Name the close before you name the candle
A bar is not a hammer because the wick is long. It is a hammer only after the close sits in the upper third and the location against the prior swing is written down.
Reading notes
What the table keeps arguing about
These pieces are class notes, not market commentary. They describe how we mark paper in the room.
A doji is a measurement, not a pause button
Equal open and close tell you the session did not commit. They do not tell the next session to wait. In the studio we mark neighbouring range first.
Why the school still prints the daily sheet
Screens refresh. Paper does not. For candle recipes that depend on a finished session, we want a bar that cannot move while you are arguing about the wick.
Engulfing without the prior body is just a wide bar
The second candle must cover the real body of the first, not merely the wicks, and it must appear after a move that actually exists on the sheet.
Bars the table refuses to label
Inside bars with no context, one-tick dojis on illiquid names, and any sheet missing the instrument and session. The refusal is part of the training.
What to do with the marked pack at home
Leave the colours. Add only the next printed close. If you redraw the old bars, you are practising a different skill than the one we sat for.