Field Notes
Building a breadth checklist you will actually use
The final intensive module asks each participant to write a short pre-commitment checklist. Here is why brevity beats encyclopaedias.
Every intensive ends with a written framework. The instruction is deliberately harsh: no more than seven lines, each a question you can answer from your charts in a few minutes before you size a discretionary idea.
Typical lines students keep
Examples that survive editing include: Is cumulative A/D confirming the index swing? Are new highs expanding or stalling? Is up/down volume aligned with the price thrust? Is leadership concentrated in one or two sectors? What would falsify today’s “broad” label tomorrow?
Why we cut the rest
Longer lists become unread ornaments. In follow-up office hours we see higher compliance when the checklist lives on a single card beside the screen. Market breadth interpretation is a habit of asking participation questions — not a second full-time research desk.