Don’t force trades. The market rewards patience, not impulse.
Real edge comes from discipline: Studying higher time frames, marking key ranges, and waiting for price to align with your plan.
Your first job isn’t profit, it’s survival. Capital protection is the greatest edge in this game.
The blueprint:
• Map the internal range on higher time frames.
• Identify wholesale levels where smart money steps in.
• Drop to your low time frame for precision entries.
• Set an invalidation stop/exit
The goal? Ride the move from internal to external range with risk tightly defined.
Even if price rejects at the external, your plan defends you. A partial TP secures profit; a well-placed stop ensures safety.
Sometimes you win big, sometimes you break even, & sometimes you lose small, but every time, your capital lives to fight another day.
That’s how pros trade. Not by forcing setups, but by waiting until the market forces opportunity.