FOMO before the click

4 min · 8 steps

1. Step 1 · Impulse

   A big candle switches on “gotta make it”.

   BTC 15m, Jun 30, 2023: the 04:30 candle moved $478: more than price moved in the 2 hours before it ($334).

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2. Step 2 · Emotional entry

   Entered on the close, and the next candle stopped you out.

   Entry on the close at 31 165, stop past the body midpoint at 30 956. The pullback arrived at 04:45: −1R in 15 minutes.

   A scenario: entry and stop are overlaid on real candles. This isn't a real person's trade.

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3. Step 3 · What happened next

   Soon nothing was left of the impulse.

   By 05:45, price fell to 30 650, below the start of the impulse at 30 740. There was nothing to catch up to.

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4. Step 4 · Not a coincidence

   Three impulses gave three pullbacks to the body midpoint.

   Every big-candle close entry got stopped within 30 minutes. Three examples aren't stats, but the pattern holds: after a rush, the market exhales.

   ETH, Feb 7, 2023: Powell's speech, a news impulse. All three entries are a scenario on real candles.

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   SOL 15m

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   ETH 15m · Powell

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5. Step 5 · Pause

   “I want in right now” is a signal to wait.

   An impulse isn't an entry signal yet. The signal is the candle close, the MSS and a retest entry: they cut off entries on the exhale.

6. Step 6 · Find it yourself

   Where did the FOMO entry get stopped out?

   Entry on the close at 31 165, stop at 30 956. Tap the candle.

   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 · Rule

   Wait for the close and the MSS, then enter.

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   to your checklist

   I want in right now — I wait for the candle close and the MSS first.

   A checklist item before entry. It's not checked automatically — you tag it yourself.