Trading Psychology · Trading discipline
Before you trade, write the thesis: keep a trading journal
If you're going to trade, you need a journal. Before you ever enter, write down your thesis — why you think this trade works — and review it after.
If you're going to trade, you need a trading journal. Flow's rule: before you ever enter, write down your thesis — why you think the trade will play out the way you expect — and revisit it once you exit. Writing it down turns a gut feeling into a testable decision you can learn from.
You can't improve what you don't record
Un-journaled trading is just a blur of wins and losses you can't learn from. Writing the thesis before entry forces you to actually have one; reviewing it after exit shows you whether you were right for the right reason or lucky for the wrong one. Over months, the journal becomes the clearest coach you'll ever have — it shows your real patterns, not the ones you remember.
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