# LifeLongEdge
> Software tools for systematic traders, built on Dr. Ken Long's 40-year trading method: Edge S2 Desktop, a free Windows practice simulator, and the Fractal Edge Framework, a layout catalog for TC2000.

## About
LifeLongEdge builds software tools for systematic traders. Two products ship today.

**Edge S2 Desktop** is a free Windows practice simulator — it replays Dr. Ken Long's sniper trade of the day on your own PC, bar by bar, with the future hidden, then scores your trades in R against his. **The Fractal Edge Framework (FEF)** is a catalog of 38 layouts for TC2000 that implement Dr. Long's strategies. The strategies are robust, adaptive, span multiple time frames and market conditions, and have been time-tested for over 40 years.

- [Edge S2 Desktop — the practice simulator (free Windows download)](https://lifelongedge.com/edge-s2)
- [TC2000 layouts — the Fractal Edge Framework](https://lifelongedge.com/layouts)
- [Why "Edge S2" — the intellectual lineage](https://lifelongedge.com/edge-s2/lineage)
- [Edge Lab — trading-system research](https://lifelongedge.com/lab)
- [Writing — long-form guides and essays](https://lifelongedge.com/writing)
- [Philosophy — Trading as a Performance Skill](https://lifelongedge.com/philosophy)
- [About the team](https://lifelongedge.com/about)
- [FAQ](https://lifelongedge.com/faq)
- [Glossary](https://lifelongedge.com/glossary)
- [Opening Movers — video walkthrough of reading the open](https://lifelongedge.com/learn/opening-movers)

## Edge S2 Desktop
A free Windows practice simulator for Dr. Ken Long's trading method. Pilots log hours in a full-flight simulator before they fly; traders have been the exception, learning on live money. This is the simulator.

It replays Dr. Long's sniper trade of the day on your own PC, bar by bar, with the future hidden. You place the trades. It fills them, scores them in R units, and then reveals what he did on the same bars, with the R distribution of the trade legs.

- Price: $499 at general release, **free during the beta** in exchange for your feedback. Windows 10 or Windows 11.
- A session opens in milliseconds with no data account at all. To replay your own symbols you connect your own market-data account.
- Your market data and your holdings stay on your machine and are never sent to us.
- In-app purchases: Yahoo Finance · Extended connector $49; Massive connector $49
- Status: beta, admitting testers by request. Request to join on the beta page and a personal download link is emailed when a place opens.
- [Product page](https://lifelongedge.com/edge-s2) · [Request to join the beta](https://lifelongedge.com/edge-s2/beta)

## Writing
Long-form guides and essays.
- [Foundations of Investing — A starting guide with your first full-time job. (8,912 words)](https://lifelongedge.com/writing/foundations-of-investing)
- [Every Investor Is a Trader — The difference is who makes the decisions, and how often. (2,321 words)](https://lifelongedge.com/writing/every-investor-is-a-trader)
- [Leverage Works Both Ways — Leverage is how a trading account grows faster than its owner's savings. It is also how a good trade becomes a ruined account. (2,617 words)](https://lifelongedge.com/writing/leverage-works-both-ways)
- [The Keel — The cash in your account is what pulls the boat upright after a gust. Size the sail to it, and decide before you leave the dock where you turn back. (2,175 words)](https://lifelongedge.com/writing/the-keel)
- [Market, System, Self — Every trading decision sits where the market, your system and you meet. The skill is getting all three to hold at the same moment. (1,970 words)](https://lifelongedge.com/writing/market-system-self)
- [Which Market? — Every trading word you use can mean three things. Say which one, because clarity of action depends on clarity of thought. (1,429 words)](https://lifelongedge.com/writing/which-market)
- [You Have a Brain — So you are biased. So is everyone who has ever traded, including the man who mapped the biases. The counters that work are the ones that do not need you to notice. (1,692 words)](https://lifelongedge.com/writing/you-have-a-brain)
- [Not a Loss Until I Sell — Grief has no fixed stages, whatever the poster says. A large trading loss does, and each stage has a price you can look up. (2,084 words)](https://lifelongedge.com/writing/not-a-loss-until-i-sell)

## AI Access (MCP)
Edge Lab runs a public Model Context Protocol (MCP) server so AI assistants query published research as structured data instead of scraping HTML.
- Endpoint (streamable-HTTP, no auth): https://lifelongedge.com/mcp
- Tool: list_studies() — the published Edge Lab catalog (slug, title, published date, URL)
- Add as a custom connector in Claude (Settings → Connectors), or via the Messages API `mcp_servers` param
- Listed on the official MCP registry as `com.lifelongedge/edge-lab`

## Team
- **Dr. Ken Long** — Trading authority, 40-year veteran systematic trader, retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, founded Tortoise Capital Management in 1999
- **Mark Holland** — Product lead, 25+ year active trader, Van Tharp Institute SuperTrader alumnus
- **Sundeep Gupta** — Technology lead, 25+ years high-tech product development, computer vision and AI background

## Products — Fractal Edge Framework (TC2000)
The Fractal Edge Framework organizes 38 TC2000 layouts into four pillars:

- **Targeting** (11 layouts): Frog Box, FQN, MACD Seasons, RL Stretch, OB/OS RSI, Max Pain, AlphaStat, SlopeStat, SlopeZs
- **Stalking** (11 layouts): Autoframer, HF/ATR/NDX Movers, Fail Gain Stat, Mosaic, Z3BO, FS/GS Scan, Market Trend
- **Trading** (9 layouts): Main template, SSC/CD scans, SSC HW regime filter, MACD Seasons, PSAR signals (PFL/PFS), Sniper setups
- **BMR** (7 layouts): Blended Monthly Rebalancing for Dow 30, sector SPDRs, ETF 13/22/32/MAX, All Sectors

### Pricing
Three entry points by trader persona:
- First Pattern Starter (6 screens): $197 — novice SSC curriculum
- Alignment Pack (7 screens): $497 — see how your edges align with statistical methods
- The Trader's Desk (35+ screens): $1,197 — everything, for Dr. Long veterans

Curriculum expansion bundles:
- Pattern Mastery (7 screens): $397
- Target Intelligence (6 screens): $297
- Mover Intelligence (9 screens): $297
- BMR Portfolio System (7 screens): $397

All purchases include 12 months of updates, Quick-Start Videos, Signal Reference Cards, 7-day daily briefing access, and free installation support. All sales are final (instant digital delivery). Prior purchases credit toward upgrades.

- [Browse layouts](https://lifelongedge.com/layouts)
- [Pricing and packs](https://lifelongedge.com/pricing)

## Key Concepts
- **MACD Seasons**: Spring (bullish momentum building), Summer (bullish but fading), Fall (bearish momentum building), Winter (bearish but fading)
- **Setup/Signal/Entry (SSE)**: Three-step trade entry framework — setup (context), signal (trigger), entry (execution)
- **Targeting/Stalking/Trading**: Three pillars of the intraday workflow — find candidates, watch for movement, execute trades
- **Blended Monthly Rebalancing (BMR)**: Passive portfolio management using monthly rotation across ETFs and sectors
- **Four Core Patterns**: SSC (bullish reversal), SFC (bearish reversal), Collapsing Dragon (bearish continuation), Owl (bullish breakout)

## Technical
- [Full layout catalog (JSON)](https://lifelongedge.com/api/layouts)
- [Complete layout descriptions](https://lifelongedge.com/llms-full.txt)
- [MCP server (streamable-HTTP)](https://lifelongedge.com/mcp) — list_studies tool over the public study catalog
- [Sitemap](https://lifelongedge.com/sitemap.xml)