【Measure the blank before entering】On days when there isn't enough distance to the stop, do not enter

We had clearly decided the stop loss, but as soon as we entered, it stopped right in front of us. Haven’t you had a moment like that?

The profit was only a little, and the loss occurs with the planned width.

If this continues, the balance won’t increase as many winning times as there are.

When I look back at the chart later, there was a place just ahead of where I entered where it had stopped before.

From the start, I was entering in a place with almost no room to grow.

Good evening!

I’m Masashi^^

This time, I’ll talk about measuring the upside potential before entering.

Whether there is still a blank space up to the place where it previously stopped.

Only when I find a place within that blank that balances with the stop loss width, I enter.

If I can’t find it, I don’t enter. It’s about looking ahead not only at the stop loss side but also at the profit side.

✅ The time when I only decided the stop loss and entered

In the past, I used to decide only the position of the stop loss before entering.

If the stop loss was decided, capital could be protected. I thought that was enough.

Indeed, I stopped losing a lot in one go.

But I didn’t realize for a while that the profits on winning days were always small.

When I lined up my records, there were many entries that stopped immediately after entering, then took a little and closed.

Many of the spots where it stopped were places where it had stopped before (;'∀')

I could pay the stop loss as an expected cost.

But I hadn’t checked in advance whether there was enough profit potential to cover that cost.

✅ Look ahead at the profit side as much as the stop loss.

? Old records: 【Stop loss as planned / Profit always small / The place where it stopped is the same as before】

? The place where it stopped is not a prediction but a trace of the past

What I’m conscious of as the profit-side destination are the places where the price previously stopped on higher timeframes.

Places where it was bounced several times, or where it came in strongly and stopped once.

What to be careful about here is not to try to predict where it will stop.

I’m watching only the past fact that it has already stopped there before.

It’s closer to looking at brake marks left on a road than a weather forecast.

If there are many past stops around, it might slow down around this area.

You don’t have to draw a clean single line.

If you can roughly identify a zone where it has stopped before, that’s enough.

✅ Stops are not predicted places; they are places to check traces.

? Traces examples: 【Zones where it bounced several times / where it stopped once despite momentum】

? The blank space until stop is the upside on the profit side

Once you know where it stopped, look at the distance from the current price to that point.

I call this distance the profit-side blank.

If the blank is wide, there is room for price to move after entry.

If narrow, it will hit the stop after a small move.

By looking at this blank before entering, there will be fewer times you feel it didn’t grow after entry.

If you know the distance to the destination, you won’t panic when profits shrink midway.

✅ Before entering, see how much blank remains on the profit side.

? Blank meaning: 【Distance from the current price to the previous stop traces】

? Isn’t that predicting it?

After reading this far, some may feel this way.

“So isn’t it just predicting whether the stopping place will hit or not?”

This is often asked.

In my case, I view stops as traces that stopped before.

I don’t believe it will necessarily stop there.

I only use places where it might stop as a guide for the destination.

Whether it actually stops or not will be confirmed when it reaches there.

I don’t decide in advance before it comes, which is the same as other scenarios.

✅ Stops are a guide; whether it stops is confirmed when it arrives.

? What to look at when it arrives: 【Whether the leg tightens near stop / whether it can break through with a long move】

? Placing blank and stop loss together

Even if you know there is blank, that alone doesn’t make you enter.

Go back to a lower timeframe and see if there is a place to enter within that blank.

What you look at is the balance between the width to place the stop loss and the blank up to the stop, i.e., the risk-reward concept.

If the width to the stop and the blank are almost the same, it moves about the same whether you win or lose.

In that case, you end up winning once to recover from each loss.

Therefore, I look for an entry where the blank up to the stop is clearly wider than the stop loss width.

I don’t decide with a single candle; I move between higher and lower timeframes.

✅ Compare the blank with the stop loss width and see if they balance.

? Decision column: 【Blank is clearly wider than the stop loss / There is an entry that balances】

⚠ When no entry is found, do not enter

There are days when there is blank but no balancing entry found.

The place to place a stop loss is too far, making the blank unattractive in comparison.

I won’t enter at that point.

Even if the pattern is clean or momentum is strong, I’ll skip if the profit and loss sides don’t balance.

I won’t push the stop loss closer and force a balance.

If you place the stop loss in a spot where your reading hasn’t broken yet, you’ll just be cut more easily.

When you feel drawn to edge it, ask yourself if your reading has broken at that position.

If you can’t say so, that position is just a convenient location.

✅ If not balanced, skip without bringing the stop loss closer.

⚠ Skip record: 【Bring it closer to balance / But your reading doesn’t break at that point / Skip】

? The more you delay entering, the more the blank gets shaved

One more thing about blank that’s easy to overlook.

The blank shrinks as price moves.

It was wide when measured, but while you were hesitating, price moved on.

By the time you enter, the blank may have been about half as big. This happens often.

The blank at measurement time and the blank at order time aren’t the same.

My notebook has many entries recording this postponement lol

When you feel late, it’s better to wait for the next setup than chase in to maintain balance.

✅ Think with the blank remaining at the moment of order.

? Records of delay: 【Initially there was enough blank / Just before entry the blank narrowed / Skipped】

? When you want to enter despite narrow blank

The trouble is when you want to enter even though you know the blank is narrow.

If the pattern is clean or the moment you skipped earlier extended, you may think “just for this time.”

In that case, I look again at the distance to the stop.

Distance doesn’t stretch or shrink with mood. The blank measured a moment ago remains the same narrow.

You’ve probably seen typos right before publishing a blog, right? It’s similar.

Rechecking the distance in front of the order button is like that moment before publishing—tense but doable.

If you notice before you push, you can fix or stop.

Once you push, you can’t go back.

✅ When the urge to enter is strong, you come back to the measured distance.

? Records when in doubt: 【Pattern is clean / Blank remains narrow / Skipped】

? Rule explanation test: can you say it in one breath

When I’m unsure whether to enter, I often do a personal rule explanation test.

Pretend you’re explaining to someone and try to say the reason to enter in one breath.

If the remaining blank up to the stop is this much and the stop loss is here, then it balances.

If you can say that, it becomes a candidate.

If you falter or can only say that it will probably grow, then you skip.

If you can’t explain it, it’s either because you haven’t measured it or the measured result is wrong.

You don’t have to voice it. Before opening the order screen, try saying it in your head once.

With practice, you’ll know in a few seconds whether you can say it.

✅ An entry where you cannot explain in one breath hasn’t been measured enough yet.

? Explanation template: 【Blank up to here / Stop loss here / So it balances】

⭕ After breaking through a stop, the premise changes

There are times when the price passes clearly through a previously stopped level.

When that happens, I avoid jumping in with the belief that it will grow simply because it broke through.

After breaking through, the prior blank premise disappears.

Until you know where the next stopping trace is, you won’t know how much upside there is.

Until you know, you think the reasons to enter aren’t yet complete and you skip.

The moment it breaks through makes you feel left behind, though (;'∀')

✅ After breaking through, wait until you know the next stop.

? Record of break: 【Broke through previous stop / Next trace is still unknown / Skipped】

✔ Measuring blank changes the view on stop loss

Since I started measuring the profit-side blank, something changed unexpectedly.

How I handle a stop loss situation.

If I choose entries where the blank on the profit side is wide, even if I get stopped out, it feels like an expected cost.

Conversely, if I enter without measuring the blank and get stopped out, I don’t know what went wrong and dwell on it.

If you don’t dwell after being stopped out, you can look at the next setup calmly while viewing the blank.

Fear of stop losses and rushing to recover have decreased. This was really big!

✅ Stops entered after measuring can be treated as an expected cost.

? Weekend outlook: 【Entries measured with blank vs entries entered without measuring blank】

? Summary: measure the profit-side destination before entering

Deciding the stop loss and entering is important.

However, that alone makes it easy to enter where there is no upside potential.

Look at the blank up to the place where it stopped previously and check whether that blank balances with the stop loss width.

If there is no balancing entry, do not enter. Do not force a balance by moving the stop loss closer.

Stops are not predictions but confirmations of traces that stopped previously.

After breaking through, the premise changes, so wait until you know the next stop.

Next time, before placing the order, try lining up the distance to stop and the stop loss width.

If you’re unsure, just try explaining in one breath.

Looking for the stopping traces every time is time-consuming until you get used to it.

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Measuring blank and final judgment are assumed to be done by you.

✅ For the next attempt, first check the profit-side blank before deciding to enter.

? End point of the records: 【Blank up to the stop / Stop loss width / Whether it balances】

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Thank you for reading until the end today as well ^^