Part of The Trading Journal System series. This assumes you already know what to track, how to review it, and how to tag it — the tool is just the container. The wrong question "What's the best trading journal app?" is the wrong question to lead with. The right question is: which tool will you … Continue reading Journaling Tools Compared: Spreadsheet vs. Edgewonk vs. TraderSync vs. Paper
The Monthly Audit: Turning 20 Trades of Data Into One Rule Change
Part of The Trading Journal System series. This uses the tagged setup data built up over the past several Sunday reviews. A hot streak is not an edge Five winning trades in a row feels like proof you've figured something out. It might be. It might also be a normal winning streak inside a system … Continue reading The Monthly Audit: Turning 20 Trades of Data Into One Rule Change
Tagging Your Setups: How to Find Your Real Edge Buried in Your Own Data
Part of The Trading Journal System series. This is what makes the Sunday review possible in the first place. "I don't know, I just trade what I see" Ask most traders which of their setups is actually profitable and you'll get a shrug, or worse, a confident answer that isn't backed by anything. They "feel" … Continue reading Tagging Your Setups: How to Find Your Real Edge Buried in Your Own Data
The Sunday Trade Review: A 20-Minute Ritual That Fixes Next Week
Part of The Trading Journal System series. This builds on the 8 fields worth tracking — you need the data before you can review it. A week of good notes that nobody reads Here's a familiar failure mode: a trader diligently fills in their journal every day for a week — setup, size, plan adherence, … Continue reading The Sunday Trade Review: A 20-Minute Ritual That Fixes Next Week
What to Actually Track: The 8 Journal Fields That Matter (and 5 That Don’t)
Part of The Trading Journal System series. If you haven't built the base habit yet, start with the four-field journaling habit first. The 40-column spreadsheet nobody finishes filling out Open enough trading journal templates online and you'll find spreadsheets with 30, 40, sometimes 50 columns — MAE, MFE, VWAP distance, time of day, lunar phase … Continue reading What to Actually Track: The 8 Journal Fields That Matter (and 5 That Don’t)
The Trading Journal System: Why Tracking Trades Beats Trading More
Already read The Trading Journal Habit That Actually Builds Discipline? Good — that post covers the mindset. This series covers the system. The trader who takes more trades instead of better notes Ask a struggling trader what they're going to do differently next month and the answer is almost always about more: more screen time, … Continue reading The Trading Journal System: Why Tracking Trades Beats Trading More