Session Checklist
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Are you free of emotional pressures?
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Is this a planned session?
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Have you checked for news events?
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Have you started with a clean chart and highlighted consolidation areas?
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Have you marked on No-Trade and Yes-Trade zones?
Yes? - You're good to calibrate!
Trade Checklist
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Have you calculated the ticks to your daily loss limit (including commissions)?
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Have you enabled a bracketed Stop less than your Daily Loss Limit?
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Are you trading the right contract and size?
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Have you spent time calibrating your Blink and called at least 2 successful trades?
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Are you in a Yes-Trade zone?
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Are you aware of the next Risk-Off event?
Yes? - You're good to trade!
Psychology Checklist
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Have you exceeded 50% of your daily loss limit?
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Have you said you have finished for the day, but been tempted back?
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During Blink calibration, have you called losing trades?
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Do you find it hard to leave the screen and stop watching the charts?
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Do you feel the urge to trade in a No-Trade zone or when you have no Edge?
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Is this a boredom trade?
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Have you failed to exit a losing trade on a pullback?
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Have you entered a trade earlier than your plan?