Invalidation
Technical analysisThe specific condition that would prove a trade idea wrong.
In plain terms
Write it before entering. Without it, every exit becomes an argument with yourself.
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Every term is defined twice: once the way a filing would put it, and once the way somebody would explain it to you across a table. The second one is usually the one that sticks.
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Trade plan
Trading & ordersA written specification of trigger, stop, size, invalidation and event risk before entry.
In plain terms
Written at the weekend so it can be executed mechanically during the week.
Throwback
Technical analysisPrice breaking a channel rail and then returning to it from the other side, so that old support acts as resistance.
In plain terms
Often the cleanest short entry a channel offers, because the invalidation sits just beyond the rail rather than far away.