# Before the next candle

Use this record with the worked examples first. For personal use, keep private financial details in your own secure records; the blank file does not need account numbers or credentials.

| Record field | Your observation |
|---|---|
| Instrument and exchange |  |
| Session / time zone |  |
| Opening bars complete? |  |
| Frozen high / low |  |
| Signal close and time |  |
| Next available entry |  |
| Stop / target |  |
| Cash and risk ceilings |  |
| Costs / actual exit |  |
| Ambiguity and reason to skip |  |

### Check the clock, quantity and exit

A bar closes exactly on the range high. Does it qualify? No: the reference rule requires a strictly higher close. A later bar qualifies, but its proposed entry exceeds the gap allowance. Does a subsequent rally change the decision? No: the event remains a rejected entry under the recorded rule.

Suppose the stop and target both appear within the next candle's range. Record the trade as unresolved unless finer data establishes the order. A stop-first sensitivity result may accompany it, but it is an assumption rather than a known execution.

Compare the event marker with the journal on five consecutive sessions, including sessions with no signal. Write any disagreement before changing the code. This tests whether the instructions and the tool describe the same event; it does not establish a trading advantage.