Why the weekly open matters more than any indicator
The weekly open is the reference point institutional desks measure the week against. Marking it changes how you read continuation and reversal, without adding a single indicator to the chart.
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The weekly open is the reference point institutional desks measure the week against. Marking it changes how you read continuation and reversal, without adding a single indicator to the chart.
Asia's range is liquidity waiting to be used. A breakdown of how London typically interacts with it, and why trading the same level three hours later is a different trade entirely.
Fixed lot sizing quietly makes your risk a function of volatility. Sizing from stop distance keeps the loss constant and the decision boring — which is the point.
An honest look at latency, dropped alerts, broker rejections and what supervision of an automated setup actually involves day to day.
A journal that records outcomes teaches you to chase. A journal that records whether the plan was followed teaches you to trade. How we score a week at Trade Algorithm.
Every plan has conditions that invalidate it. The skill is noticing on Wednesday rather than on Friday, and reducing exposure instead of reinterpreting the chart.
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The notes above assume the three pillars. The methodology page explains them properly, and how Elite works covers the automation layer, including what it costs and where it fails.
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Reading about structure is useful. Being taken through it weekly, with your own charts, is different.