Ranges deserve equal space in the plan
Trend language dominates many plans; range rules are where technical analysis training often saves capital.
Plans that only describe breakouts leave traders improvising for weeks of sideways tape. In market structure clinics we spend as long on range boundaries as on trend legs.
A usable range section names how you detect the range, whether you fade edges or wait for acceptance beyond them, and what invalidates the range thesis. Without that paragraph, “I don’t trade ranges” becomes an excuse after three losses inside one.
Trading plan development should state inactivity as a valid outcome. Sitting flat is a rule-following act when structure says so. We write it explicitly so the journal can score patience instead of treating it as absence.
If your document has three pages on trend entries and two lines on consolidation, bring it to a session. We will rebalance the ink before we touch another indicator.