Field notes
Short pieces from the desk on the same subjects the sittings use: levels marked early, wicks at those levels, volume beside them, and a notebook that stays small.
Mark the prior day before the open
The studio asks sitters to finish the prior-day marks before they watch a single candle of the new session. The open is a poor time to decide where yesterday ended.
What a wick is doing in the first ninety minutes
A wick is the thin reach beyond a candle's body. At this desk it matters when it meets a level that was already on the sheet, and when you can say where the candle closed.
When the bar at a level is quiet
Volume on an intraday chart is the amount of trading in that bar, drawn beside price. At the desk we treat it as a record of who showed up, read next to the bars on either side.
A notebook that survives a wild week
A volatile week tempts a second notebook, a list of headlines, and a photograph of someone else's chart. The clinic layout survives because it does not expand.