A weekend checklist for a cleaner Monday open

Weekends are a good time for noise to settle so structure becomes visible. This checklist isn’t about “predicting price”; it’s about mental and technical readiness for disciplined decisions.

1) A structural map—not a momentary guess

Mark the levels that matter to your style: decision zones, swing structure, or whatever framework you learned. Then write two scenarios for the week ahead: continuation and break/retest.

2) Events and execution conditions

Flag times where volatility is expensive—even if you don’t trade news, you should know when “normal execution” becomes riskier.

• Define three key decision points for entry/no-entry.
• For each point, define risk before entry—not after.
• Add one explicit no-trade rule (e.g., 30 minutes after a major release).

Weekend prep moves you closer to choosing trades instead of reacting to them.