Eight modules covering setup grading, entries, exits, sizing, discipline, and the recursive learning loop. Module 1 is free forever. During founding preview, Modules 2-8 are open so early customers can judge the full paid curriculum before the launch wall returns.
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Eight modules, ordered so each builds on the last. New here? Read M1, M2, then M5 in that order before you skip around — those three carry the framework that the others lean on.
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Compression precondition. Anticipatory positioning. Paint + range trigger. HTF target. Session discipline. The actual decision framework I run on every trade, broken down with examples from real journal trades. ~15 minute read.
Why "the framework" beats prediction
Each layer in plain English with examples
How the layers grade A through F
The two grade caps that override technical quality
Hard stop placement. The breakeven trap that kills more winners than losses ever did. Why "our entries turn to support way too often" and the mental-trail rule I use instead. Stops beyond wick zones, targets at labels.
Initial stop placement by setup type
The premature-BE killer pattern
Stop-distance must match instrument noise, not desired R
Wide stops beat tight stops in noisy futures
The asymmetric rule: wicks through label for stops, label for targets
How to enter near a structural HTF label with risk defined just past it — instead of chasing the breakout from above. The 200-tick cost-basis advantage demonstrated on the CL +4R trade. When to chase and when not to.
Reading JalenLabels — pDHigh, 1W Open, 3M Open, etc.
Wicky-expansion reversal exit. Label-anchored trail with breakeven floor. Paint-flip trail. The three trail rules I use and when each applies. Why I stopped trailing my hard stop forward and started mentally trailing instead.
Rule 4: wicky-expansion reversal (the spec ship-first rule)
Rule 2: label-anchored trail with BE floor
Rule 3: paint-flip trail for B-grade setups
Composite Rule 5 — when to use which
How to read climactic range expansion at HTF target as exit
The 3-tier discrete sizing model (1x base, 2x B, 3x A+). Why size scales to current drawdown, not flat. The annual P&L math: 5 funded × $100/trade × 50% hit × 2.5R × 250 days = $93,750 net. If you can't math it, you're hoping not planning.
The 3-shots-a-day cap (TradeNet 2018 lesson, still true)
Daily risk = 3x per-trade max
Drawdown-aware sizing (the $250-up-and-down mistake)
Why I don't initiate new trades 3-5pm PT. Why held positions can ride through. Why 7-10am PT and 5-9pm PT are the sweet spots and what to do during the rest of the day. The 5th framework layer that catches sloppy late-day trades.
"Most of my losses come in 1-2 days when it took me 6-7 days to run up the bag." The pattern: 1 loss → forced re-entry → 2nd loss → reverse → 3rd loss → tilt → done. Anti-spiral rules built from real journal evidence.
The 2-loss pause rule
Forcing shorts on green daily paint (the most-violated rule)
Layer 4 of the product: every override you log becomes evidence. After 30+ overrides, patterns emerge: "you override wicky-expansion exits on CL — and you're right 75% of the time." The recursive-learning loop that turns the bot from a graders into a coach that learns YOU.
How override capture works (no friction required)