I’ll keep it simple because honestly, simple is what I’m focusing on myself. 😂 Before I even think about entering a trade, the first thing I’m looking for is who is winning—buyers or sellers? I’m learning not to look at one candle by itself. I look at the relationship between the candles and ask: Is price moving up, moving down, or are buyers and sellers basically fighting in the same area? Setup #1: Trend + Pullback + Continuation If buyers are clearly winning and price is moving upward, I don't necessarily want to chase it. I’d rather wait for sellers to fight back and create a pullback. Then I watch what happens. Can the sellers actually take control and start pushing price lower? Or do the buyers step back in and continue what they were already doing? If the sellers fight back but can't change the overall direction, and the candles give me confirmation that buyers are taking control again, THAT is what gets my attention for a possible buy. Same concept in reverse for a sell. Setup #2: Support/Resistance + Rejection The second thing I watch is areas where price keeps reacting. If price keeps returning to the same area, I'm paying attention—but I don't automatically buy support or sell resistance just because price touched a line. I want to see the fight when price gets there. A long wick can tell me one side pushed price pretty far but couldn't keep it there. The close matters. Then I want to see what the candles around it do because one candle doesn't tell me the whole story. That's why one of the biggest things I'm practicing is waiting for the candle to close. For managing the trade, I'm keeping that simple too. I want to know where I'm wrong BEFORE I enter. My stop shouldn't just be some random dollar amount I don't want to lose—it should be somewhere that tells me the setup I entered for is no longer valid. And because this is a prop account, protecting the account comes before trying to make a bunch of money. I can always catch another trade. I can't catch another trade if I blow the account. 😂