The master desk

The weekly review

Once a week, read the journal against the plan. Do not do this while a trade is open.

Lesson 4 of 5 • 11 min

A weekly stack of notes beside a chart — Example. This week had six practice trades. Two had no invalidation written first. That is the note for the review. The rule is not rewritten because one of the other four made money.

Study material only. It is not a signal to buy or sell. AcademyTrade is education. It is not a broker, not investment advice, and not a promise that you will make money. Trading can lose the money you deposit.

The review has four questions, and they are always the same.

Did I trade the session I said I would? Did every practice trade have an invalidation before it was opened? Did I keep the size the loss allowed? Did I stop when the page said to stop?

A yes is dull. A no is the lesson. Most broken weeks are not mysterious. The stop was widened, the session was extended, or a trade was taken because the chart looked exciting and the condition was not there.

Change a rule only in this meeting, and only if the same failure shows up across the sample. One broken trade is a mistake. The same mistake five times is a rule that needs a sentence rewritten.

The review is the class you teach yourself. The free live lesson is where you can bring one of these weeks and have a teacher walk it with you.

Same four questions, every week.
No new rules during a session.
Bring one marked chart to the live class if you want it read aloud.