Tutorials
Step-by-step guides to improve your trading and journaling.
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The Weekend Trading Review That Actually Works
A 90-minute weekend review framework with a scored rubric, expectancy calculation, and next-week prep — so you arrive Monday with a plan, not a hope.
Trade Screenshots: What to Capture and Why
A three-screenshot-per-trade workflow that captures market context your spreadsheet misses — entry, management, and exit with annotation best practices.
How to Backtest Strategies With Your Journal
Your trading journal already contains execution-quality backtest data. Learn how to use tags, filters, and expectancy math to validate setups without software.
How to Optimize Stop Losses With Your Journal
Use MAE/MFE analysis and your own trade history to audit stop placement, eliminate premature stop-outs, and build a data-driven stop rule that fits your setup.
What to Write in a Trading Journal (Template)
A complete fill-in-the-blank trading journal template with a fully worked SPY trade example — covering thesis, risk, emotional state, and post-trade reflection.
How to Import Broker Data Into Your Journal
Step-by-step guide to importing trade history from Interactive Brokers, Schwab, Fidelity, Webull, and Zerodha — with exact column headers and common pitfalls.
How to Build a Trade Playbook From Your Journal
Turn raw journal data into a codified playbook of your highest-expectancy setups. Learn expectancy math, five-field setup documentation, and a monthly.
Trading With a Small Account: Journal Strategy
How to use journaling to overcome PDT limits, commission drag, and position sizing constraints when trading with under $10,000.
How to Set Realistic Trading Goals
Learn to set process-based trading goals using your journal data instead of arbitrary profit targets that set you up for failure.
How to Analyze Your Trading Journal Data
Learn to extract actionable insights from your trading journal with setup filtering, time analysis, and performance dashboards that improve results.
How to Journal Stock Trades Effectively
Learn exactly what to record in your stock trading journal, from sector and catalyst tracking to beta-adjusted returns and earnings play reviews.
Passing Prop Firm Challenges: Journal Strategy
Specific journaling tactics to pass prop firm challenges. Track drawdown limits, daily loss caps, and profit targets to avoid challenge-failing mistakes.