How do you forgive yourself for trading mistakes?
The mistake is made, the money is gone — the question is what you do with the self-criticism. Endless punishment doesn't prevent the next mistake; honest review does.
What helps you move on?
- how you review without self-flagellation
- the self-talk that works for you
- how long a mistake used to haunt you versus now
The journal guide turns mistakes into data, which defuses them.
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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