Your A+ setup

4 min · 8 steps

1. Step 1 · No filters

   A model with no filters lost money.

   “Sweep + MSS + retest” with no filters, on 88 trades: 28% to target, total −13.3R. A+ isn't a pretty chart — it's the filters.

   A library sample: BTC, ETH, SOL on 15m, 1h, and 4h, a stop right beyond the sweep, target at the edge of the range. Each trade's outcome is recalculated from candles.

   cumulative R · 88 trades · 15m/1h/4h

2. Step 2 · An untypical trade

   The best trade gets used as the example, even though it's not typical.

   BTC 15m, Sep 2, 2024: +3.59R, the best of 88, the one shown in examples. A typical trade from the same sample: −0.15R.

   The sample's best trade: +3.59R. Average R across all 88: −0.15R.

   zonesweepMSSentry

3. Step 3 · Slicing

   A filter found by looking at the outcome stays an assumption.

   In this sample, longs gave +5.5R, shorts gave −18.8R. Cutting shorts is tempting: the filter was found by looking at the outcome.

   longs · 34

   +5.5R

   PF 1.26

   shorts · 54

   −18.8R

   PF 0.55

4. Step 4 · Verification

   You verify it on trades you haven't seen.

   Longs gave +6.0R on the first 45 trades. Next 43 — −0.5R, only 9 longs total: too few for a conclusion.

   first 45

   +6.0R

   25 longs

   PF 1.40

   next 43

   −0.5R

   9 longs

   PF 0.92

5. Step 5 · The A+ card

   The filters you verify go into the A+ card.

   Candidates: higher-TF direction, session, a nearer target, a stop buffer. Each one is an assumption until the journal shows a difference on new trades.

   Stats: setup slices

   all model setups · 88

   higher-TF direction

   session

   nearer target

   stop buffer

   A+

   every filter is an assumption until verified on new trades

6. Step 6 · Find it yourself

   Filter: a sweep of at least 0.12%.

   BTC 1h, Jul 12, 2024. Tap the sweep candle: let's check how deep it went.

   Practice on the chart

   This is a Find it yourself task: tap a candle or a level, and the lesson tells you right away if you got it.

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7. Step 7 · How it shows up for you

   Practice on the chart

   This is the How it shows up for you step: the lesson finds trades on this topic in your journal.

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8. Step 8 · Recap

   Filters turn the model into your A+.

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   setup

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   filters

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   verified on new trades

   takeaway

   A+ is a narrow setup with filters verified on new trades.

   A filter only makes it onto the card if it holds up on trades you didn't see while selecting it. It isn't checked automatically.