KANZ RADAR — Markets Intelligence Engine

The decisions that turned a market engine into a daily habit

Kanz Market Radar reads the Arab and US markets for members who want to understand the market, not be told what to buy. These are the design calls that mattered most, and what each one converted into.

400
Paying members
across 6 markets
179
Portfolios connected
nearly half of members
810
Holdings
under analysis
81%
Monthly activity
among paying members
Role
Lead Product Designer
Platform
Web app + PWA, Arabic and English
Timeline
Mar 2026 – ongoing
Company
KanzMS, London
01 — The problem

An engine with no front door

KANZ Markets teaches Arab professionals how markets behave. RADAR is its analysis engine: the desk reads every listing technically and fundamentally and publishes setups, scores and a daily market read. When I picked it up in March 2026 the methodology existed and the community existed, but no member had a reason to open it on an ordinary day.

The constraints shaped everything. Educational and non-advisory, so nothing on screen could read as “buy”. Arabic first, right to left, with English as a full second language. And sold inside the paid KANZ packages rather than on its own, so it had to earn its place through use, not a paywall. The question was never “how do we show more data”. It was “what makes a member come back tomorrow, and trust what they see when they do”.

02 — Decisions

Six decisions, and what they converted into

01
One verdict first, with its reasoning right under it

Pulse opens on a single word for the market (Neutral, Risk-on, Risk-off), a 0 to 100 sentiment reading with what each zone means, and a short written read of why it moved and what would change it. Index tiles and the day’s movers sit below. Why: the executive with no time needs the answer in one glance, and the beginner needs the why. One word plus its reasoning serves both, on one screen.

Converted Pulse became the front door of the daily routine. Together with watchlists and portfolio tracking it carries the 81% monthly activity among paying members.

Pulse — the market read: one word, the sentiment gauge, the reasoning, then the indices
KANZ Market Radar Pulse page reading Neutral, with a written explanation of why US sentiment fell to 44 out of 100, a fear and greed gauge, and index tiles for the S&P 500, Nasdaq, gold, EGX30, Brent and TASI
02
Put the member’s own portfolio at the centre

Rather than a market product with a portfolio tab, the Dashboard opens on the member’s own book: value against the market today, what the suggested stops would cost, the next earnings and dividends. Then it applies the desk’s own work to each holding: setup flags, Kanz Scores and the chart patterns forming on it. Why: analysis of the market is interesting, analysis of what you own is useful. It turns every published setup into something personal.

Converted 179 of 400 paying members, nearly half, connected their own portfolios, putting 810 holdings under analysis.

Dashboard — the desk’s flags, scores and chart patterns, applied to the member’s own holdings
Analysis of your holdings on the KANZ Market Radar dashboard: setup flag counts for Alpha, Delta, Negative Price Action, Watchlist and Volatile, a value-weighted Kanz Score of 42 with growth, valuation and financial health readings, and the chart patterns forming on each holding
03
Teach, never tip, and say whose number it is

Every figure says what it measures and who produced it. Kanz Technical and Kanz Fundamentals are named as the desk’s own work, and outside consensus is labelled third-party. The R:R badge has one neutral style at every value, because it is a chart measurement, not a call. Green only ever means a positive reading. And no chart offers a short-selling tool, because the audience’s own standard prohibits short selling. Why: the product’s regulatory footing and its credibility with a religiously literate audience both depend on never authoring a claim that belongs to someone else.

Converted That footing is what lets Radar ship as an educational feature inside every paid KANZ package, and that package is how it reached 400 paying members.

Asset page, Kanz Technical — the pattern drawn on the real chart, its key points, and an R:R that is never coloured as a verdict
KANZ Market Radar asset page for Saudi Arabian Oil Co. on the Kanz Technical tab, showing an Inverted Head and Shoulders tag, pattern key points with current price, today's change and an R:R of 2.18, and a weekly chart with the pattern, support and resistance lines drawn on it
04
Arabic first, and one spine across six markets

Arabic is the default, laid out right to left from the first sketch rather than mirrored at the end, and English is a full second language, not a translation layer. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and the US share one structure: Pulse to orient, the Exhibition to browse, the asset page to understand, the portfolio to act. Why: a member following Tadawul and Wall Street should not have to learn two products, and a new market should be new content, not a redesign.

Converted 400 paying members across 6 markets, served by one design system and one set of components in both languages.

The Exhibition in Arabic — Egyptian, Saudi and US listings in one grid, with the desk’s flags and a neutral R:R on every card
KANZ Market Radar Exhibition in Arabic, right to left, showing listing cards from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the US with price charts, daily change, desk flags and R:R badges, under a ribbon of market readings
05
Make learning a game, and never let the game reward trading

Studio is where members practise on real charts, and it runs on a full game layer. XP says how much you did. A separate pattern rating says how well, and only unassisted drawing and duels move it, never a hint or “solve it for me”. A weekly league climbs from Copper to Kanz in groups of up to 30. Badges are few, and each shows its rarity (“4.5% of players”). Stars on a track only ever go up. A Daily Setup, a weekly contest and Market replay give a reason to come back. Gold marks the member’s own progress and green never appears, because none of it is a market reading, and nothing in it ever follows a real position or a live price. Why: streaks and leagues are powerful, and pointed at trading they would teach exactly the behaviour KANZ exists to prevent.

Converted A reason to open Radar between published analyses, built on the same daily habit that keeps 81% of paying members active each month.

Tracks — eight units from “Get set up” to “Trade with a clear head”, each lesson a step on the map, lessons watched and practised counted per unit
KANZ Market Radar Studio Tracks: a lesson map where Unit 1 Get set up is marked complete with 4 of 4 lessons watched, Unit 2 Market basics shows 7 of 9 lessons watched, finished steps are gold check circles, and a side list runs through eight units from Get set up to Trade with a clear head
Challenges — picked for you with the reason, 120 challenges by path, and this week’s contest where only the first try counts
KANZ Market Radar Studio challenges page with two challenges picked for the member, filters for lessons, quizzes, scenarios, market eras, risk labs and candle formations, a 12 of 120 done counter, and this week's contest of five quizzes
Badges — few and grouped by Academy, Habit and Arena, each with its rarity, and progress shown on the ones still locked
KANZ Market Radar Studio Badges page with 4 of 17 badges earned, Academy badges such as Toolkit, First pattern and Flawless each showing the date earned and the share of players who hold it, locked badges like The textbook with a 6 of 7 progress bar, and Habit and Arena badges such as One week, Regular, Duelist and Storm chaser
Studio — practice on the real chart, with the ticker list, the member’s watchlist and their XP in one place
KANZ Market Radar Studio with a daily candlestick chart for SIMO, drawing tools on the left, a filterable ticker list with prices, a watchlist with details for the selected listing, and the member's level and XP
Market replay — a real era with a budget, the year hidden until the debrief
KANZ Market Replay page explaining how it works in four steps, this month's scenario The winter after a digital-asset collapse with a Play it button, and scenario cards for Egypt, a global high-rates era and the US, each with a budget, window and number of decisions
06
Reward finishing a report, once

The analysts’ long reports are the deepest teaching in the product, and the easiest thing to abandon. Reading them now earns Market Intelligence points: 10 per minute of reading, up to 100, paid once per report, climbing five levels from Curious through Informed, Sharp and Insider to Strategist. The cover says up front how long it takes and what finishing it earns. The app remembers where the member stopped (“You were 94% through”) and offers Continue or Start from the top. The finish shows what this report earned beside their total, their level and the bar to the next one, and that bar fills from where it was, so the gain is what moves. Why: points for opening would reward skimming. Points for minutes read, paid once, reward exactly what the analysts wrote the report for, and cannot be farmed.

Converted A 28-minute report no longer has to fit one sitting. It has a place to resume and a reason to reach the end, on the same level ladder members already climb.

A strategic report — continue where you left off, and what finishing it earns in Market Intelligence points
KANZ strategic report cover with a Continue where you left off card showing the reader was 94 percent through, Continue and Start from the top buttons, and under the title a line reading 28 min read, finish it for 100 Market Intelligence points
The finish — what this report earned on one side, the reader’s total, level and the bar to the next level on the other
Report finished card: plus 100 Market Intelligence points on the left, and on the right Your Market Intelligence 580 at the Sharp level, with a gold bar and the words 120 points to Insider
03 — Impact

What each decision converted into

RADAR went from a methodology with no interface to a product that 400 paying members use across 6 markets, and 81% of them every month. The strongest single signal is the portfolio: nearly half of paying members trusted it with their own book.

Verdict first
81% monthly active
Pulse, watchlists and portfolio tracking carry the daily habit
Portfolio at the centre
179 portfolios
Nearly half of paying members connected their book, 810 holdings under analysis
Teach, never tip
400 paying members
Shipped as an educational feature inside every paid KANZ package
Arabic first, one spine
6 markets
Saudi, Egypt, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and the US on one design system
Learning as a game
XP, league, badges
Only correct reads and finished lessons score, never a trade or a profit
Reward finishing
10 points a minute
Market Intelligence points for reading, paid once per report, with resume

Radar is live at radar.kanzms.com ↗ (opens in a new tab).

Reflection
“A verdict without its reasoning is a tip. The whole product is the reasoning.”

The decisions that converted best were the ones that put the member first: their question before our data, their portfolio before our catalogue, their learning before any trade, their reading to the last page. Each one cost something obvious, and each one is now a number.