@nicholas_crown: Macro fund traders cover a lot of ground for one reason. They are trying to avoid overtrading a small area. The number of things you watch is the number of real opportunities you get. Four indicators on a couple of tickers produces one or two authentic trades a year. Either you wait twelve months for the next clean setup, or you force trades that are not there. Most people force it and end up losing money. The fix is breadth. Cross-asset pairs, calendar spreads, breadth ratios, funding indicators. Each one is its own opportunity surface, and most are dormant until they suddenly are not. More coverage means you never have to manufacture that isn’t there.