Notes on
reviewing trades.

Process, analytics and the specific things a journal can tell you that a P&L curve cannot. Written to be useful whether or not you ever open an account here.

14 August 20266 min readMAE and MFE, explained with a real exampleTwo numbers that tell you whether your stops are too tight and your targets too close. What they mean, how to read them, and how they mislead.Read it

Analytics

21 July 20266 minExpectancy, win rate and R: which number actually mattersWin rate is the number traders quote and the one that tells you least. What expectancy is, how to work it out, and why a 35% strategy can beat a 65% one.Read it

Process

Imports

8 July 20265 minHow to import MetaTrader 4 and 5 trades into a journalMetaTrader has no OAuth and no public API for account history. Here is how the connector approach actually works, what it needs from you, and why it stops syncing.Read it

Prop firms

30 June 20266 minThe prop firm rules that actually fail peopleMost evaluations are not failed on the profit target. They are failed on trailing drawdown, consistency rules and minimum trading days: the terms nobody reads twice.Read it

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Notes onreviewing trades.