We spend most of our time staring at one ledger. We track the account balance. We obsess over the P&L. We calculate the risk of ruin and the potential reward. But I noticed years ago that there is a second ledger. It is invisible, but it dictates the movement of the first one. This is […]
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The Art of Becoming Less Wrong
We established the capture system. The folder is now full of trade screenshots. The document is full of daily observations. But data alone provides no edge. It is just a record of history. A journal full of logs is only useful if it alters future behavior. The final step in the loop is refinement. This […]
From Records to Refinement
So, here we are! It’s the last part of my ‘Trading as a Feedback System‘ series. We have built the structure to capture our thoughts. We have the daily logs and the trade records. But a journal on its own changes nothing. It is just an archive of what happened. If the data sits there […]
Key Lessons from Trading Risk by Kenneth Grant
I recently finished reading Trading Risk by Kenneth L. Grant. It is not a book about technical patterns or finding the perfect entry. It is a manual for the business side of trading, the unglamorous math that keeps you alive long enough to win. Most traders treat risk management like a set of brakes. They […]
Building Your Trading Knowledge System
We often treat our trading journal as a storage unit. We take a trade. We capture a screenshot. We write down the entry and exit price. Then we close the file and look for the next setup. Over time, this creates a graveyard of data. You have hundreds of logged trades, but they are disconnected […]
Trading the Frame, Not the Candle
How refocusing on the right timeframe restores clarity and discipline I noticed something last week.The tighter I zoomed in, the more I lost the plot. Each time I stared at the five-minute chart, pressure built, that quiet urge to act, to fix, to catch something. The smaller the chart, the louder the noise. I started […]
