Part 5 · lesson 2 of 3

You decide when each one is not allowed.

About 6 minutes.

Whose numbers these are

You have not picked a firm yet. So the figures below come from one firm’s published rules. Each one is named and dated where it appears. Pick a firm and the same lesson runs on your own numbers.

Put these in orderWriting down the two or three you actually take — Evidence: practitioner frameworkCommon practitioner convention. No controlled study located. · read 2026-07-30

Put these in the order you would check them before taking one.

  1. 1Is there anything on the calendar that rules today out
  2. 2Does the size still fit what is left of the day
  3. 3Does what is on the screen match what I wrote down
  4. 4Is this one allowed at this time of day

That is the end of this one.

Next: You learn what it means when a trade is not in your own list.