FREE PROCESS OVERVIEW
A practical guide to the routine I use.
This is how I prepare, read the chart, use my tools and review my trading. Follow the sections in order or return to the part you need. It reflects my experience, influenced by Al Brooks, and remains a work in progress.
The meditation is my familiar reminder before a chosen session. The written explanations are here when I need to revisit the reasoning. Understanding comes through study and chart practice; listening alone cannot replace that.
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1. Make room for trading
I choose a day and a block of time when I can give the chart proper attention after an alert. On my 15-minute charts that may mean returning for several consecutive bar closes. Between those decisions I can get on with work. Family time stays protected.
2. Set up the workspace
TradingView is where I read the chart. Pushover brings alerts to my phone, and MT5 on a VPS is where I place and manage orders. Each tool has a specific job; the trading decision remains mine.
3. Read the chart in context
I start with Market State: Trend, Trading Range or Breakout Mode. I assess the Always In direction, completed bars and follow-through. I draw significant trend lines, Wedges and prior highs or lows to help identify possible turning points and room for a trade. An alert means look, not enter.
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4. Prepare and execute
The meditation helps me settle and reconnect with my rules. After an alert, I look for convincing price action and a reasonable Trader’s Equation: estimated probability, potential reward and risk. Before placing an order I define the premise, check the protective stop and size, and decide what would invalidate the idea.
5. Manage the trade, then finish
I assess follow-through and disappointment in context. A trend-line crossing brings me back to judge the price action; it is not an automatic reversal. I may take partial profits near a likely turning point, or hold while the premise remains supported. My planned finish time, energy and commitments matter too. A loss never obliges me to continue.
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6. Review without constant tinkering
I use the history analyser for the numbers and my journal for reasoning and lessons. The risk-progression sheet supports a separate weekly risk review. I record possible improvements for later rather than change the approach during a session. A few memorable winners or losses cannot establish whether it works.
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This guide describes my personal process, not a promise of trading success or personalised financial advice. Trading involves risk of loss. Planned member tools remain in preparation.