Turn market observations into explicit rules and test them without fooling yourself.
Comfort with orders, position sizing, charts and a basic trading journal.
Separate a meaningful structural change from normal lower-timeframe noise.
Annotate 30 historical structure decisions before revealing later price.
Choose non-duplicative tools for trend, momentum and volatility.
Reduce a five-indicator chart to two independent measurements.
Treat chart patterns as conditional hypotheses, not automatic signals.
Record 50 examples using rules written before reviewing outcomes.
Convert an attractive chart idea into code-like trading rules.
Write a strategy another person could apply without asking questions.
Collect a useful sample while controlling the easiest forms of bias.
Backtest at least 100 eligible observations and publish the exclusions.
Connect rates, inflation, growth and risk sentiment to currency repricing.
Write a one-page weekly macro map without making a trade prediction.
Design processes that make rule-breaking visible and recoverable.
Tag every deviation in a 20-trade forward test.
Combine one setup, one risk model and one review loop.
Complete 30 valid demo observations before considering real capital.