Market analysis
Use a repeatable framework to study market conditions, build scenarios, and document your own decisions. Start with a plan you can explain and review.
Start with what is happening and what you can verify. Separate a headline from your interpretation of it. Note scheduled announcements, company events, and the session you plan to observe.
Identify prior highs and lows, areas of repeated reactions, and the boundaries of a visible range. A level is an area to observe; it does not promise a reversal or breakout.
Create more than one possible outcome before price moves. State what you would need to see, what would contradict that interpretation, and when staying out makes sense.
Record your intended entry, the point that invalidates the idea, position size, and the planned maximum loss. Execution costs and slippage can change the actual result.
Compare your original plan with what you actually did. A profitable result can follow poor decisions, and a losing result can follow a disciplined plan. Review both separately.
Context → key areas → possible scenarios → invalidation and risk → session review. Keep your notes in the free journal so you can compare decisions over time.
