Reading order — Phase 1 → 2 → 3

Vocabulary lock-in

Goal: every term in Layer 1 is automatic. You'll bounce between chapters — that's fine. Use the Gym as a 5-minute warm-up at the start of each session.

1. Layer 1.1 — Holds, Breaks, Origins — the three primitives. Spend time here.
2. Layer 1.3 — Hard Close, Wicks, Engulfments — skip 1.2 for now; come back after 2.3.
3. Layer 2.3 — Time-arrayed trend (master fractal) — the big "boxes inside boxes" picture.
4. Layer 1.2 — Ranges, Pure / Non-pure — now this clicks.
5. Layer 1.4 — BUT Levels & Reverse Holds
6. Layer 1.5 — Failed Support → Resistance Flip

Phase 1 target: 7-of-8 streak on the first 8 Gym rounds (core).

Method assembly

Goal: you can read a chart and call setups correctly. Walkthroughs interleave with chapters here.

1. Layer 2.1 — Trend basics & drawing rules
2. Layer 2.2 — Range trend vs Normal trend — most-confused pair.
3. Layer 2.4 — Cycle trends (1-2-3-4-5-6)
4. Layer 3.1 — Time & Levels rule — the rule that stops you blowing up.
5. Walkthrough 1 — SOL Long — see Time & Levels in action.
6. Layer 3.2 — HTF Bias hierarchy
7. Walkthrough 2 — Weekly Recap
8. Layer 3.3 — Origin levels deep dive
9. Layer 3.4 — Greedy entries / refinements
10. Walkthrough 3 — Greedy Entries (7-panel ladder)
11. Layer 3.5 — First hold after origin

Phase 2 target: 17/22 Gym streak (core + method).

Execution & edge cases

Goal: you can size and exit a trade. Risk discipline before tools — without it, indicators just accelerate losses.

1. Layer 5.1 — Stop placement
2. Layer 5.2 — TP cascade
3. Walkthrough 4 — Short & Averaging
4. Layer 5.3 — Leverage formula — the math that keeps you alive.
5. Layer 5.4 — Liquidity as timer (not target)
6. Layer 4 — Indicators (skim only what you'll actually use)
7. Layer 6.1 — Prime Days / Tin Hat (treat as confluence flavor)
8. Layer 6.2 — Weekend trading rules
9. Layer 6.3 — 5-min scalping

Phase 3 target: 22/27 Gym streak (everything including hard).

Loss calibration & gating

Goal: stop being a survivorship-biased reader. The original 4 walkthroughs are all winners; the audit found that's the single biggest pedagogical gap. Phase 4 is the loss-walkthrough corpus + the discipline pages built to fix it.

1. WT 5 (LOSS) — Fake origin · longing the conversion candle — pairs with layer 1.1 RT-vs-hindsight box.
2. WT 6 (LOSS) — Cycle miscount · array #3 of 5
3. WT 7 (LOSS) — Time & Levels trap · 1H break of a 4H level
4. WT 8 (LOSS) — Averaging blow-up · the missing branch from WT-4
5. Antichart pairs — recognition without negative examples is overfitting.
6. Trade-log gating — earn your size; live readout from the journal.
7. Naked-chart phase · 30 days — manual fallback before indicators come on.
8. Cross-asset pack — transfer matrix; tells you which concepts are structural vs crypto-only.

Phase 4 target: 50 logged trades + ≥85% manual-mark agreement on the naked-chart calibration. That's when you've earned the right to scale risk above 0.25%.

"I keep getting stopped out / I miss entries / I can't tell …"

Symptom-organized re-read map.

• Stop keeps getting hunted → 5.1 Stop placement + 1.1 Origins
• Wick break didn't continue → 1.3 Hard close (sweep vs break)
• Trend keeps moving on me → 2.2 Range vs Normal trend
• 1H broke but 3H didn't → 3.1 Time & Levels rule + WT 7 (LOSS)
• Position size feels random → 5.3 Leverage formula + Trade-log gating
• Don't know which TF to enter on → 3.4 Greedy entries
• Failed long, line is now resistance → 1.5 Failed support flip
• I longed the "1st touch" and got run over → WT 5 (LOSS) + 1.1 Origins (RT-vs-hindsight box)
• I called the top too early → WT 6 (LOSS) + 2.4 Cycle trends
• I averaged in and blew up → WT 8 (LOSS) + Trade-log gating (max stack rule)
• The indicators feel like they're trading for me → Naked-chart phase (30 days)
• I want to apply this to TSLA / FX / gold → Cross-asset pack