2 August 2026
Copying the twenty-day average by hand
The first evening looks slow from the door. People are adding. That adding is the lesson.
Field notes
Pages written after the room emptied.
Short records from the desk: how a straightedge, a thin name, a close, or a column of additions changed a call about trend confirmation.
18 June 2026
Where the close sits
Evening four is almost entirely about one mark: the session close, and which side of the average it chose.
7 May 2026
A cross on a thin name
The weekend packet includes a quiet smaller name on purpose. Its crosses are where tidy rules go to embarrass themselves.
12 March 2026
The pencil test for slope
Before anyone at the desk is allowed to call a trend confirmed, the straightedge goes on the average, not on the price.