Dashboard & Watchlist
Your CSAPP home screen. How to build a watchlist that's actually useful, what each dashboard widget tells you, and how often to check.
Last updated: May 18, 2026
The CSAPP dashboard is the first screen you see when opening the app. It's designed to give you a 30-second daily read β what's moving, what's in your watchlist, what the market state is. This article covers how to set it up and use it.
What's on the dashboard
The dashboard has four main sections, top to bottom:
- Market overview β Fear & Greed, Altcoin Season, total market cap (compact version of Monitor's market overview).
- Your watchlist β followed coins with live price, 24h change, mini sparkline.
- Latest signals β most recent CSAPP signals (filtered to active).
- Quick widgets β daily briefing, AI chatbot shortcut, alerts summary.
The order and visibility of widgets can be customized in Settings β Dashboard layout (premium).
Setting up your watchlist
Add coins from any coin's detail page β "Add to watchlist" button. Or via the Search function β search a coin, tap the star.
Maximum 20 coins in the watchlist (premium limit). Free tier: 5.
What makes a good watchlist
A useful watchlist is:
- Focused. 5-10 coins, not 50. You can mentally track 5-10; you'll skim 50.
- Trade-relevant. Coins you'd actually open a position in. Not "interesting but ignored."
- Diversified across categories. Don't put 5 L1 chains; mix in DeFi, AI, gaming if those are sectors you trade.
- Refreshed quarterly. Remove coins you haven't traded in 3+ months.
Sample watchlist for a swing trader
| Slot | Coin | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BTC | Macro anchor |
| 2 | ETH | Sector leader, L1 |
| 3 | SOL | High-volatility alt |
| 4 | LINK | DeFi proxy |
| 5 | A trending coin from CSAPP signals | Active opportunity |
Five coins is enough to keep mental load low and trades focused.
Reading the dashboard at a glance
A daily 30-second read:
- Fear & Greed β Is sentiment regime-changing? (Big move from 35 β 65? Note it.)
- Watchlist sparklines β Any coin moving more than Β±5%? Tap for full chart.
- Latest signals β Any new active signals on your watchlist?
- Daily briefing β Read the AI summary (1 minute).
If everything is quiet (Fear & Greed unchanged, watchlist sideways, no new signals), close the app. Don't trade for the sake of trading.
Follow vs Watchlist
CSAPP has two related concepts:
- Watchlist β coins you want to monitor. They appear on dashboard with prices.
- Followed coins β coins included in your daily AI briefing and that the chatbot considers as your "portfolio context."
Usually these overlap, but they're separate. You can watchlist coins without following them (curiosity) and follow coins without watchlist (long-term holds you don't trade daily).
Premium gating
- Free tier: 5 watchlist coins, basic dashboard layout, daily briefing for 3 followed coins.
- Premium: 20 watchlist, customizable layout, daily briefing for all 20 coins, AI chatbot with portfolio context.
Common mistakes
- Watchlist of 30+ coins. Becomes wallpaper. You skim it once and move on without acting.
- Adding hype coins. "Saw it on Twitter" coins fill up slots that could go to actual trade candidates.
- Never updating. A watchlist from 2 years ago has half-dead coins. Refresh quarterly.
- Treating dashboard as social feed. Dashboard is for action, not entertainment.
In CSAPP
Open the app β first tab is the dashboard. Pull down to refresh. Long-press any watchlist coin for quick actions (chart, alerts, signal history). Settings β Dashboard layout to customize widget order and visibility (premium).
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