Building a volume confirmation checklist you will actually use

A checklist that asks for twelve conditions will be ignored under time pressure. We ask students to keep three confirmation gates and one veto.

Typical gates for our Elanora cohorts: volume relative to the prior five bars, close location relative to the level, and whether the next bar continues or rejects. The veto is often a volume spike against the intended direction on the retest.

Write the checklist in the language you use at the desk — not academic phrasing. If you trade ASX equities in the morning and FX later, keep two short variants rather than one overloaded sheet.

Review the sheet after ten trades. Strike any line you never checked. Add only what you repeatedly missed.