Bar Replay Practice
Replaying price action candle by candle to practice recognizing entries in simulated real time
Bar replay practice is a training method where you replay historical price action one candle at a time to simulate real-time decision making. After completing your end of day markup (where you identified all entries in hindsight), you go back to the beginning of the session on the 1m and watch candles form one by one. You practice identifying entries as they develop — before you see the outcome. This bridges the critical gap between "I can see it in hindsight" and "I can see it in real time." The process: (1) Complete your EOD markup with all entries identified. (2) Navigate to the start of the session on 1m. (3) Start bar replay with your 15m zones visible. (4) As price approaches a zone, decide: would I enter here? (5) Advance the replay and compare your live call to your hindsight markup. The typical progression: Month 1 — you miss most entries in replay. Month 3 — you catch entries within 2-3 candles of your hindsight identification. Month 6+ — you sometimes identify entries on replay before you marked them in hindsight, because you start noticing micro-structure clues that are invisible on a completed chart.
✓How to Recognize
- •After EOD markup: go back to session start on 1m → replay candle by candle → make entry calls
- •Keep 15m zones visible during replay — these are your areas of interest
- •Compare your real-time calls to your hindsight markup — differences reveal improvement areas
- •Progression: Month 1 miss most → Month 3 catch within 2-3 candles → Month 6 see early
⚡How to Avoid
- →Doing bar replay without first completing a hindsight markup (you need the answer key)
- →Replaying too fast without pausing to decide (watching is not the same as practicing)
- →Not recording your calls (you will retroactively convince yourself you saw the entry)
- →Only replaying sessions where entries worked (replay losing sessions too for the learning)