4 February 2026
Leaving a quiet week alone
A quiet week is not a puzzle that needs another line. On this desk it is a measurement, and then a decision to stop.
Count the range by hand
Prasit Wongchai asks for the distance from the highest mark to the lowest mark across the quiet stretch, written as a plain number in the margin. He does not want a named indicator in that margin during week three. The number is there so the student can compare it with the week before and the week after.
Students who arrive from a dealing room often want to fill the quiet space. The printed sheets we use include several weeks where the honest act is to write “narrower” and turn the page. Those sheets are in the pack on purpose.
What the trend line is doing meanwhile
A trend leg can remain intact while the range contracts. The line does not need to be redrawn just because the latest candles are small. Week three’s mid-course review fails people who “update” a good line into a tight channel they cannot explain.
The comparison we want is simple. If the range is the smallest in six weeks and the swing points have not changed, the volatility note for that page is short: the trend stands, the range has gone quiet, the next wide week is the one to watch.
A home practice that takes ten minutes
Take six weeks of one chart you already follow. Circle the week with the smallest high-to-low distance. Do not add a line that week. On the following week, write whether the range expanded and whether your earlier trend ending still holds.
Bring that page to a journal review if you want it argued. Do not bring six versions of the same quiet week with a new channel on each.