A weekly review is not about opening twenty statistics and waiting for a revelation. It answers a few questions in the right order: what did I do, how did I do it, what repeated and what will I work on next week?
The best review does not produce more charts. It produces an improvement decision.
Check the quality of the record
Before interpreting, check for missing trades, labels and notes. Confirm that fees, sizes and results use consistent units. Do not reconstruct emotions days later as if they were precise observations.
Summarise the week with five indicators
- Number of trades and sessions.
- Result in R rather than money alone.
- Average risk and its variation.
- Percentage of trades that followed the plan.
- Most repeated deviation.
Separate context from execution
A difficult market and weak execution are not the same. Record volatility, schedule and setup availability separately from your entry, risk and management decisions.
Choose one discovery, not five
Prioritise a behaviour that repeats, has meaningful impact and can be changed. A review that ends with five missions normally ends with none.
Close with a measurable mission
Define a trigger, a behaviour and a period. For example: “After a loss, I will wait fifteen minutes before validating another setup during the next five sessions.”
A repeatable 60-minute agenda
Clean the data for 15 minutes, summarise for 10, compare for 15, choose the priority for 10 and write the next action for 10. A repeatable structure matters more than a perfect report.
Find the story behind the numbers
Ask what conditions connect the figures. If average risk increased, check whether it happened after wins, losses, missed entries or at a particular time of day.
Review checklist
- ✓Complete and clean the weekly record.
- ✓Summarise with a small set of indicators.
- ✓Separate market context from execution.
- ✓Choose one repeated, actionable finding.
- ✓Turn it into a measurable mission.
