Pre-Execution Clarity The majority of trading success comes from structured foresight, not emotional control. The trader’s purest state of clarity exists in the gap between analysis and action, when the mind is free from bias and untouched by outcome pressure. That is when a trader should build an instruction manual for the trade. Once the trade is live, clarity deteriorates and objectivity becomes unreliable. The purpose of pre-execution planning is to create rules you can follow mechanically when judgment becomes compromised.