Market Structure First
// Signal over hype. Capital over clout.
// Overview
Price is either trending, ranging, or transitioning. Structure is the map that tells you which. Start on higher time frames to mark swing highs/lows, range bounds, and key opens/closes. Then execute only where the market shows acceptance or rejection at those levels. If the map isn’t clear, you don’t “find” a trade — you wait.
// Core Reads
Trend: HH/HL (or LL/LH) intact on HTF → join on pullbacks into prior structure; invalidation = break of the defining HL/LH.
Range: Well-defined top/bottom with a working mid. Fade edges back to mid unless acceptance forms beyond.
Break & Acceptance: A poke is noise until it accepts (closes/holds/retests) beyond the level. Trade in direction of acceptance; if it reclaims back inside, treat as failed break.
// Common Mistakes
Trading Emotion, Not Structure
Entering on speed with no reference level or structural invalidation.
Ignoring Acceptance
Treating every break as a breakout. Without acceptance, it’s just a test.
