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Module 10 · Execution and Discipline

10.3Journaling

What you will learn
  • ·What to record
  • ·Why journaling produces data
  • ·How review improves the system
Core content

Record:

  • ·setup
  • ·reasoning
  • ·entry
  • ·exit
  • ·risk
  • ·outcome
  • ·mistakes
  • ·screenshots

Review weekly. Journaling is how a trader develops a data set.

TLHQ insight

Without a journal, experience does not become data.

Example

A weekly review reveals that most losses came from one regime the strategy was never designed for.

Examples use historical or illustrative data only. They are not live market signals.

Apply it

Journal every trade for two weeks with screenshots, then review the pattern of mistakes.

Knowledge check
Check 01 · choice

The main value of journaling is:

Check 02 · truefalse

Mistakes should be recorded, not only outcomes.

Key takeaways
  • 01Record setup, reasoning, risk, outcome and mistakes.
  • 02Review weekly.
  • 03Journals convert experience into data.
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Educational content only. Nothing here is financial advice or a recommendation to trade. Trading involves risk of loss, results vary between individuals, and past performance does not indicate future results. Only capital you can afford to lose should be exposed to market risk.