Targets & magnets Both
Measured-move magnet during a trend
Trend approaching a measured projection. Continuation pressure is intact and room remains.
Read the sequence.
01 / OBSERVE → DECIDE
- ContextTrend approaching a measured projection
- PressureContinuation pressure is intact and room remains
- SetupTrend approaching a measured projection. Require rejection or acceptance at the marked structure.
- DecisionA valid continuation setup before reaching the magnet
The decision map
02 / QUICK REFERENCE- Location
- Trend approaching a measured projection.
- Evidence
- Continuation pressure is intact and room remains.
- Trigger
- A valid continuation setup before reaching the magnet.
- Invalidation
- Failure of that continuation structure.
- First objective
- The measured-move projection.
- Pass when
- Treating a projection as an automatic reversal signal.
03 / THE FULL ARGUMENT
Thesis & participant logic
Supplied study draft · adapted Brooks-style prose, not a quotation from Al Brooks
The market broke from a clear structure and has room to a measured-move projection. Trend pressure remains intact, and there is no strong reversal evidence. I will trade continuation toward the magnet but reduce expectations as price approaches it. The measured move is a target, not an automatic reversal level.
04 / FROM IDEA TO A PLAN
Manage the thesis, not the need to be right.
Before entry
Write the structural invalidation and first realistic objective. Size to the loss you have already accepted, including costs and possible slippage. If the stop is unaffordable, reduce size or pass.
After entry
Reassess follow-through against the evidence above. Do not widen the stop or add because price “has gone too far.” A bounce to your average entry is not a market thesis.
At the objective
The measured-move projection. Decide ahead of time whether to exit or retain a defined remainder. Continue only while structure and follow-through support the trade.
During review
Record the entry-time chart, planned risk, maximum adverse excursion, actual exit, and whether the thesis was invalidated. Judge the decision separately from the outcome.