What do you write down before every trade?

Writing before entry forces the plan into words: pair, direction, entry, stop, target, size, reason, and what invalidates the idea. The act of writing catches more bad trades than any indicator.

What do you write down before every trade? — moving average crossover diagram
A fast moving average crossing a slower one

Share your pre-trade note:

  • the fields you always fill in
  • the trade the notes talked you out of
  • how detailed is too detailed
What do you write down before every trade? — drawdown and recovery diagram
An equity curve during a drawdown and its recovery

The journal guide has a template you can start with today.

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