Let’s make it simple
A fair science experiment does not hide the attempts that failed. Chart practice should not hide them either. Looking only at the pretty examples can make almost any pattern seem clever.
Understand the idea
Write a rule you can check before revealing later candles. Record your observation, a possible explanation, an alternative, a challenge condition and a decision. Use only invented data or a simulator with no deposits, orders or account connection.
Include wins, losses and decisions to wait. Keep a chosen sample size in advance rather than stopping after a lucky streak. Simulated results do not prove future real-money results; practice leaves out some emotions and execution problems.
A reward-to-risk ratio compares a planned gain with a planned loss. It does not tell you how often the gain occurs. If four outcomes are +2, -1, -1 and -1, their total is -1 before costs even though a winning outcome is twice a losing one.
Read exact candle values
| Candle | Open | High | Low | Close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
| B | 11 | 14 | 10 | 13 |
| C | 13 | 14 | 10 | 11 |
| D | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 |
A small worked example
A paper trial has +4, -2, +4 and -2 tokens. Total=4. If each completed round costs 1 token, four costs reduce the result to 0. Leaving out costs changes the lesson.
Your turn
Use the journal page for four invented rounds. Include one decision to wait. Keep "followed my rules" separate from "made pretend tokens."
Compare your exercise with a model response
A complete journal keeps every round and any decision to wait. +4-2+4-2=4; four costs of 1 reduce it to 0.
Pause & think
Check your understanding
Write an answer, then compare it with the explanation. This is self-study, not an automatically graded test.
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Fictional examples. Education only; no pattern guarantees a result. Course information