2 May 2026 · Academy notes
A failed break is a close, not a feeling about the wick
Resistance is not 'broken' because a wick poked through it in the middle of the session. On the desk we wait for the close, and we write in advance what that close must look like.
Decide the rule before the candle prints
On evening four of the Planning Desk the room writes a sentence before looking at the newest candle: a break of resistance counts only if the session closes beyond the zone, and a failed break counts only if the close returns inside the prior range. The wick is noted. It is not the decision.
Students who trade the poke often say the level 'did not hold' when the candle was still forming. That sentence cannot be checked. A close can.
Where the failed break goes on the sheet
The planning sheet has a line labelled 'if it fails'. That line is filled on Thursday evening, not after the fact. A typical sentence from the room: if price trades above the zone and the daily close is back under the body of the prior high, the resistance stays and the break attempt is retired.
The next morning you are not inventing a story. You are checking a sentence you already wrote.
A clean break is allowed to be boring
If the close is beyond the zone, the old resistance is no longer copied forward as resistance. Some students want to keep it 'just in case'. The desk does not. A level that has been closed through can be revisited later as possible support, on a new line, after a later test. It does not keep its old job by habit.