Trading Journal & Tools
Why Your Trading Journal P&L Doesn’t Match Your Broker Statement?
You finish a good month and your trading journal says +$4,180. The broker statement says +$3,612. Every trade...
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Ghazaleh Zeynali
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Articles by Ghazaleh Zeynali
Trading Psychology & Performance
Best Time to Trade Forex: Use Your Trading Journal to Find Your Best Hours
The London–New York overlap is often called the best time to trade forex. Both financial centers are active,...
Risk & Money Management
MAE and MFE in Trading: Is Your Stop Loss Too Tight?
A stopped-out trade can move straight to the original target after you’re gone. The easy response is to...
Strategies & Technical Analysis
How Many Trades Do You Need Before Evaluating a Trading Strategy?
Thirty trades can tell you that something is wrong. They rarely tell you that a strategy works. For...
Risk & Money Management
Trading Drawdown Analysis: When to Cut Risk and When to Keep the Plan
A drawdown is the drop in account equity from an earlier peak. Current drawdown shows how far the...
Trading Journal & Tools
Trading Journal Tags: A Practical System for Setups, Mistakes, and Market Conditions
If you use “breakout” and “break out” for the same setup, your journal may treat them as separate...
Strategies & Technical Analysis
Trading Strategy Review: How to Spot Strategy Drift Before It Damages Your Results
A strategy rarely changes all at once. First, an entry comes a little late. Then a stop gets...
Trading Psychology & Performance
Trading Journal Calendar: How to Find Your Best and Worst Trading Days
A trading journal calendar puts each day’s result into a monthly view. At a glance, you can see...
Trading Psychology & Performance
The 30-Minute Weekly Trading Review: A Checklist for Finding Repeatable Edges
A folder full of screenshots isn’t a trading review. Neither is rereading your biggest loss until it feels...
Risk & Money Management
Risk Management Starts With Your Exit Rules
A trade can have a careful entry and still carry undefined risk. You know the setup. You know...
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Trading Journal vs Spreadsheets: What Excel Can’t Track
A spreadsheet is a fine place to start a trading journal. It stops being enough the moment you...