Accountability: how do you keep yourself honest?
Self-set rules bend; externally visible rules hold. Accountability structures — public journals, partners, community check-ins — are how traders enforce what they've decided.
What works for you?
- the accountability structure you use
- how you found your accountability partner
- the rule that only stuck once it became public
The journal guide is the private version; this thread is about the public one.
Background: How to keep a trading journal that actually improves your trading
A journal turns a pile of trades into evidence. What to record, the numbers worth calculating and a weekly review routine that takes less than an hour.
What should a trading journal include?
For each trade: the pair, direction, size, entry, stop, target, risk, the reason for the trade, how you felt, the result in money and in R, whether you followed your plan, and chart screenshots.
How do I calculate expectancy?
Multiply your win rate by your average win, then subtract your loss rate multiplied by your average loss. Measured in R, a positive result means the approach has made money per trade on average.
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