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Trading journals — why & how
The five fields every entry needs. (Chart AI saves yours automatically — but you should still know.)
Every journal entry needs five things: the setup thesis (why you took it), entry/stop/target, the outcome, and an honest note on whether you followed your own plan. That last field is the one people skip and the one that matters most — most losses come from good setups executed badly, not bad setups.
Review weekly, not daily. Daily review is too noisy to see patterns; weekly is enough distance to spot the recurring mistake you keep making without the emotion of the individual trade clouding it.