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Tools

A small collection to support price-action study, considered decisions and less time watching screens.

These resources bring together the tools and reminders I use or am developing around my trading framework. Their job is to make the work easier to organise while leaving the price-action judgement with you.

The collection is being prepared. The free and member resources below describe the planned offering. Downloads and access instructions will be added as each resource is ready; membership is not open yet.

Planned free resources · Planned member resources

Start with the essentials

PLANNED FREE INTRODUCTION · AUDIO

Trading meditation

A short pre-session audio to help you settle your attention and reconnect with your trading framework: breathing, risk, selective participation and knowing when to stop.

Use it as a reminder before chart study or a focused session. The fuller meditation and linked reference material are intended for the member collection.

PLANNED FREE BASIC VERSION · CALCULATOR

Trader’s Equation calculator

Compare your entry, stop, target and estimated probability. See how the potential reward and loss relate, and whether your assumptions describe a reasonable trade.

The probability estimate is yours. The calculation checks the arithmetic; it cannot establish a setup’s actual probability or prove that an edge exists. Trading costs need to be included in the assessment.

PLANNED FREE RESOURCE · PRINTABLE TEMPLATES

Session and review pack

A concise pre-trade checklist, simple trade-review sheet and weekly stopping framework, grouped into one practical pack.

Record Market State, Always In direction, context, whether breakout traders are succeeding or becoming trapped, reasoning, risk, result in R and one lesson. The stopping framework keeps potential return in perspective alongside time, attention, work and family.

Tools with continuing usefulness

These are connected parts of my routine: decide what deserves attention, return to the chart, judge the price action, execute the chosen plan and review the record. The descriptions below include planned member resources and a clearly marked example from my personal setup. No downloads are available yet.

PLANNED MEMBER RESOURCE · TRADINGVIEW AND PHONE ALERTS

Trend-line alerts to your phone

I draw the significant trend line myself. In my routine, I look for a completed candle closing beyond that line, rather than a brief crossing while the candle is still forming. My TradingView alerts reach my phone through Pushover, so I can return to assess a potential breakout without continually watching the chart.

How it fits my routine

A close beyond a trend line does not guarantee follow-through. I assess Market State, Always In direction and the surrounding price action before deciding whether to act. These are alerts, not trading signals: they do not select a trade or place an order.

PLANNED MEMBER RESOURCE · TRADINGVIEW AND PHONE ALERTS

Bar-end reminder

A separate reminder gives me a heads-up about twenty seconds before a bar finishes. I use it when a developing setup or open position needs closer attention. The notification reaches my phone through Pushover in my current setup.

How it fits my routine

It helps me return in time to watch the bar finish. Where my judgement depends on the close, I assess the completed bar rather than treat the reminder as an entry or exit signal. It is an attention aid for a chosen session, not a reason to monitor the market all day.

PLANNED MEMBER RESOURCE · TRADINGVIEW VISUAL UTILITY

Wick and bar highlighting

Highlight selected wick or bar characteristics so they are easier to notice during chart study and review. This supports reading bodies, tails and closes in context without replacing the price-action assessment.

How it fits my routine

I still ask where the bar appears, how it relates to nearby bars and whether the next bars provide follow-through. A highlighted bar on its own does not establish a reasonable trade. The supported criteria and controls will be described with the launch version.

MY PERSONAL SETUP · NOT AVAILABLE FOR RELEASE

MT5 trading panel EA

My personal MT5 trade panel helps calculate position size from my chosen risk and stop distance. After I choose the setup, I can place buffered orders using a completed signal candle or pair of completed candles, manage protective stops and take partial exits. It supports my own execution decisions, including when I access MT5 remotely away from my desk.

My MT5 trading panel, showing risk and order settings, buy and sell stop buttons, partial closure and trailing controls beside the chart.
My current working panel. I choose the trade and check the order settings before placing it. Cropped to show the controls; the screenshot is otherwise unchanged. Shown as part of my own routine; this panel is not available for download and no release is planned.
How it fits my routine

The panel carries out my chosen execution task; I make the trading decision and check the order settings, protective stop, size and risk. I run MT5 on a VPS that I can access from my phone. This is a personal tool, shown to explain my routine. It is not available for download or included in membership, and no release is planned.

PLANNED MEMBER RESOURCE · RISK-MANAGEMENT SPREADSHEET

Trading progression and risk-scaling sheet

My personal framework for reviewing risk each week: build gradually, reduce after losses and stop for review if the allocated trading cushion no longer supports the minimum risk. The sheet keeps the calculations together; it does not predict returns.

How it fits my routine

It is a way to apply chosen limits consistently, rather than a schedule for increasing risk or an income projection. The member guide will explain the actual inputs, calculations and assumptions of the version supplied. I still assess combined exposure when adding to positions.

PLANNED MEMBER RESOURCE · TRADING RECORD AND STATISTICS

Trade-history analyser script

Analyse recorded trading history and review the statistics from completed trades. This provides the numerical side of my review, so I can examine the record rather than rely on a few memorable winners or losses.

Trade-history analyser example showing three weekly summaries with trade counts, results in R and pounds, win rate, profit factor, drawdown and losing streaks.
Example output from my own trading record. Selected periods illustrate the tool, not establish trading performance. Account details and chart controls have been cropped out; the figures are unchanged.
View the report at a readable size
The same report at its original size. Scroll sideways on smaller screens.

This example uses £11.82 as its R reference. The calculation basis and behaviour when risk changes are still being checked before distribution.

How it fits my routine

I use the history analysis alongside a private Google document for context, reasoning and lessons. The script supports the record; it does not capture every reason behind a decision. The written journal stays private, with occasional selected observations adapted into articles. The launch description will state which statistics and history formats the supplied version supports.

PLANNED MEMBER RESOURCE · AUDIO, TRANSCRIPT AND REFERENCE

Full meditation and linked reference guide

Listen before a chosen session, read the full transcript and follow selected phrases into deeper explanations. The aim is to reconnect the practical routine with the reasoning behind it, from chart context and the Trader’s Equation to execution, review and stopping.

How it fits my routine

The audio reinforces understanding built through study and chart practice. It is paired with its matching transcript, with worthwhile improvements and occasional members-only reflections when I have something useful to add. There is no fixed publishing schedule.

Read my setup overview

TradingView, MT5, a VPS and Pushover describe my own working setup. Third-party accounts or services are separate from the planned membership. Supported versions, requirements and instructions will be stated before access opens.

Learn from original chart examples

A small selection of original annotated charts is planned for free access, including reasonable trades that lost as well as examples that worked. They will illustrate the thinking available at the time, rather than present hindsight as an easy answer.

A fuller searchable Chart Library is a later part of the plan. It can bring together Failed Breakouts, H1/H2 and L1/L2 entries, Wedges and Trading Range Price Action as enough reviewed examples become ready. It will use my own charts and explanations, rather than reproduce Al Brooks’ copyrighted material.

Keep the tools in their place

Use what helps your routine. You do not need to use every resource or create more trades to justify a subscription. A satisfactory profit gives permission to finish early. A loss never creates an obligation to continue.

Members will be able to report problems and suggest improvements. Membership is intended for independent use, with clear instructions; it will not include individual trade reviews, personal trading guidance or ongoing coaching. Any further help will have a clearly stated scope.

Read the philosophy behind the tools

Independent price-action education, influenced by Al Brooks and not affiliated with or endorsed by him. Tools support study and judgement; they do not provide personalised investment recommendations or guarantee outcomes. Trading involves risk of loss. You remain responsible for your decisions.