👋 Want to be a consistently profitable trader? There’s ONE habit that separates amateurs from pros — and it’s NOT a secret indicator or a fancy strategy. It’s this: 📓 JOURNAL EVERY SINGLE TRADE. EVERY DAY OR WEEKEND. WITHOUT FAIL. Let’s break it down. 👇 #Trading #StockMarket #Investing

2/12Why journal? Because you can’t improve what you don’t measure. Journaling is the only way to: ✅ See what’s actually working ✅ Spot your repeated mistakes ✅ Fix emotional leaks ✅ Turn losses into lessons It’s your personal trading autopsy. 🧠 #DayTrading #Finance

3/12 What to log in your journal: Trade Details Entry & exit time Price in/out Position size 📸 Screenshot of the chart (with your markup!) Setup What pattern? Breakout? Pullback? Earnings play? Timeframe? #TechnicalAnalysis

4/123. Strategy Used Was it your A+ setup or a “hope trade”? Did you follow your rules? P/L Outcome Raw profit/loss % gain/loss Risk-reward ratio Exit Reason Hit target? Stop loss triggered? Panic exit? Trailed stop? #RiskManagement

5/126. What Could’ve Been Better? “I chickened out early and left $500 on the table.” “Entered too early — FOMO got me.” “Stop loss too tight — got shaken out.” “Didn’t scale out — gave back gains.” Be brutally honest. This is where growth lives. #TradingPsychology

6/12 7. External Factors FOMC? Tariff news? Trump tweet? Earnings? Market holiday? High volatility? Context matters. A losing trade in a news storm isn’t the same as a bad setup. #Macro #NewsTrading

7/12 I did this religiously.And guess what? I found: ❌ I was moving stops when losing ❌ Taking profits too early ❌ Oversizing on revenge trades ❌ Ignoring my own rules on Fridays I fixed one thing at a time. #Discipline

8/12 Result? 📉 Losses dropped 📈 Win rate improved 🎯 Consistency skyrocketed 💰 Account grew steadily No magic. Just data + honesty + action. Journaling turned my trading from gambling into a process-driven business. #Profitability