One thing about trading:
The trader who studies his mistakes from last week is usually the one who makes the most out of this week.
Don’t just take the loss and move on. Go back and study it.
Why did you lose?
What did you miss?
Did you break your rules?
Was the entry actually valid?
Every mistake is data.
Study your trades, fix the weak points, and come back sharper.
Trading rewards the trader who learns. 📚📈
A trading journal at minimum should document:
Entry signal.
Stop loss.
Profit target.
Trailing stop.
Your emotions at your entry, holding losers, holding winners, and at exit.
Win rate.
Win size.
Loss size.
Rate how well you followed your plan on a scale of 1-5.
What you could have done better mentally or technically.
What you learned.
A trading journal at minimum should document:
Entry signal.
Stop loss.
Profit target.
Trailing stop.
Your emotions at your entry, holding losers, holding winners, and at exit.
Win rate.
Win size.
Loss size.
Rate how well you followed your plan on a scale of 1-5.
What you could have done better mentally or technically.
What you learned.
Build-in-public, day 2. Losing period: 48.7% win rate. Winning period: 51.2%. That 2.5% is the whole difference between −$9 and +$73.54. Your win rate probably isn't your problem either. I can show you what is — import one statement, free #tradingjournal#tradingpsychology#prop
Same account. Same trader. Same strategy.
Jul–Aug: 39 trades, 48.7% win rate, −$9.
Sep–Oct: 86 trades, 51.2% win rate, +$73.
The win rate moved two points. The result flipped completely.
I didn't find a better setup. I finally looked at the ones I already had #TradeJ#Forex