Journaling7 min read
How to start a trading journal (without a 40-column spreadsheet)
Most trading journals fail because they ask for too much. Here is a first week that fits around trading instead of replacing it.
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Guides
Practical guides for the review side of trading
No signals, no predictions, no market commentary. These guides cover the part of trading you control: how you record decisions, read your results, and build a review routine that lasts.
Templates6 min read
Trading journal template: the fields worth keeping
A good template is short enough to fill in after every trade and specific enough to review on Friday. Here is the structure that does both.
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MT56 min read
How to export MT5 trade history (and what to do with it)
MetaTrader 5 keeps the record, but it does not help you review it. Here is how to get your history out and what to look at once you have it.
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Metrics5 min read
Profit factor: formula, example, and how to read it honestly
Profit factor is one of the most useful numbers in a trading review, and one of the easiest to misread. Here is the formula and the context it needs.
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Routine5 min read
The ten-minute weekly trading review
A weekly review should produce one decision, not a report. This is the routine that fits between the close on Friday and the open on Sunday.
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