11 March 2026
Naming the last swing before you draw anything else
In the Market Structure Bootcamp we do not begin with trendlines. We begin by circling the last swing that the market actually respected: a high that stopped a rally, or a low that stopped a decline, with a clear push away afterwards.
Students often want to mark every wiggle. That habit turns a daily chart into a hedge. The rule in the room is simple: if you cannot say the swing in one sentence, you are not ready to draw.
A usable sentence sounds like this: “The last confirmed high is the peak of 14 February; price left it with a wide-range down candle and has not traded above it.” Until that sentence exists, pencils stay down.
We practise this on printed charts so the hand cannot hide behind zooming. Once the last swing is named, breaks of structure have a reference. Without it, every new candle pretends to be news.