What's the role of intuition in a rules-based plan?

Rules-based traders still report a "feel" for when a setup is right, and the best of them can't fully explain it. Is intuition pattern recognition doing its job — or rules leaking?

Where do you stand?

• whether you trust intuition and when
• how you verify a hunch against your records
• the intuitive call that saved or cost you

The journal guide is how intuition gets audited.