Quickstart

Use replay or simulation and hide future candles.

1. Mark one range

Choose the chart that owns your idea. Mark its high, low and midpoint. Record the date, symbol and timeframe. Keep the box fixed for the decision being studied; record any later change and its reason.

2. Wait for a boundary response

A sweep passes beyond a boundary and returns inside. A breakout leaves the range. In each case, study the retest and whether the appropriate side holds. If the evidence is incomplete, write Wait.

Do not treat an internal reference level as the edge of the parent range. If you work from a smaller range, mark its high, low and midpoint separately.

3. Map two objectives

• Sweep and retest: midpoint first, opposite boundary second.
• Break and retest: one range height beyond the broken side first, two range heights second.

List nearby levels separately as obstacles or management references. They do not replace the two range measurements.

4. Choose an entry and define risk

SBS, 1-2-3 or PTB can help time the decision. Use the method you understand, with its own conditions. Define invalidation, stop, size, order handling, costs, daily limits and management before entry. The range map alone is not an order.

If using the moving-average lessons, start with the 1-2-3 and follow the PTB reference only when that is your chosen approach. Keep the selected chart roles fixed.

5. Reveal and review

Save the pre-outcome chart and your reasoning, then reveal the next candles. Record whether the response completed, what invalidated it, which objectives were reached and whether you followed the plan. Retain losses, unclear cases and no-trade decisions.

Use the checklists and risk reference. A few selected examples do not establish a win rate or an expected return.