Product & teaching architecture

One evidence-based discipline, built in three layers.

Every StockYard product owns one responsibility inside the same framework. The pillars are what a trader uses. The practice rhythm is how they use it, week over week. The teaching system is how the curriculum itself stays consistent as it grows.

Layer 1
The product pillars

Organized around the trader's learning and decision cycle — Observe, Understand, Prepare, Execute, Improve.

01 · Observe
Navigation & field study
Atlas
What does this look like in practice?
Feeling: discovery
02 · Understand
Engineering & instruction
Framework
Why and how does this market model work?
Feeling: clarity
03 · Prepare
Energy & readiness
LaunchPad
Members only
Scores candidates on Formation, Readiness, and Destination Quality. Monthly/yearly/lifetime membership.
Feeling: readiness
04 · Execute
Operations & procedure
Playbooks
How do I participate and manage risk?
Feeling: confidence
05 · Improve
Research & validation
Lab
What does the evidence support?
Feeling: trust
Framework explains what state the market is in.→Atlas shows what that looks like.→Playbooks define what to do about it.→Lab tests whether it held up.
Layer 2
The practice rhythm

The pillars become habits through a repeatable daily and weekly cycle.

Practitioner guide
Field Guide
Classify the condition. Follow the Route. Select the procedure. Converts theory into a repeatable market read.
Daily operating system
Session Planner
Sets up the trading day: what condition is expected, what would confirm it, and what disqualifies the plan.
Decision review system
Trade Review
Reconstructs a single decision after the fact — what was observed, what was assumed, and what the evidence actually supported.
Performance operating system
Weekly Review
Rolls individual Trade Reviews into a weekly pattern check on discipline, not just outcome.
Layer 3
The teaching & production system

Internal systems that keep the curriculum consistent as StockYard grows — used by instructors and content builders, not by traders directly.

Facilitation system
Instructor Guide
Teach the process without supplying the answer.
Assessment system
Knowledge Assessment
Measures understanding through classification and explanation, not vocabulary recall alone.
Atlas teaching system
Case Study Builder
Present the condition, pause for classification, then reveal the Route.
Visual models
Diagram Library
Editable diagrams for teaching how markets organize, test, express, and reset.
Foundation deck
Presentation System
Editable layouts and components shared across the Framework, Playbooks, Atlas, and Lab decks.
UI building blocks
Component Library
The reusable visual components every layer above draws from.