Sizing notes for clustered release weeks
Clustered CPI, central-bank, and earnings dates ask for size rules written before Monday — not after Tuesday’s first surprise.
When three catalysts land in five sessions, traders often keep the same unit size they use on quiet Tuesdays. The journal should contradict that habit before the week begins.
Write a simple ladder: base unit on non-event days, reduced unit inside two hours of a release you trade, and a hard cap on total event exposure across accounts. Then log deviations without apology — the deviation line is more valuable than the rule itself when you later sit in an Event-Driven Journal Review.
Pattaya clients sometimes bring printed ladders to the Beach Road office. Paper still works when the screen is full of headlines.