What's the last rule you added to your strategy, and why?
Rules should be earned: added because the data demanded them, not because a loss stung. The story of the last rule you added reveals how your strategy actually evolves.
Share:
- the rule and the loss or pattern that prompted it
- how you tested it before adopting
- what it changed in your results
The journal guide is where the prompting patterns appear.
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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