Was there a type of trade that didn’t work well? Or a market? Or a particular day? Time? |
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Did you enter trades too soon? Too Late? |
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Did you take profits too soon? Too late? |
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Were your stops too tight? |
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Did you take poor risk/reward trades? |
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Risked too much? too little? |
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Did you miss any trades? |
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Did you deviate from your plan? What was the outcome? |
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Are your answers above familiar? Eg. they’re recurring in your trading, and you haven’t taken action to do more of what works and less/the opposite? |
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For recurring problems: |
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Key questions: |
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• What is the problem? |
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• Why do I have this problem? |
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• What is the solution? |
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• How can I action it? |
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For recurring positives: |
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• How could I do more of what worked? |
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Tasks: |
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study the biggest move of the week and look if you see anything that would have caused you to catch this move. Drop chart below |
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