You mark each window on your board and label the suspected hold period, colour-coding until the chart looks crowded. The gaps are small, often less than an hour, but in leveraged markets an hour can be the difference between control and damage control, between a firm that looks composed and one that is composing excuses. The pattern gives the practice a pulse. Tick, tick, tick, then a skipped beat where someone decided waiting was still wise. You step back and notice your shoulders ache. You have been leaning toward the screen as if getting closer could make the pattern easier to live with. You take a photo of the board with your phone, delete it, then take it again because you cannot bear to lose the shape. Reframe the delays as a calculated strategy: [[Call It Delayed Gratification|Call it delayed gratification]].