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Your best trade this week might have lost money
A profitable rule break can teach the wrong lesson. Here is a better way to review your trades—and one change to carry into Monday.
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The decisions behind the trade. Risk, execution and the habits worth reviewing.
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Practical lessons · Worked examples
Practical lessons · Worked examples
Journal & review
Journal & review
Six winners. Four losers. Still a losing week.
A 60% win rate sounds reassuring—until you look at the size of the wins. Use this ten-trade example to read your results properly.
Make your next review count
Keep the entry plan, initial cash risk and final result in one record. Then separate the trades that followed the rules from those that did not.
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