Notes on process.
Short pieces on trading process, discipline, risk management, and the tools around them. No schedule, no filler — written when there's something worth saying.
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Free trading journal template — the one that actually works
You've searched for free templates. You've tried the Notion ones. Here's why almost all of them fall short of a real trading journal — and what to use instead. Free, no signup, and it actually tracks your discipline.
Read postWhy successful trading is less about predicting the market
A working review of Mark Douglas's Trading in the Zone. Not a strategy book — a book about the beliefs that make a strategy executable, and why thinking in probabilities beats trying to be right.
Read postWhy your discipline score matters more than your P&L
A green week with a red score is a warning. A red week with a green score is a foundation. Here's why the number you track matters more than the number you feel.
Read postThe three numbers that decide your position size
Account size, risk per trade, and stop distance. Get those three right and the calculator does the rest — get any of them wrong and no strategy saves you.
Read postWhat your habit tracker can actually tell you
Sleep, workout, focus, screen time. The correlation panel compares your average R on habit days vs non-habit days. The results are usually uncomfortable.
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