Independent Forensic Financial Intelligence

Actionable research distilled from data, signals, and sentiment-engineered for professional investors and discerning readers.


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Exposing Financial Smoke & Mirrors. Revealing What the Market Misses.SignalVest isolates a high-impact opportunity or risk being mispriced by the market — based on forensic financial patterns, options market anomalies, or institutional positioning signals. This flagship intelligence product distills our deepest conviction insight, combining quantitative flags, sentiment overlays, and forensic accounting red flags into a single, decision-ready package.

What We Do

SignalVest delivers independent forensic financial intelligence for sophisticated investors.We specialize in uncovering red flags, mispriced risk, and asymmetric opportunities hiding beneath the surface of public financial disclosures. By combining forensic accounting principles, options market signals, and institutional positioning data, we produce high-conviction insights that go beyond traditional research.Our approach is contrarian, data-driven, and built for investors who can’t afford to follow the herd. Whether you’re managing a fund, allocating capital, or overseeing risk, we help you detect structural fragility, earnings manipulation potential, or event-driven volatility before it becomes consensus.Our core strengths include:Forensic Financial Analysis:
Deep dives using models like the Beneish M-Score, Altman Z-Score, Piotroski F-Score, and proprietary accrual/dilution diagnostics.
Event-Driven Risk Identification:
We track pre-positioning signals ahead of earnings, macro events, and regulatory outcomes — using options skew, sentiment overlays, and institutional flow data.
Custom Institutional Research:
Private reports, portfolio screenings, and fund-specific risk audits tailored for hedge funds, family offices, and institutional allocators.
SignalVest empowers you with a sharper lens — so you don’t just see the market, you understand what it's hiding.

Clarity Where Others See Noise

SignalVest delivers meaningful intelligence from the financial signals others overlook.

We uncover red flags, event-driven patterns, and institutional footprints buried within company filings, earnings guidance, and market sentiment. Our platform combines forensic analysis with real-time trading relevance—giving you an edge powered by precision, not speculation. Whether you're navigating volatile earnings seasons or monitoring macro risk catalysts, SignalVest equips you with decision-grade insights that cut through the noise and deliver clarity when it matters most.

Forensic Intelligence

Surface red flags and accounting anomalies.

Uncover manipulation risks and deteriorating fundamentals using financial forensics.

Earnings Season Strategy

Capitalize on volatility setups.

Use options skew, sentiment shifts, and historical drift data to trade around earnings events.

Event-Driven Signals

Track critical catalysts in real-time.

M&A activity, regulatory rulings, exec changes, and more—monitored and modeled.

Institutional Positioning Tracker

Follow the real flows.

Analyze hedge fund holdings, dark pool prints, and positioning changes to see what the big money is doing.

Deal Risk Surveillance

Monitor deal integrity and risk premia.

Distressed M&A, PIPEs, and activist pressures—quantified and visualized.

Custom Research for Institutions

Bespoke reports, by request.

Commission forensic research, red flag scans, or pre-event trade ideas tailored to your mandate.

SignalVest Risk Scoring

Quantify financial health.

Apply multi-model scoring (Beneish, Altman, Piotroski + proprietary overlays) to benchmark company integrity.

Sentiment & Narrative Mapping

Decode the crowd and media tone.

Track evolving narratives, analyst bias, and news sentiment shifts that drive markets.

Macro-Sensitive Asset Maps

Visualize portfolio exposure.

Map assets against interest rate changes, inflation trends, geopolitical risks, and fiscal policies.

Alpha Signal Lab

Explore our backtested trade library.

Historical win rates for event trades, volatility fades, post-guidance drift, and more.

What we produce, and soon you'll be able to research

Institutional Intelligence Services

Custom Research for Hedge Funds, Family Offices, and Institutional AllocatorsSignalVest goes beyond public-facing research. For institutional partners, we provide commissioned intelligence — precise, confidential, and model-driven. Our analysts collaborate directly with your investment team to expose hidden risks, validate narratives, and quantify asymmetric opportunities before the market fully prices them in.What We OfferForensic Risk Dossiers
Custom deep dives into individual companies using SignalVest’s forensic framework — including Beneish M-Score, Altman Z-Score, Piotroski F-Score, accrual diagnostics, equity dilution trends, and segment margin manipulation. Delivered with visual dashboards and a Red Flag Intelligence Score™.
Event-Driven Setup Reports
Pre-positioning reports tailored to upcoming earnings, regulatory actions, guidance updates, or macro events. Includes options skew analysis, historical event patterns, institutional positioning overlays, and post-event risk/reward asymmetry. Ideal for timing tactical long/short entries.
Portfolio Screenings & Stress Tests
We evaluate your portfolio or watchlist against forensic red flags, greenwashing indicators, overcapitalization risk, insider transaction trends, and market structure anomalies. Delivered as a confidential portfolio diagnostic report with sector-level insights.
Engagement Fees
Custom research projects start at $999.00 USD per company, with pricing tiers for bundled names or full portfolio evaluations. A 48-hour expedited delivery option is available for time-sensitive coverage needs.
Ready to Engage?Request a sample report, book an introductory call, or submit a custom research inquiry below.

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The Team

Mr. John Trikola is a seasoned technology and acclaimed advisor, director, and trustee to emerging enterprises and growing companies worldwide, across a broad variety of capabilities on matters of organizational development, strategic planning, financing (both institutional equity and debt), international incorporations, and negotiating of coventures, M&A, turnaround & restructuring.His current passions are centered upon leveraging his wealth of experience in organizational engineering, strategic planning, and financing to foster innovation and entrepreneurial growth and success. In 1991, Mr. Trikola Co-Founded NetWeb Technologies which was the world's first company to create a metasearch engine and virtual reality 3D shopping for the retail sector. At a 1998 valuation of US$1.1 billion, NetWeb Technologies is now a New Delhi and Singapore company with approximately 200 employees.Mr. Trikola has worked as a turnaround specialist for troubled Canadian, US, and European companies, and has renegotiated loan terms with banks, other creditors, bondholders, and shareholders for these companies, both as pre-bankrupts and as debtors-in-possession and trustees-in-possession. Mr. Trikola has an MBA (Cross-Enterprise Leadership) from Western University, Ivey Business School, and served as Chair and board member for three not-for-profits.

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