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Outer Box Foundations

Twelve units that take you through the whole book: read a chapter, draw the box in the ladder tool, check yourself with a short quiz, and hand in four graded readings.

This course follows the book from the first page to the last in twelve units. Plan on about two hours a unit; most people take one unit a week.

Every unit works the same way:

  1. Read the chapters listed at the top of the unit, then tick I’ve done the reading.
  2. Draw the box in the ladder tool and save the reading under My readings.
  3. Check yourself with the quiz. You need 70% to pass it; you can retake it as often as you like, and your best score counts.
  4. Hand in the assignment in units 1, 4, 8 and 12. The app checks the levels against your saved reading; your instructor grades the written part.

A unit is complete when all of its parts are done. Finish all twelve with an overall score of 70% or more and your certificate is issued.

The course teaches a way of reading charts. It is not trading advice, and nothing in it tells you to buy or sell anything.

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Units

  1. 1
    The Candle Is the Box
    Why one chart is not enough, and how a single candle becomes a box with three requirements.
  2. 2
    Boxes Within Boxes
    Timeframes nest: every chart is the inside of a larger candle, and larger candles are built from smaller ones.
  3. 3
    The Outer Box Rules
    When boxes disagree the outer box decides direction, the inner box decides timing, and intraday wandering bends toward the larger box.
  4. 4
    Defining the Range
    Ranking support and resistance by box, the one formula behind every level, and why the box must be locked.
  5. 5
    C: The Center of the Range
    The bias rule, C as a trend measure, the last C, and the C-average.
  6. 6
    The Inner Thresholds: 10% and 90%
    The edge zones and the sentiment trigger: fast sentiment inside C's slow bias.
  7. 7
    Failed Rejections and Confirmed Breaks
    The three stages at the edge of the box: rejection at 90%, failed rejection back through 90%, confirmation at 110%.
  8. 8
    The Extended Ladder and Layered Readings
    R2, R3, S2 and S3 as centers and extremes, and how to read several boxes in order.
  9. 9
    The Ratio
    Why proportions travel between charts, the first wave, the Fibonacci question, and the ratio principle.
  10. 10
    The Reading Routine
    Three boxes chosen in advance, the eight-step routine, a reading with its invalidation, and momentum.
  11. 11
    Across Instruments, and Trading the Reading
    One ladder on every market, and every part of a trade stated as a level.
  12. 12
    Testing the Framework
    Turn the rules into counts, test one at a time against a baseline, and look back at your own readings.