Homework charts: why we send unmarked histories
The studio’s reason for withholding annotations until students submit their own swing maps.
Before session one of the Market Structure Intensive, students receive three unmarked charts. No instructor lines. No “correct” swing dots. The blankness is intentional.
Clean paper reveals assumptions
When annotations are provided first, students copy the authority line instead of arguing with the auction. Unmarked histories force a choice: which pivots matter, and why? Those choices become the agenda for the first classroom critique.
How to submit well
Photograph or export your marked charts with swing highs/lows circled and a one-sentence thesis for the active trend. Do not add reversal arrows yet. We want structure honesty before signal ambition.
What happens in the room
We compare three volunteer maps on the wall. Disagreement is welcome; unexplained dots are not. By the end of the hour the cohort usually converges on a shared vocabulary even when two valid swing choices remain.
If you prefer lessons where every answer is printed in advance, this homework style will feel austere. If you want accountable technical analysis training on market structure, the blank page is the point.