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Build in Public: The POI State Machine — Why 7 States Beat a Boolean
The POI tracker started with one boolean: is_active. At 200 zones across multiple timeframes, it imploded. Here's how I replaced it with a 7-state machine where every transition has an explicit trigger — and where BLOCKED is a first-class concept, not a collision bug.
Post-Mortem: How I Lost 1R on a Textbook BTC FVG Setup
The setup was textbook. The POI hit perfectly. The agent called it right six hours early. I entered two candles too soon, skipped the CHoCH confirmation, and turned a +2.8R into a -1R. Here's every timestamp.
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