The discretionary method — best for trading currencies on day-to-intraweek moves — in two parts. The 7 Foundations teach the building blocks; The Process is the nine-step decision tree you run on every trade. Work them in order; each filter qualifies the next.
No entry can rescue a bad narrative. Every trade must survive every filter before execution is allowed. Bias qualifies the week, order flow qualifies the direction, targets qualify the reason, the POI qualifies the location — and only then does an entry matter.
Foundations and The Process teach you the method; the roadmap is the journey — the order in which you build mastery and a funded account, from your first chart to your first payout. Everything below is how you complete Phase 1.
The definitive guide to turning the Phantom method into your own data-driven trading plan — with a readiness gate before each step, so you always know what to do next and how to tell you're ready to move on.
The entire methodology in one page — definitions, reading the market, context, targets, zones, execution, risk, and the master decision tree. Read this for the whole picture, then learn the Foundations and run The Process.
What you're actually trading and the plumbing beneath every trade — pairs, pips, lots, leverage, spread and sessions — plus the lot size calculator. The vocabulary the rest of Foundations assumes you already own.
The building blocks — the vocabulary and mechanics every later step assumes. Seven lessons, no trading yet: just learning to read the chart correctly.
The timeframe stack and each one's job — monthly/weekly/daily for bias, 4H for the map, 15M for order flow, 1M for the entry. Bigger trumps lower.
How structure is defined and what actually counts as liquidity — the objective tests that keep zones and sweeps honest.
The atomic unit — what a zone is, how it's drawn, when it exists, zone failure (wick) vs structural break (body), and mitigation.
Who's in control — order flow vs structure, the asymmetry rule (one side losing ≠ the other gaining), the flip lifecycle, and LPOD/LPOS.
Why levels "melt through" — the true leg, internal vs swing structure, and internal range liquidity (the void) that becomes your target.
Reading the monthly, weekly & daily candle for context — the one-side rule, the inside & outside cases, and when a candle's direction is set.
The money side — R-multiples, the 2R/3R protocol, risk per trade, the daily limits, the NY session & pairs, and the mindset.
The nine-step decision tree, run on every trade — exactly the Master Decision Tree, stage by stage. Each step is a filter; if one fails, the trade doesn't exist.
Pre-plan the week: the top-down narrative, weekly candle profiling, zone classification, the pullback question, and the pivot.
Align the day with the weekly narrative — bias alignment, the one-side rule, the news filter, the range budget, and realistic expectations.
Determine who's in control on the 15M — control status, flow direction, the two shift triggers, and how to anchor & qualify zones.
Confirm targets with order flow — valid targets, logical destinations, and the four target questions that gate every entry.
Choose the zone to enter from — a valid POI of a real type, past the LPOD risk rule, that price has actually reached.
The go/no-go and the aggression call — high probability / valid / invalid, and whether to enter on a single or a double confirmation.
Execute the liquidity → entry model — liquidity, sweep, trigger, confirmation, execution — and where the edge actually is.
Validate risk before committing — the logical invalidation, a logical stop, and whether the target justifies the risk.
Manage the trade — the 2R/3R protocol, adapting to genuine change vs noise, and the pivot.
The whole Process on one page, and every term in one place.
Every rule of the order-flow method in one place, grouped by the eight stages, each with an evidence grade. The lessons explain and motivate the rules; this is the rules — when they disagree, the rulebook wins.
All nine steps of The Process on a single poster — the live decision flow with every key question, output, and the risk-governance rules. Print it and pin it.
The same nine-step flow as a guided, step-by-step walkthrough — answer each question and it tells you what to look for, what to do, or to stand down. It links you to the matching lesson and builds your decision path as you go.
The whole Process condensed into one interactive, tick-as-you-go checklist — every make-or-break gate from all nine steps, in order. Your state is saved per device; reset for the next trade.
Dollar-risk-first sizing for forex — set the risk and the stop, get the lot size, with pip value converted to your account currency. Live ECB rates; saved per device.
The other half of the loop — log every trade, score the process (not the P&L), and learn one thing for tomorrow. Resets daily; a no-trade day still gets reviewed.
The eight questions members ask most — POI validity, sweep vs break, "is this trade valid?", entries, timeframes, order flow, risk, and what to trade. Each answer grounded in the canon, with a self-check and deep-dive links.
Every term in the method, defined and grouped — structure, zones, order flow, targets, candles, execution & risk, and process.