Exits that ignore the clock
Structure-based targets still need a time limit when a trade stalls inside the range you already mapped.
Traders often write a target at the next supply zone and a stop under the swing, then leave the time dimension blank. Days later the position is still inside the same range, attention drifts, and the eventual exit is emotional rather than planned.
A practical fix used in our workshops: name a review bar count when you enter. On a daily chart that might be five to eight sessions without a higher close toward the target. On an H1 FX chart it might be a single session. At the review, either the structure has progressed and you continue, or you reduce or close because timing has decayed.
This is not a prediction that every stall fails. It is an admission that capital waiting in a dead range has a cost. Pair the time rule with structure — if a new higher low forms and your thesis still holds, the clock can reset once. Write that exception before the trade, not during the stall.
If your journal shows many “died in the middle” exits, bring those charts to Entry & Exit Mastery or a private session and we will stress-test the review rule against your market’s usual tempo.