False breaks at the upper rail of a rising channel
Upper-rail overshoots in rising channels tempt early short calls. A short checklist separates celebration wicks from genuine failures.
Field notes
Field notes
Short practical notes on placing trendlines, building channels, and judging breaks — written for people who already open charts.
Choosing daily charts before lower timeframes
Lower-timeframe lines multiply noise. We ask intensive students to lock daily structure first, then optionally refine.
Probe, break, reclaim — three labels for channel edges
Ambiguous language at channel edges causes early redraws. Separating probes from breaks — and waiting for reclaim evidence — steadies the mark-up.
Parallel rails: measuring from one swing set only
Channel width drifts when the upper and lower rails are measured from different swings. A single swing set keeps the geometry honest.
When a third touch still is not enough
Many readers wait for three touches and call a trendline valid. Here is why that rule still needs a reaction test and a clean swing definition.