by My Trading Desk | Jul 2, 2026 | Trade Reviews
One trade today. Short PE. Mid-session entry. Held for 175 minutes. It won. That is the trade summary. But the real story happened in between – when the broker’s chart and my chart showed different things, and I wanted to do something about it. I did...
by My Trading Desk | Jul 1, 2026 | Trade Reviews
Zero trades today. Not one. I watched the screen for six hours and did not place a single trade. The setup never appeared. The rules said wait. I waited. Discipline scored 10.0. This trading journal entry is about the hardest thing a trader can do: nothing. Most...
by My Trading Desk | Jun 30, 2026 | Trade Reviews
Two trades today. Both lost. Both closed fast – one in 21 minutes, the other in under 10. I did not interfere with either one. I did not take a third trade. I did not stare at the screen doing math in my head. I closed the platform and moved on. That is the...
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 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...