🔵Pre-Trade Section
The journal should begin before entry so the thesis is documented while the thinking is still honest.
Key characteristics:
- •Date, instrument, and timeframe
- •Direction and setup type
- •Higher timeframe bias
- •Key levels and planned risk-reward
- •Conviction or confidence score
🟣Execution Section
This is where the planned idea turns into measurable execution quality.
Key characteristics:
- •Entry and stop prices
- •Take-profit levels
- •Position size and actual risk amount
- •Targeted R-multiple
- •Whether the trade was entered as planned
🟡Management Section
Management records whether discipline held up after the trade was live.
Key characteristics:
- •Stop adjustments and why they happened
- •Partial takes and early exits
- •Whether management decisions were planned or reactive
- •Any deviation from the original thesis
🔴Review Section
The review closes the loop by turning the finished trade into learning material.
Key characteristics:
- •Outcome in P/L and R-multiple
- •What went well
- •What went wrong
- •What should be done differently next time
- •Emotional state at key decisions
🟢Weekly Summary
Weekly review is where individual entries become a pattern-recognition system.
Key characteristics:
- •Total trades and win rate
- •Average R-multiple
- •Process adherence score
- •Biggest recurring mistake category
- •One improvement target for the next week