Wick traps invite hindsight stories. After the fact, every long upper wick looks obvious. During live annotation, the story is messier.
Draw the level once
In Intensive evening two we forbid re-drawing a horizontal after the wick prints. If your pre-marked high was valid at the open, keep it. Moving the line to “fit” the wick teaches nothing about filtering.
Separate pierce from acceptance
Write two short labels: pierce time and acceptance decision. Acceptance might be a second close beyond the level, a hold above the midpoint of the breakout candle, or a failed return into the prior range. Choose one definition before the session and keep it for the whole drill.
Journal the temptation
The most useful line in a journal is often “I wanted to enter here because…” followed by which filter you skipped. False breakout filtering practice improves when the skipped filter is named — volume, close location, or retest — rather than blamed on emotion alone.
Paper charts help. Screens invite endless zoom; paper forces a single scale and a single set of marks you must defend aloud when the instructor pauses the replay.