review how the actual trade compared with the applicable Ghost path.
Explore Beacon