Timed drills: what the clock changes

Without a clock, chart mark-ups sprawl. Every minor pause becomes a candidate pullback; every wick becomes a debate. A three-minute timer forces hierarchy: what must be on the page before the reveal?

We watch for two failure modes. Some traders freeze and write nothing. Others scribble six zones and never choose. Both fail the same way in live markets — either missed participation or scattered risk.

After reveal, we do not score “correct entries.” We score whether invalidation was stated, whether the stop cited structure, and whether the trader can explain a pass. Passing is a legitimate drill outcome.