Intensive cohort — spring earnings week
A four-person cohort asked to focus on index futures during a dense earnings calendar. We rebuilt the confirmation checklist around post-print liquidity sweeps: wait for the second five-minute close beyond the range, then demand a hold above the breakout candle midpoint.
Two participants still over-traded the first spike on day three. Rather than adding more rules, the instructor reduced chart speed and required a spoken filter before any mark. By evening four, both were pausing without being prompted — a small behavioural shift that mattered more than a new indicator.