The Trading Journal System
Five copy-paste templates for recording a trade before you place it — and reviewing what actually happened.
What’s Inside
- 01Why you write it down first
- 02Template 1 — The pre-trade record
- 03Template 2 — The decision log
- 04Template 3 — The exit note
- 05Template 4 — The weekly review
- 06Template 5 — Your personal playbook
- 07Reading your own patterns
Who It’s For
Good fit if
- You place trades and cannot reconstruct later why you did
- You want a record that shows patterns across months, not days
- You want structure rather than signals
Not for you if
- You want someone to tell you what to trade
- You do not trade at all — start with The Market Basics instead
A Look Inside
The pre-trade record has one job: capture the reasoning
while it is still honest.
Written after the outcome, every trade looks either
obvious or unlucky. Written before, it stays checkable.
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