Are you using any tools to mark caps or do everything by hand?
All manual, to force me to observe every detail. Automate now would be a dangerous shortcut.
Too purist for my taste. I frame the areas with a script and then check the most interesting ones.
It reminds me of when I did backtesting with pencil and paper. It was hell, but you really learn.
Don't underestimate the visual learning you're winning, then identify areas of reaction instantly.
That's the goal. Automate the eye and intuition, not the process of marking areas.
You're doing fine, but remember, you'll have to validate this later with real risk management, without that, it's all theory.
What you're doing is what most people don't want to do: boring work. There's the difference.
I did something similar with supply/demand, and in the end I discovered that the context commands more than the pattern.
I totally agree, but first I want to master zone identification before I get complicated with macro context.