A doji at 08:00 is not the doji at 16:30
The same small real body means different things at the London cash open and into the cash close. Clock time belongs in the description, not in a footnote.
Notes from the canvas, written after the close
Short pieces on candlestick reading as we practise it: clock time, relative range, and the difference between a shape and a session.
Read the wick, not only the close
Closes matter, and so do the excursions that failed. A long wick is a record of a price that could not hold, not a decoration on the real body.
How to mark a session high without redrawing every five minutes
The session high is a fact that can change, but your sheet should not look like a palimpsest. Pencil, patience, and two closes.
Three hours with one chart: a sample London morning
A walk through a dated FTSE morning as we would mark it on the wall canvas, without turning the sitting into a list of trade entries.
What indecision actually looks like on a 15-minute candle
Indecision is a word that hides the work. Here is what we ask students to write instead when a bar fails to travel.