Practical writing on trading journals, risk, and the habits that separate consistent traders from the rest.
Knowing your rules and following them are two different skills. Here is why traders violate plans they believe in, and how to build a process that makes discipline measurable instead of aspirational.
Traders spend years hunting for a better entry signal when the real leak is somewhere else entirely. Here is why journaling fixes more P&L than any indicator, and what to actually record.
Profit factor is gross profit divided by gross loss. Here is how to calculate it, what range is realistic, and why a very high number is usually a warning sign.
R-multiple measures profit in units of risk instead of dollars. Here is how to calculate it, why it makes trades comparable across markets, and the mistake that quietly ruins the number.
Most trading journals collect data nobody reviews. Here are the fields that change behaviour, the ones that waste your time, and how to review them in ten minutes a week.