Passing trades as a skill in lower-timeframe work
Confirmation practice is incomplete if you only celebrate entries. We grade clean passes in homework too.
Lower-timeframe confirmation is often taught as “wait for X candle pattern.” Students then force X into existence. We train the opposite muscle: the documented pass.
What counts as a clean pass
- Zone was marked in advance.
- Trigger nearly formed but violated a house rule (e.g. weekly boundary still overhead).
- Journal records
passwith a code — not a blank because “nothing happened.”
Why we score it
In cohort reviews, traders who only show winners hide the real curriculum: restraint under conflicting intervals. A week with three clean passes and one taken trigger often shows better process than five impulsive scratches.
Drill for the week
On your execution timeframe, identify two almost-triggers. Write why each was passed without looking at what price did afterward. Bring those pages to class or the circle.
If this discipline is new, the Multi-Timeframe Intensive spends an entire session on confirmation and passing rules.