Read the weekly before you defend the hourly
A simple order of reading that stops mid-session bias flips during multi-timeframe review.
Most regret trades in our coaching notes share a pattern: the trader opened the execution chart first, found a reason to act, then opened the weekly only after the position was live.
A workable order
- Name the weekly structure in one sentence — trend, range, or transition.
- Mark the daily bias only if it does not contradict that sentence.
- Drop to the four-hour or hourly for timing, not for inventing a new story.
If step two fails, you do not have a trade idea yet. You have a conflict. Sit with the conflict; do not “solve” it by zooming in.
What we ask clients to bring
In a Multi-Timeframe Review, we ask for screenshots in that same order. When the pack arrives reversed — five-minute first — the live hour is spent untangling rather than deciding.
A small habit
Photograph the higher-timeframe markup before London open. If you cannot explain the photo in one sentence, you are not ready for the active chart.