by My Trading Desk | Jun 29, 2026 | Trade Reviews
The app crashed. The screen froze. The automated stop loss that was supposed to protect the trade was now just a line on a screen that would not respond. I had to become the manual override. This options trading journal entry is about what happened when technology...
by My Trading Desk | Jun 27, 2026 | Automation
I took three trades across three sessions last week. On Monday I interrupted one trade. On Tuesday I let one trade run. On Wednesday I let two trades lose. Same plan on all three days. The only variable was my hands. Trading bot development exists to remove exactly...
by My Trading Desk | Jun 25, 2026 | Trade Reviews
I took two trades today. Two losses. One plan. I did not touch the stop losses. I did not take a third trade to recover. I just let both trades play out and close inside the plan. This trading journal entry is about what happened between them and after them. Which was...
by My Trading Desk | Jun 24, 2026 | Trade Reviews
This options trading journal entry covers a NIFTY session where I took one trade, a short PE option entered in the opening phase. It ran for 163 minutes. I did not touch it. That is the whole story. The trade sat for nearly three hours. In that time I did not adjust...
by My Trading Desk | Jun 24, 2026 | risk management
Risk management in trading should not start when a trade is already open. It should be finished before the order is placed. I learned this the hard way, and I still remind myself of it every session. At MyTradingDesk, I keep a trading journal. I also keep a risk...
