See the schedule in advance: On days when you can't view the chart, you won't be included in the first place

Just before going out, the perfect form happened to line up. What do you do in such a moment?

A long time ago, I would go in there and open my smartphone many times while moving.

On the train, I couldn’t judge calmly, and as time passed, I didn’t know where to close it.

The problem at that time wasn’t the decision to enter, but what I couldn’t see after entering.

Good evening!

This is Masashi^^

This time, on days when I can’t spare time to look at charts, I’ll talk about not entering at all in the first place.

Even after entering, there are many decisions to be made along the way, and if you can’t see it, you can’t make those decisions.

That’s why I first look at that day’s plan and decide not to enter on certain days.

It’s not about increasing the conditions to enter, but about confirming in advance whether there is time to observe.

✅ What I understood in one look before going out

That day I had plans to meet someone in the evening.

About thirty minutes before leaving the house, the shape I had been waiting for finally aligned.

The conditions were in place. If I sent them off, I’d surely regret it later. So I entered.

However, the price wasn’t moving, and I ended up leaving with a position open.

Even if I opened the phone while moving, on a small screen I couldn’t clearly see the wall.

While talking with someone, half my mind was filled with price movements (’;',)

In the end I closed with a small loss.

What hurt more than the amount of loss was that I couldn’t make any judgment by myself.

✅ The decision to enter and whether you can see it after entering are separate checks.

? At that time’s record: 【Evening outward / Entered about thirty minutes before leaving / Couldn’t make intermediate judgments】

? Judgments continue after entering

When people think of trading, they tend to focus on the moment of entry judgment.

But in reality, there are many judgments to make after entering as well.

・Whether momentum remains intact

・Whether it nears a higher-timeframe resistance and begins to stop

・Whether the reading collapses as you get close to a point

These checks can only be done by looking at the chart.

Even if you judge carefully when entering, if you can’t look ahead afterward, you’ve let go of half the judgment.

In my sense, the moment you enter is not the goal but rather the start.

If there isn’t time to look ahead after that, it’s better not to start.

✅ The moment you enter is not the end of judgment but its beginning.

? After-entry checks look at momentum, stopping, and collapse.

? If you place a stop-loss should you just leave it be

Here, you might think this.

“If I place a stop-loss, it should be safe to leave it alone, right?”

This is a common question.

In my case, I certainly place stop-loss orders. But I don’t think that means you don’t need to monitor.

What a stop-loss order protects is only your maximum loss when your reading collapses.

You can’t substitute the retreat when momentum fades, nor the decision to close just before a stop.

While you’re not watching, a single winning opportunity may revert back to your planned stop.

That isn’t the stop-loss working; it’s the result of not being able to make a judgment along the way.

✅ What stop-loss orders protect is only the upper limit of loss.

⚠ Costs you pay for not being able to see are not counted as expected costs.

? Is it okay to enter if you can see it on your smartphone?

People sometimes ask if it’s okay to enter when you can see it on a smartphone.

In my case, days when I can only see on a smartphone are treated as days I cannot observe.

On a small screen, you can’t quickly gauge the distance between the upper-timeframe wall and the current price.

The feet (lower timeframe) length is also hard to compare.

Moreover, when you’re moving or meeting someone, you can only glance at the screen for a few seconds.

If you decide in a few seconds, you’re more likely to decide by guess rather than careful confirmation.

Smartphones are useful for reflecting later when you’re back home or for urgent stop-loss checks.

But they’re not enough to delegate intermediate judgments. That’s how I think.

✅ Seeing a screen and making calm judgments are separate things.

? Role of the smartphone: 【Review after returning / Urgent checks】, but don’t delegate intermediate judgments

? How long you can look is determined by how long the observation lasts

So, how long should you be able to look for it to be enough?

This varies from person to person, so you don’t need to use my duration exactly.

A reference is how long it typically takes you to go from entering to closing.

Look at past records and roughly line up those times.

Some rounds resolve quickly, others last longer than you think.

I align with the longer-lasting rounds.

If I align with the shorter side, I may fail to observe when it drags on.

If you can’t observe for that long, you won’t enter on those days.

✅ Observation time should be planned around the longer rounds.

? How to confirm: 【List the times from entry to close / Use the longer one as a reference】

⚠ See the day’s plans first

That’s why I look at that day’s plan before opening the chart.

If you have an appointment in the evening, family time at night, or an early morning the next day, I verify those things.

If you have enough time to observe, you’ll check the form and momentum as usual.

If there isn’t enough time, you won’t open the chart. If you do open, you’ll just look.

Looking at the day’s plan first prevents your chart judgment from becoming lax after you’ve seen it.

After you see that the shape is in place, you’re inclined to think, well, it’ll be fine, so you think too conveniently.

It’s enough to glance at your schedule once, as if you’re brushing your teeth in the morning.

Since it’s every morning, it doesn’t take more than a minute once you’re used to it.

✅ I look at the day’s plan before the chart.

? If you reverse the order, you’ll be swayed by the good shape and overestimate how much time you have to observe.

? Add a line to your do-not-do list

I keep a do-not-do list for trading.

I feel it’s harder to lose the structure by adding a winning method than by stopping actions that can’t be explained, one by one.

There I added a line: on days you can’t observe, don’t enter.

Before writing it, I judged this at the moment each time.

If you judge on the spot, you tend to want to create exceptions when the shapes align.

So I write it in a concise, definitive way to avoid exceptions.

If I write that I’d rather enter on days I can observe, the “would rather” becomes an escape route.

It’s a bit stiff to say it in a firm way, but that stiffness stops you at the moment the shape lines up.

✅ Do-not-do is written with words that discourage exceptions.

? One line of the list: 【On days I can’t observe, I won’t enter】

? Create a time block for your work log

When I look at the plan first, I quickly draft a time-block like a work log.

I don’t need a detailed schedule. Knowing when I can and cannot observe is enough.

With this timetable, it’s easier to stop entering when the observed time is almost over.

If you enter when little time remains, it becomes the same as the day before you left the house.

You can write it on paper or on your phone; anywhere is fine.

Place it beside the chart so it’s visually in view.

✅ I write a timetable to decide in advance which times I won’t enter.

? Example timetable: 【From 20:00 to 22:00 I can observe / After 22:00 I will not observe】

? Midday or late-afternoon free time is the most confusing

Actually, the day I’m most likely to hesitate isn’t a day with no time at all.

It’s a day with a half hour free, or just an hour to observe. That’s when I waver.

On days with no time, I simply don’t open the chart.

But when there’s partial time, I feel like I should try at least one pass.

However, the market won’t move to fit your free time.

Some moments resolve within thirty minutes; others move more than an hour after you enter.

✅ If you’re unsure whether your observed time is sufficient, assume it isn’t.

⚠ Record of a partial day: 【Free for thirty minutes / Might not be enough to settle / Will not enter】

⭕ If a sudden plan comes up while you’re holding a position

Even if you’ve checked plans in advance, sudden arrangements can occur.

If you’re holding a position, deciding in advance helps you stay calm.

In my case, I decide to close once before it becomes unwatchable.

Whether you’re in profit or small loss, bring it back to zero before you can’t observe it anymore.

There are times when this feels wasteful.

But continuing to hold in a situation where you can’t respond to anything will not protect your judgment.

✅ Before you can’t observe it anymore, reduce to zero first.

? Record of sudden plans: 【Sudden outing / Close positions before you can’t observe / Couldn’t continue with judgments】

✔ On days you didn’t enter, what happens if it extends

Sometimes, on days you didn’t enter because you couldn’t observe, things extend neatly after you return.

When you look back, it honestly stirs mixed feelings (’;' )

But I don’t think not entering was a wrong judgment.

If you hadn’t entered and watched, you might have not been able to judge even when it extended.

Even on days you don’t enter, you can still look at the chart.

Because you’re not holding a position, you can observe calmly and see things you wouldn’t notice when you’re in.

After deciding not to enter, I’ve been able to spend days with plans without worrying about trades.

This has become really freeing!

✅ Extending when you didn’t enter is treated as a separate outcome observed later.

? Record of a day you didn’t enter: 【With plans, a day you didn’t enter / It later extended / Judgment was decided by the facts before entering】

? Summary: Before entering, confirm there is time to observe

Even after entering, there are many judgments to be made by watching momentum, stopping, and reading decay.

On days you can’t observe, you cannot make those judgments.

All the loss is not just protected by stop orders; your own eyes are needed for the interim judgments.

Therefore, before opening the chart, look at that day’s plan and first confirm the observable time.

On days with insufficient time or only partial time, don’t enter.

Even if it extends on days you didn’t enter, if you judged based on what you knew before entering, you’ll be fine.

Next time, before opening the chart, write out the observable and non-observable times and decide ^^

Just a short thing like 【Evening outward / Can observe for thirty minutes / Will not enter】 is enough.

Within the observable time, there are always several things to confirm.

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Deciding observable time and making the final decision is based on you.

✅ Do not decide the next time before looking at your plan first.

? End of record: 【Observable time / Non-observable time / Enter or not enter】

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