Client stories
Notes from trainees on chart reviews, the intensive, and mentoring — including what still felt hard.
Short notes
I came in drawing every Fibonacci I could find. By week three I had three setups and a rule for sitting out when Sydney opened soft.
— Mara K., private mentoring
The intensive was slower than I expected, which helped. We spent a whole evening on failed breakouts before anyone talked about entries.
— Tom R., Swing Setup Intensive
The chart review called out that my “setup” was just a gap fill fantasy. Slightly bruising, but I closed the ticket before the open.
— Adele N., Live Chart Review
Mentoring kept me honest about revenge sizing after two scratched swings. I still rush on Friday afternoons; that part is on me.
— Chris P., private mentoring
Story: rebuilding a journal after a messy quarter
Priya joined the Swing Setup Intensive after a quarter of overlapping indicators and inconsistent holds. Night one asked everyone to bring two annotated swings — winners or losers. Her pages were dense with oscillators and almost silent on invalidation.
Across the six evenings she stripped the chart to structure, prior supply, and one of the three taught setups. The follow-up call reviewed a lithium name she had marked for a pullback entry; the group language helped her wait for the retest instead of chasing the first green day. She still describes Friday thin liquidity as her weak spot, and she skips those hours on purpose now.
Story: a chart review that ended in a pass
Jonah booked a Live Chart Review with two ASX industrials he liked after a broker note. On the shared screen, neither chart showed the swing structure he thought he saw — one was mid-range noise, the other lacked a clear risk shelf. The session ended with a written pass and a reminder of what would need to appear before revisiting either name. He later joined an intensive intake to learn the setups properly rather than collecting more opinions.