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TRADE REVIEW & JOURNAL PROCESS
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Turn Completed Trades Into Evidence, Not Emotion
A trading journal is useful only when it changes how you make decisions. The objective is not to write a diary after every loss; it is to collect consistent information so you can discover which conditions help your model and which conditions hurt it. This module turns the journal into a research tool.
A structured review process converts individual trades into repeatable evidence about your model
// Lesson Content
Before entering, record the market context while your decision is still unbiased. Write the instrument, date, session, direction, higher-timeframe context, setup name, entry reason, invalidation level, target, planned risk in R, and the condition that would make you cancel the trade.
Do not write a perfect story after the trade. Record the information that was actually available at the time. This preserves the difference between a good decision and a lucky outcome.
📌 The pre-trade record is your snapshot of what you actually knew. It is more valuable than a polished explanation written after the result.
// Test Your Understanding
// KNOWLEDGE CHECK
1. Why record the setup before entry?
2. What does R normalize?
3. What should a weekly review produce?
// What to study next
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