ReclaimRadar

Methodology

How ReclaimRadar keeps a preview honest

Publish before the outcome is known. Keep the cutoff and original time. Append P5, Burn and the final observation later — including negative and unresolved outcomes.

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The reference shape

The public preview stops at P4. P5 belongs to the unknown future and must not be drawn into the initial evidence.

Standard Reclaim reference shape — explanatory diagramReclaimed levelP1P2P3P4P5Preview published hereP5 has not formed
Explanatory diagram of the standard Reclaim shape. Not a live signal, not a real chart, and not attached to any published record.
P1
The first turn, and the level the setup will test. The zone is drawn on it.
P2
The first response away from that level.
P3
The attack or sweep beyond the P1 level.
P4 preview
Early warning: the shape is not complete. The first chart stops here.
P5
The later test that must form before the shape is complete.

This drawing is a reference shape used to explain the vocabulary. It is not attached to any published record and it describes no particular market.

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Three moments, one unchanged record

Every public record moves through the same sequence, and each moment looks like this.

Synthetic state visual. The advance preview ends at the P4 CONFIRMED cutoff bar; the right side is empty because the outcome is unknown at publication time.Synthetic teaching scene. Not market data and not a live signal.CUTOFF 14:15 UTC1 — advance previewunknownSYNTHETIC SCENE
Advance preview. The chart ends at the P4 CONFIRMED cutoff. The empty right side is deliberate — it is where the unknown part would be.
Synthetic state visual with two panels. In one scene the fifth point forms after the cutoff; in the other the setup is invalidated before it. Both outcomes are published.Synthetic teaching scene. Not market data and not a live signal.CUTOFF 12:15 UTC2a — P5 formedCUTOFF 12:15 UTC2b — invalidatedSYNTHETIC SCENE
First result update. P5 formed, invalidated first, still open at cutoff, or unresolved data — whichever happened is published.
Synthetic state visual. After the fifth point, a fixed observation window of completed bars is read against the frozen rule, and the categorical outcome is recorded.Synthetic teaching scene. Not market data and not a live signal.CUTOFF 12:00 UTC3 — final observationfixed observation windowSYNTHETIC SCENE
Final observation. If P5 formed, a frozen window of completed bars is read against the pre-set rule, and the categorical outcome is recorded.

Deeper visual lessons

Each public state links to a fixed lesson. These cards explain reading discipline; they do not claim that every illustrated context is an automated production gate.

P4 CONFIRMED = prepare, not automatic entry

AFTER_P4
Synthetic teaching chart. Candles end at the P4 CONFIRMED cutoff bar and the right side of the chart is deliberately empty: the outcome is unknown when the alert arrives.Synthetic teaching scene. Not market data and not a live signal.CUTOFF 15:15 UTCThe alert arrives herenothing here yet= preparation timeSYNTHETIC SCENE
Look for
The alert marks where preparation time begins: the chart ends at the cutoff, and everything to the right is genuinely unknown.
Common mistake
Treating the notification itself as an instruction to act, when the outcome is still undecided.

SYNTHETIC DEMO — NOT A LIVE SIGNAL

The first touch is not a reclaim

RECLAIM_TEST
Synthetic teaching chart. Price rallies into the level from below and is rejected at the first touch; only the later cross above, pull back and hold is a reclaim.Synthetic teaching scene. Not market data and not a live signal.First touch vs reclaimfirst touch = wallcross, pull back, holdSYNTHETIC SCENE
Look for
A reclaim needs three parts — cross above the level, pull back to it, and hold — before it means anything.
Common mistake
Reading the first collision with the level as strength, when a first touch is still a wall.

SYNTHETIC DEMO — NOT A LIVE SIGNAL

Read a narrow zone, not a hairline

RECLAIM_TEST
Synthetic teaching chart. The level is drawn as a narrow hand-drawn rectangle; wicks pierce the band and are tolerated, while candle bodies settle above it.Synthetic teaching scene. Not market data and not a live signal.A band, not a hairlinewick through — toleratedbodies settle — this countsSYNTHETIC SCENE
Look for
The level is a narrow band: wicks poking through it are tolerated, and what matters is where candle bodies settle.
Common mistake
Judging the level as one exact price, so every wick looks like a break and every reading disagrees.

SYNTHETIC DEMO — NOT A LIVE SIGNAL

Two legal evaluation windows; do not chase

ENTRY_WINDOW
Synthetic teaching chart. Two hand-drawn areas: the small area where the breakdown failed, and the later pullback after the level was reclaimed. The move between them is not an evaluation window.Synthetic teaching scene. Not market data and not a live signal.Only two windows1 — the break that failed2 — pullback after reclaimbetween: no windowSYNTHETIC SCENE
Look for
Only two areas are worth evaluating: the small area where the break failed, and the pullback after the level is reclaimed.
Common mistake
Chasing the move between the two windows — when both are missed, the answer is to wait, not to hurry.

SYNTHETIC DEMO — NOT A LIVE SIGNAL

P5 on the same bar is still worth notifying, but not chasing

ENTRY_WINDOW
Synthetic teaching chart. One violent candle crosses the level on the alert bar itself; the hand-drawn box marks the later pause where a usable structure forms.Synthetic teaching scene. Not market data and not a live signal.CUTOFF 12:30 UTCViolent bar, then the pausesame-bar move:information, notan invitationwait for a usable pauseSYNTHETIC SCENE
Look for
A violent same-bar move still confirms the pattern's information value, even though it left no calm moment to evaluate.
Common mistake
Jumping at the fast bar instead of waiting for a pause and a usable structure before evaluating anything.

SYNTHETIC DEMO — NOT A LIVE SIGNAL

After a sweep, reset before reconsidering

SWEEP_RESET
Synthetic teaching chart. Price sweeps through the level, grinds on the wrong side, and only later rebuilds structure above it. The circled grind is the area where nothing should be reconsidered.Synthetic teaching scene. Not market data and not a live signal.Swept — reset firstsweptwrong side — stand downstructure rebuilt — reassessSYNTHETIC SCENE
Look for
After being swept, wait until the reclaim structure and its inertia have visibly rebuilt on your side of the level.
Common mistake
Revenge re-entry while price still grinds on the wrong side of the level, with no recovered structure behind it.

SYNTHETIC DEMO — NOT A LIVE SIGNAL

H1 context, M5/M15 execution

DUAL_TF
Synthetic teaching chart with two panels. The H1 panel shows the narrow zone giving context; the M5 panel shows the local structure at the same level. Alignment is context, not an automatic signal.Synthetic teaching scene. Not market data and not a live signal.H1 — contextthe zone lives hereM5 — behaviourlocal structure at the levelSYNTHETIC SCENE
Look for
The higher-timeframe narrow zone says where the scene is; the lower-timeframe structure says how it is behaving right now.
Common mistake
Treating alignment between the two timeframes as an automatic signal — it is context for evaluation, nothing more.

SYNTHETIC DEMO — NOT A LIVE SIGNAL

Publication rules

Kept behind short disclosures so the main page stays visual.

The publication rules, in plain language

Publish at the P4 cutoff

The initial evidence ends at the completed P4 bar. No future bar is included.

Keep the original time

The P4 time is immutable. Later publication or result times are recorded separately.

Append P5 or Burn

A later state is added; the initial record is never rewritten to look better.

Observe the next 48 completed bars

Only a formed P5 can enter the fixed final observation window.

Keep negative and unresolved outcomes

No-material, invalidated, censored and disagreement outcomes remain visible.

What a result can say

First stage

  • P5 formed — the fifth point appeared after the preview.
  • Invalidated before P5 — the setup broke its own condition first.
  • Still open at cutoff — neither, at the published cutoff. This is recorded as its own outcome and is never relabelled as invalidated.
  • Unresolved data — the completed market data required to judge it was not available.

Follow-through stage

  • Material follow-through — the frozen next-48-completed-bars rule was met.
  • No material follow-through — it was not.
  • Right-censored — the full 48 completed bars were not available.
  • Interpretation disagreement — valid readings of the same window did not agree, so no single result is claimed.

The materiality threshold and the 48-bar observation window were fixed before the pilot began and are not re-tuned to improve a result. The published records show the categorical outcome and the methodology version — currently free-result-loop-v1 — not the internal calculation.

What is never published

  • Entry, stop, target, position size or leverage.
  • Confidence scores, win rates or profit figures.
  • The detector’s internal predicates or reasoning.
  • A setup that did not win a public slot.

A public preview is a timestamped market observation. It is not individualized advice and not an instruction to execute anything. The course cards above teach how to read a published record — they carry no execution instructions either.