Plan
- Market and timeframe
- Setup name
- Market condition
- Entry logic
- Invalidation level
- Risk percent
Trading journal
Make every trade produce information.
A journal is not a diary. It is a feedback system for setup quality, rule adherence, risk behavior, emotions, and review.
Manage
- Did I follow entry rules?
- Did I move the stop?
- Did I scale by plan?
- Did news or volatility change conditions?
Review
- Result in R
- Screenshot before and after
- Emotion tag
- Mistake tag
- One lesson
- One rule adjustment
Score
- Best trade by process
- Worst trade by process
- Most common mistake
- Average R
- Rule adherence score
- Next week focus