Checklists

Range Model first

• Symbol, date and chart owning the idea recorded
• Range high, low and midpoint marked before the outcome
• Parent and smaller range boundaries kept separate
• Sweep-and-retest or break-and-retest response identified; incomplete response means wait
• Two objectives mapped: midpoint and opposite boundary, or one and two range heights beyond the break
• Nearer obstacles listed separately from the range objectives
• Invalidation, stop, size, costs and management written before entry

The checks below cover the moving-average and PTB methods. Apply the parts relevant to your chosen entry method inside the range map; a PTB is not required for every Range Model decision.

Chart roles

• Same-chart or parent-led lane selected before activation
• Parent timeframe named when applicable
• One execution timeframe named; 5-minute is the teaching default
• Holding intention and management plan written before entry
• No chart-role change after a miss, loss, or outcome reveal

Map

• Daily and hourly direction reviewed
• Prior-day and prior-week levels marked
• Relevant opening ranges, HCOM, LCOM, support, resistance, and Fibonacci levels marked
• 50 and 200 SMA context recorded

1-2-3

• Step 1 broke the active 10/20 area
• Step 2 consolidated or retested around the averages
• Step 2 shows pause or overlap rather than a same-direction stair-step
• Step 3 expanded clearly from that structure
• Any overlap belongs to a coherent base; there is no directionless crossing without structure

Entry approach

• Boundary-break or PTB approach selected before activation
• Developing Step 3 and confirmed expansion recorded separately
• Protective invalidation and order handling defined for the chosen approach

PTB

• Pullback returned toward the 10/20 area
• Candidate candle completed
• Inside bar was ignored
• Latest eligible completed candle is marked
• Long trigger is above the high or short trigger is below the low
• Candle is labeled PTB only after the directional trigger
• Usual stop reference is the other side of the PTB
• Prior extreme offers useful room
• Parent activation level is frozen first when the trade is parent-led
• No alternate timeframe was searched because the selected chart failed to qualify
• Same-chart sequence has no more than one failed initial PTB before this attempt

Management

• Prior high or low is marked
• Breakeven or exit condition is written
• Clean-break trailing reference is written
• Trade intention stayed unchanged
• Daily trade and loss limits are still available

Review

• Decision was recorded before the outcome
• Inside-bar and wait decisions were recorded
• P&L is separate from process quality
• No rule was changed to fit the result