How I organise chart study, execution and review around the rest of my life.
I use TradingView for charts and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) for placing and managing trades. MT5 runs on a virtual private server (VPS), which I can access from my phone. I use InterServer, but you can choose your own provider. This describes my setup, rather than a requirement to copy it.
Charts and alerts
On TradingView I use private chart utilities, including trend-line alerts and bar highlighting. I choose the significant line and assess completed candles closing beyond it, rather than brief intrabar crossings. Phone notifications bring me back to review the surrounding price action; a close beyond the line does not guarantee follow-through.
I also use a bar-end reminder, set to alert me about twenty seconds before a bar finishes. These notifications reach my phone through Pushover. The reminder gives me a heads-up; I wait for the completed bar when my decision depends on its close.
The alert tells me to look. The price action determines whether there is a reasonable trade. Neither an alert nor a highlighted bar is a buy or sell instruction.
Execution and risk
My personal MT5 trade panel is an Expert Advisor, or EA, that helps me carry out decisions I have already made. It helps calculate position size from my chosen risk and stop distance, place buffered orders using a completed signal candle or pair of completed candles, manage stops and take partial exits. Remote access to MT5 lets me use it away from my desk when I can give trading proper attention. It is not available for download or included in membership, and no release is planned.
I use a trading progression sheet to organise my risk management. The panel and spreadsheet support consistency, but I still have to assess the context, choose the setup and check the risk.
Review my trading
A trade-history analysis script helps me examine the statistics in my trading record. I also keep a private written journal. From time to time I may turn a useful observation into an article, but the journal itself remains private.
Review includes losses, missed opportunities, decisions I would change and reasonable trades that did not work. The point is to learn from the information available at the time, rather than judge every decision by its eventual result.
The routine matters more than the equipment
The meditation helps me reconnect with the framework before a chosen trading session. It is a reminder of ideas learned through study and chart practice. Familiarity with a recording cannot replace understanding the concepts or practising their application.
The member material is intended to explain this workflow in more detail. Any tools offered to members will have their availability, requirements and instructions stated separately. Describing software I use does not mean it is included in membership.
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Independent education influenced by Al Brooks, without affiliation or endorsement. These are my personal workflow choices. No live signals, copy trading or personalised investment recommendations. Trading involves risk of loss.