Heartbeat Chart
When an ECG meets a price chart: surf the pulse, don’t become it.
Why It Matters
Breathing gates action. A 4-4-4 cadence before clicking reduces impulsive orders.
Playbook
- Couple breath with a 3-question gate: higher-TF bias, invalidation, what changes your mind?
- If you can’t name invalidation, you don’t have a trade.
Metrics to Track
- Process compliance score (0–100)
- Average R per trade and per day
- Max adverse excursion vs. stop distance
- Time-to-recover from peak-to-trough drawdown
Common Traps
- Expanding risk after a win or contracting after a loss without rules
- Overfitting entries to noise on lower timeframes
- Neglecting higher-timeframe regime checks
Checklist (print this)
- Bias and invalidation stated in one sentence.
- Position size derived from distance-to-stop.
- Entry trigger and exit cadence specified.
- Kill-switch conditions defined (session drawdown / error count).
- Post-trade note (2 lines): what was planned, what happened.
Educational content only. Not financial advice.