How do you keep a journal when you don't want to?
Everyone agrees journaling helps; almost everyone abandons it. The trick isn't motivation — it's making the journal small enough that skipping it feels silly.
What's your low-friction journal?
- the minimum fields you record
- how you fit it into your day
- what you do when you've skipped a week
The journal guide suggests a structure you can shrink.
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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