- Treating a screener hit as a signal. Screening produces candidates, not decisions.
- Taking a position without reading the invalidation line. Entering without knowing where you are wrong leaves the exit to emotion.
- Celebrating a high R:R without checking the stop distance. A stop below 1×ATR makes that ratio a lie.
- Entering at market when the card says the entry is anchored to a zone. The plan is conditional; executed before the condition, it is a different plan.
- Choosing the timeframe by which answer you like rather than by the trade you intend.
- Turning on God's Eye for every symbol. Save the resource for the one you will actually decide on.
- Treating an old analysis as still valid after its horizon has expired.
- Sizing a C-graded setup the same as an A-graded one.
- Skipping the Devil's Advocate section. It is the only part that can change your mind.
- Not setting quiet hours and then making a sleepy decision on a notification at 3am.
Ten common mistakes
The patterns we see repeated most often, and which cost the most.
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