06-26-2025 Trade Journal

Trading Accountability Recap

1. Goals & Intentions:

• What were your trading goals for the day? My plan was to execute a good trade following my rules.
• Did you stick to your plan? Why or why not? Yes, I did. No anomalies this time. Everything was followed from top to bottom.

2. Execution Review:

• Adherence to Strategy:
• • Did you follow your rules (entry/exit, risk management)? Yes, I did. Price just had other plans for today I guess.
  • Where did you deviate? I didn't deviate on any plans today.
• Emotional Discipline:
• • Did emotions influence your decisions? How? Emotions didn't influence any decisions today. I will say that after losing today, I was close to placing another trade to recoup. The trade would have won but that isn't the discipline I want to uphold. One trade a day only! That's it!
  • What triggered emotional responses today? Losing 2 days in a row with an A+ Setup. Imagine seeing B and C+ setups win all through this week but seeing A+ fail. Something might make you want to start taking those. And, that's how you lose.

3. Performance Evaluation:

• Best Trade:
• • Why was it successful? Did you follow your plan? This was a good trade. Markets are ultra focused on making new highs which is where all these volume is coming from pushing it up during an Iran War. The moment new highs are made, the market will go back to normal(my opinion).
• Worst Trade:
• • What went wrong? Was it avoidable? Nothing to be done in this regard. I would even add that I cut my losses early and lost less than I should have. That's good

4. Lessons Learned:

• What personal behaviors helped or hindered your performance? Being patient helped me today. Being patient and accepting the outcome, win or lose. Am I hurt that I lost? Yes. Perfectly normal human reaction to a loss but it didn't dictate my actions before or after. Older me would have placed the second trade trying to make it back and yes, it would be successful today but what about tomorrow? Food for Thought.
• What habits need reinforcing or changing? Patience, and trusting your model. Posting on Social Media has this extra pressure of wanting to show profits on every trade and I need to get out of that mentality. Losses or wins, I just need to manage my risk and take A+ Setups only, even if it's failing right now.

5. Accountability Actions:

• What steps will you take to improve tomorrow? I want to trade as good as i traded today. Purely mechanical and to accept the outcome, positive or negative.
• Who/what will hold you accountable? My Journal and myself.