The Trading Record

Lessons

1. Why trading doesn't teach youWhy a winning trade can come from breaking your rules, why the market rewards you at random, and why you need a written record to learn anything. 3 min
2. Narrow: one market, one setup, one sessionWhy trading one market, one setup and one session window is the first step to learning anything, and why switching strategies resets your sample. 3 min
3. The session routineA simple before, during and after routine for every trading session: check the news calendar, write the plan, trade only your setup, then stop and record. 3 min
4. What to write down after every sessionExactly what to log for each trade and each session, from entry and stop to rule kept and grade, plus why to record in points and after the session. 3 min
5. Judge the process, not the profitHow to grade each trade A, B or C on process instead of profit, what to ask in a weekly review, and why you change only one thing at a time. 3 min
6. Revenge trades, overtrading and other rule breaksThe five most common trading rule breaks, from revenge trades to moved stops, how to spot them in your record, and simple circuit breakers that stop them. 3 min
7. Repeat: your first 30 sessionsA concrete 30-session plan in a simulator, what to measure at the end, and how to decide whether to continue, adjust one thing, or stop trading. 4 min