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Trade review

Definition

A scheduled look back at recent trades against your plan.

Why it matters

Weekly reviews catch behaviour drift; monthly reviews catch edge decay. Both need consistent journal data to work.

Example

Every Sunday: sort the week's trades by result, read the notes on the three worst, and write one rule for next week. Ten minutes beats an hour once a quarter.

How to track it in a journal

TradeStack calculates the core performance numbers — win rate, average win and loss, profit factor, expectancy, drawdown and consistency — automatically from imported trades, so trade review stops being something you estimate and becomes something you read.

Related terms

Overtrading
Taking more trades than your plan justifies.
Revenge trading
Taking a trade to recover a loss rather than because the setup appeared.
FOMO
Entering late because a move is already running without you.
Tilt
Trading while emotionally compromised after a loss or a big win.

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