YOUR ESSENTIAL

TRADING JOURNAL

- YOU CAN'T IMPROVE

WHAT YOU DON'T

ANALYSE,

YOU CAN'T ANALYSE

WHAT YOU DON'T

JOURNAL -

The Perceptive Trader

 TO REMIND:

BE COMMITED BE PROACTIVE

To show up every day and execute So you can actively identify

your plan, even when you're lacking problems, improve them & take

motivation. control of your trading.

BE PATIENT BE INDEPENDENT

To focus on your performance over To look at your trading from a

your results. See the process as the critical standpoint and evaluate it

end goal and find purpose on according to your own goals.

mistakes.

BE CONFIDENT BE HUMBLE

About your trading system and To keep your ego at lower levels and

yourself, to execute it the best way. learn from the market lessons.
My Trading System
STRATEGY RISK MANAGEMENT MODEL

Trading style:

Time frames:

I look for buy entries when:

RULES

I look for sell entries when:

TRADE INVALIDATION RULES

 My Trading System

MY STRATEGY RISK MODEL

Write down your trading style How do you manage your positions?

(scalper, day trader, swing

trader...); The time frames you use

RULES
for your analysis; And the
Your rules dictate in what conditions
parameters of your strategy:
you apply your strategy. Never

increasing risk in a winning streak is an

What are the confluences you
example of a good rule to apply.
look for in buy entries?

What are the confluences you

TRADE INVALIDATION RULES
look for in sell entries?
These, are rules that you set to keep

you in a trade. When they are broken,

you exit your trade. These rules

gonna allow you to cut your losses

small before price stops you out.

Month:
YEAR:

M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T S U N

TO DO LIST:
S E T O N
Monthly Planner
Schedule all the important tasks

throughout the entire month.

To Do List
Write down all the important things

you need to get done for the month.

You can list them in order of priority

if you want. During the course of the

month, risk the tasks you've done.

Notes
Note whatever is useful for you

related with the markets, your trading

and yourself. You can place

reminders in here too.

 DATE:

Habits to change or develop

this month
HABIT NUMBER 1 HABIT NUMBER 2

HABIT NUMBER 3 HABIT NUMBER 4

2
 DATE:

Habits to change or develop

this month
HABIT NUMBER 5 HABIT NUMBER 6

HABIT NUMBER 7 HABIT NUMBER 8

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 Habits
Write down all the habits you want to

change and the ones you want to

implement for the month.

Setting a plan of action to develop a

new habit is very important to

facilitate the process.

You can write down what are the

The 3 stages of a habit formation: actions you plan to take in order to

change the habit.

1. Trigger (directs the behavior);

2. Response (action/behavior itself);
3. Reward (ensures the repetition of the action).

If you can identify the triggers of your bad habits, you can take control over them.
Prepare for the week
DATE:

WATCHLIST: KEY EVENTS KEY TASKS

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.

6. 6.

7. 7.

8. 8.

TRADING IDEAS FOR THE WEEK:

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 Watchlist
Here, write down which

markets are you specially

looking for the incoming week.

Key tasks
Note what are the tasks you

need to accomplish for the

week.

Key Events
Write down any key events that

you want to be aware of, and

perhaps prepare for.

Trading Ideas
Write down the trading ideas you have in mind for the

incoming week, according to your strategy.

What are the scenarios you're looking for?

How do you plan to react to each one of them?

Prepare for the week
DATE:

AREAS IN MY TRADING I WANT TO WORK ON: ASPECTS IN MY PSYCHOLOGY I WANT TO WORK ON:

ACTIONS I'LL TAKE TO PERFORM THE BEST: ACTIONS I'LL TAKE TO IMPROVE MY HABITS:

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Areas in my trading I Aspects in my
want to work on psychology I want
What is the area or the things in your
to work on
trading you wanna improve, for the

incoming week? Maybe you want to Which things in your psychology you

backtest that thing you've just learned. want to improve, for the incoming week?

Or maybe you want to analyse your Your patience? Discipline? Commitment?

journal more often...

Actions I'll take to Actions I'll take to

perform the best improve my habits
Write down what actions you'll take that Note all the things you need to do in

help you achieving your best performance. order to not fall for that bad habit(s)

These, can be directly related with trading you are trying to break. If you wanna stop

or not. Meditation, eating healthy and overtrading, then, remove most

sleeping the right hours are examples of of the pairs of your watchlist. If you

important actions that indirectly help you want to be less anxious when you enter

to perform at your best. trades, practice breathing techniques.

These, are plan of actions to improve your

habits.
Prepare for the week
DATE:

TRADING GOALS FOR THIS WEEK:

OBSERVATIONS:

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Trading Goals for the
week
Write down your weekly goals.

Remember to set realistic, attainable goals.

Be clear when writing them down.

Check them regularly during the week so

you feel motivated and gain extra focus.

In the long term, the small goals you achieve

gonna lead you to the big goal.

Focus on your performance and everything

will fall into place!

Observations
Type anything you find useful to complete

your preparation for the week ahead.

Analysing the week
DATE:

THINGS I DID WELL: THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER:

A CHALLENGE I OVERCAME: TRADING MISTAKES:

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Things I did well
What were the things you did the best and

that you wanna keep doing more of?

Things I could A challenge

have done better
Identify a challenge

you were able to overcome and

Look back over the week and reflect on the reflect on how you managed to do so.

areas of your trading that you would've like

to done better & improve going forward;

areas to work on and

develop in your trading.

Trading mistakes
Mistakes like FOMO, overtrading,

revenge trading, not respecting strategy,

chasing the move, increasing risk... are mistakes

you have to avoid if you wanna achieve consistency.

You need to be highly aware of what you should consider as

mistakes in trading. Every time you feel that emotions are

taking over, you're more susceptible to make mistakes.

So in this moments, step back from the charts

and take a break...

Analysing the week
DATE:

THINGS I REALISED ABOUT MYSELF / THE MARKET

THINGS I LEARNED:
/ MY TRADING SYSTEM:

THINGS I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS WEEK: GOALS:

GOAL 1: Achieved Not achieved

GOAL 2: Achieved Not achieved

GOAL 3: Achieved Not achieved

GOAL 4: Achieved Not achieved

GOAL 5: Achieved Not achieved

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Things I realized
about myself, the market
and/or my trading system:
What did you noticed this week that you weren't aware

before? Did you noticed you let your emotions

enter the game more often when you sleep

less hours? Identifying this type of

correlations is very important

to fix your problems.

Things I learned
Write down the most important things you

learnt this week.

Things I'm grateful

Take a few moments to reflect on what you are grateful

for, in your trading, or in life in general. It's a good way to

remain focused and patiently committed.

Goals
Did you achieve your goals for the week?
What can I Improve or
DATE:

Implement
MY PSYCHOLOGY RISK MANAGEMENT

How good did I managed my emotions?

1 2 3 4 5

RULES

TRADING SYSTEM

RESPECTED NOT

RESPECTED

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What can I improve or
implement?

MY PSYCHOLOGY RISK MANAGEMENT

Note the psychological aspects you Are you managing your positions in the most

wanna improve in your trading. effective way? What can you do differently

to increase your consistency? What things

Do you wanna improve your discipline? you wanna try and test to understand if you

Do you wanna change your anxiety? should implement them?

Do you wanna start meditating as a plan

to be more patient?

RULES
Not only you should write down the
Every trading system has its rules. Do you
psychology skills you wanna improve or
feel you need to change one of your rules?
develop in your trading but as well in your
Is there any rule you feel it would improve
daily lifestyle. These, highly affect your
your results if implemented?
trading too.
Analysing the month DATE:

3 TOP THINGS I HAVE DONE BEST: 3 THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER:

3 MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I LEARNED: HOW WAS MY PROGRESS?

1 2 3 4 5

IN WHAT DID I MADE PROGRESS?

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3 Top things I
have done best
What are the top 3 things you have

executed the best during the whole

month? The things you are more proud of 3 things I could

have done better
and that you wanna repeat.

Write down the 3 things you had a poor

performance on, and that you want to

The 3 most important

improve in the next month.

things I learned
What were the 3 most important lessons you

took out of your trading performance, this

month?
My progress
Look back to when you started the journal,

perhaps looking at trading mistakes or your

initial trading habits. What progress have

you noticed?
Habits evaluation
DATE:

WHICH HABITS HAVE I BROKE? WHICH HABITS HAVE I IMPLEMENTED?

THINGS I FOUND MORE DIFFICULT TO DO: WHAT COULD I HAVE DONE BETTER?

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Notes
DATE:

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Which habits
have I broke?
Write down the bad habits you were able

to successfully break. Which habits

have I implemented?
Did you started a new good habit in your trading

routine? Or even outside of it? Your mental

and psychical health strongly influence

Things I found your trading performance.

more difficult to do
What were the actions, tasks, things you

found more hard to execute? And why

do you think it was so difficult to

get them done (if you did so)?

What could I
have done better?
Did you failed to execute your habit plan?

What things of your past behavior bother you now?

Which habits did you failed to implement or change?

 - NOTHING SIGNIFICANT WAS EVER

ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT HARD WORK

AND COMMITMENT -

ENJOY THE PROCESS AS MUCH AS

YOU ENJOY THE RESULTS ;)

- Be aware, remain humble & trade wisely -