Exit when the trade isn't working in time
Traders often report "death by a thousand cuts" from trades that go nowhere, drain attention, and later turn into larger losses. This recipe exits or prompts exit when no follow-through appears.
Create "Time Stop (No Follow-Through)". For 1m momentum trades: if after 5 bars price has not reached +0.3R, prompt a scratch/exit decision and tag the trade as "time-stop".
Time-in-trade is an underused stop: if the move doesn't happen, the thesis is weaker.
Make "let winners run" concrete
Traders repeatedly describe the same exit trap: taking profits too early out of fear, while allowing losers to expand or hit full stop. This recipe defines a rules-based scale-out plan in R-multiples.
Checklist-first entries to reduce forced trades
Many traders report taking trades that "aren't really their setup" during quiet periods. This forces a short checklist before any order template is generated.
A repeatable plan for meltdowns — theirs and yours
Give moms a calm, repeatable tantrum protocol (prevent → respond → repair) plus a repair script for when yelling happens. Because it will happen.
Align caregivers on rules, consequences, and follow-through
Turns "we're inconsistent" into a small set of house rules, predictable consequences, and a shared caregiver script — so kids stop testing the gaps.