My Trading Journal (200 entries)

Trade Level Date Type Symbol Net Profit Rules Broken Comment
200 3 2026-11-06 day trading XAU 17.93 0 It was an OK entry. After a second look, the intermediate trend is still going against me, and confirmation hasn't formed yet. I closed the position after a small liquidity sweep because it could reverse fast. Right now, my confidence is low after making some big mistakes in my prior trades. Stepping up my sizing hasn't been working, I need to trust my system and let those unavoidable losses happen so I can experience the full wins from clean executions again.
199 3 2026-11-05 day trading BTC 4.75 0 I exited this position way too early. Five minutes later, the price moved aggressively in my direction, and it would have been a full win. The reason I exited is that I already had three different positions, and since they were all correlated, I felt there was a huge risk. Next time, I need to stick to one position at a time to reduce the chance of an amygdala hijack and make better decisions.
198 3 2026-11-05 day trading US2000 -10.14 0 This position almost hit the SL, I am ok with having a small loss instead waiting for a break-even.
197 3 2026-11-05 day trading XAU 7.19 0 This was a good setup, I made a mistake on exiting early when my net P&L for all of position turned positive.
196 3 2026-11-04 day trading BTC 5.34 SL- , 1P , Micro , XO * related to trade #190
195 3 2026-11-04 day trading BTC 116.36 SL- , 1P , Micro , XO * related to trade #190
194 3 2026-11-04 day trading BTC 49.14 SL- , 1P , Micro , XO * related to trade #190
193 3 2026-11-04 day trading BTC 29.49 SL- , 1P , Micro , XO * related to trade #190
192 3 2026-11-04 day trading BTC 16.21 SL- , 1P , Micro , XO * related to trade #190
191 3 2026-11-04 day trading BTC 4.58 SL- , 1P , Micro , XO * related to trade #190
190 3 2026-11-04 day trading BTC -157.27 SL- , 1P , Micro , XO I failed miserably here. First, I entered this trade when I was physically and mentally exhausted. Second, after experiencing a sudden drop that resulted in a full risk-amount loss within three minutes, despite waiting for hours for the position to gain momentum, I decided to enter another position of the same size. I found a really good support level, but the price just kept dropping under intense selling pressure. There was no other significant news except for the midterm elections. I kept adding to my position as the price reached new support zones, but no sharp bounce-back occurred. This is exactly why I created my trading rules. No matter how strongly I feel that the price will bounce back, the market tends to deliver surprises every now and then.
189 3 2026-11-03 day trading US500 -21.84 SL- , 1P , Micro * Same as the last trade.
188 3 2026-11-03 day trading US500 22.20 SL- , 1P , Micro This was a revenge trade. I'm getting frustrated because none of my trades today seem to be going my way. I'm also getting really tired, I've been watching the screen for over 10 hours in total. I'm not thinking straight.
187 3 2026-11-02 day trading US2000 -44.16 0 I think this was a good entry, SL and TP are in good location, but unsuccessful. I had the strong urge to remove the stop-loss, but I managed to control it well.
186 3 2026-11-02 day trading US30 -12.08 0 The entry is rushed, didn't wait for the right confirmation in the lower timeframe. I'm lacking proper analysis on this one. Might be a little tilted.
185 3 2026-11-02 day trading JP225 -7.41 0 Good entry, but no real momentum in reversing.
184 3 2026-11-02 day trading BTC 2.82 0 This looked like a good entry, but price just keeps moving against my direction. Sundays are just difficult to trade.
183 3 2026-11-02 day trading BTC 0.26 0 Closed to reduce position size.
182 3 2026-10-30 day trading US500 45.26 SL- Same comment as the last trade. When there is a major economic report, be very careful. Don't trade against the intermediate trend because it will extend longer than usual as traders wait for the result of the report. Also look for positions that won't take longer than 2 hours.
181 3 2026-10-30 day trading JP225 2.14 SL- I need to pay attention on the price action during a major economic report. During the Asian session if price starts to reverse and go in one direction, it will most likely continue all the way to the economic report time in the US session, the reason for this is that many positions from a larger timeframe are exiting to avoid extreme volatility.
180 3 2026-10-26 day trading USTEC 44.47 SL- , P1 , Micro * same as Trade #178
179 3 2026-10-26 day trading USTEC -9.59 SL- , P1 , Micro * same as Trade #178
178 3 2026-10-26 day trading USTEC -31.71 SL- , P1 , Micro I keep making the same mistake, moving to Level #3 seems to have some effect on my trading psychology. Maybe I need to take a break and analyze the problem.
177 3 2026-10-21 day trading DE40 31.82 SL- Very risky trade, but I knew a certain price zone was going to be revisited due to multiple signals. But the entry was poor, hence why I removed the SL to give it some room to play out and not get wicked out.
176 3 2026-10-21 day trading BTC -28.71 0 There was no need to wait any longer to close the position, it was already obvious it would hit the full SL target.