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Free Trading Journal: What Should You Record?

Build a useful trading journal with setups, risk, R results, screenshots, and lessons.

Free Trading Journal: What Should You Record? visual guide
A visual from the Trading Spoonfeed method

A journal should create analyzable data, not only emotional memories. Record the inputs and decisions that can improve future execution.

What to remember

  • Track setup, market state, entry, stop, target, and size.
  • Record initial risk, result in R, and rules followed.
  • Add an emotional trigger, screenshot, and specific lesson.
Your journal should help separate strategy problems from execution problems.

Trading is probabilistic. No setup guarantees a result, and this guide is educational rather than financial advice. Build a process, define risk before entry, and review your decisions honestly.

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