Arthit Saengkaew ·
What we mark on paper before the first candle
A pre-session page for breakout traders working from Bangkok: range, invalidation, session hours, and the one thing you will not do after a close back inside.
The first ten minutes of an Open Chart Evening are quiet on purpose. People copy four things onto a blank sheet before anyone speaks.
One: the range, with dates. Not 'around here'. A high and a low you could defend to the person on your left.
Two: the close that would count as a break, including the timeframe. Daily close and 15-minute close are different trades. Mixing them mid-session is how stops wander.
Three: the hours you are allowed to act. From this postcode that matters. SET's regular session is one clock. Gold and a US index are another. If you work a day job in Bangkok and only watch from 20:00, write that. A breakout that happens at 10:15 while you are in a meeting is not your trade that day.
Four: the sentence for a failed close. Mine is blunt: flatten, no add, no 'give it one more candle' unless that extra candle was on the page before the open. Most people skip this line because it feels pessimistic. It is the line that keeps week three's worksheet honest.
We are not trying to fill the sheet with commentary. Four marks, then the session. If the market never reaches your line, you did the work anyway. That still counts as a finished morning.