| Time |
The time of the trade execution. (Session related) |
| Pair |
The currency or asset pair involved. |
| Direction |
Long (buy) or Short (sell) position. |
| FC (Forecast) |
Was the pair part of the Weekly Forecast?! |
| SL Pips |
Number of pips set for the stop-loss. |
| Exit Date |
The date you closed the trade. |
| Hold Time |
Duration the trade was held. (d/h/m) |
| Act. Pips |
Actual pips gained or lost. |
| Act. RR (Actual Risk-to-Reward Ratio) |
Actual risk-to-reward ratio achieved. |
| Result |
Whether the trade was a profit or loss. |
| Closure |
How the trade was exited. |
| Adj.SL - Adjusted SL; Essentially a trailing stop |
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| SL - Stop Loss |
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| TP - Take Profit |
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| Manual |
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| Positioning |
Where the trade takes place in terms of structural positioning. |
| → E.g. Early in the run; Golden run territory; or Late in a run. |
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| Risk |
Risk grading of the trade setup: |
| LR - Lower Risk |
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| HR - Higher Risk |
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| TF (Time Frame) |
Entry time frame: The time frame of the entry execution candle. |
| Pattern |
Technical patterns identified for the trade, based on your trading plan. |
| → E.g. Following my patterns based on my trading plan: |
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| 2-Touch |
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| 3-Touch |
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| Flat Flag |
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| V/Λ-Shape |
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| Not in TP |
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| Bias |
Your market outlook (bullish, bearish). |
| This can also refer to a scorecard or heat-map if you use anything like that. |
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| → E.g. I use a scorecard for market sentiment and fundamentals to get the bigger picture. |
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| Mgmt. |
Was the trade managed according to plan, or could it have been managed in a better way? |
| Optimal Hold Time |
Ideal holding period based on improved trade management. |
| Optimal RR |
Ideal RR based on improved trade management: If management was 'Good,' copy the value from Act. RR into this column. |
| → This is to analyze the maximum potential of trades taken with better management. |
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| Fully Reviewed |
Whether the trade was thoroughly analyzed afterward. |
| PC (Private Capital) |
Was this trade taken on a personal account or only on funded or third-party accounts? |
| Nano Trades |
Nano Trade A "benchmark" entry taken with minimal financial risk (0.15%) to maintain a connection to price action. It is logged alongside missed trades to validate strategy frequency and combat FOMO. |
| Missed Trades |
A valid technical setup that met all criteria but was not executed in the live market. Rather than being ignored, these are logged to provide a statistical "control group. Tracking missed trades proves that the market is abundant and that the strategy provides enough opportunities to remain patient for high-probability setups. |
| FRQ Full-Risk Qualification |
A category for high-conviction setups that have demonstrated a clear edge but were under-capitalized. These are nano-sized trades that proved successful. Tagging a setup as FRQ identifies it as a "gold standard" signal that warrants maximum position sizing and immediate execution in future sessions. |