The journal
Practical writing on keeping a journal, reviewing your decisions and learning from your own trading history.
Thirty-five import guides, trading puzzles, Coach Studio, studies and a command bar in the Charts beta, the Founding Member offer and paid plans outside the UK. The autumn releases, in one place.
The $25,000 minimum and the day-trade count went on 4 June 2026, but brokers have until October 2027 to switch, and some still count. What the new rules say, what Schwab and TradeStation did, and what to track instead.
A 70 percent win rate can lose money and a 40 percent win rate can print it. The R-multiple, expectancy and breakeven win rate are the three numbers that tell you which you have, with worked examples.
The review that gets done beats the review that is thorough. Ten minutes, in a fixed order: the result against the plan, each trade graded on process, an outside view, and tomorrow's plan. Why it works, and where it lives in Leaf Edge.
Choosing a trading journal in 2026 comes down to one question: Are you looking to log stats, track psychology, or actively improve your execution quality? We break down the top tools.
FINRA's PDT amendments may lower the barrier to active retail trading. The bigger question is whether traders have the process to handle more decisions.
PDT removal is not just about trading more. It may let small-account traders collect live feedback faster, if they know what they are testing.
AI should make trading review sharper, not easier to avoid. A journal loses value when the trader stops participating.
Letter grades are useful for setup quality. Numeric scores are better for execution and behaviour. Collapsing everything into one grade hides the lesson.
The wisdom says never trade alone. That does not have to mean chatrooms. It means your decisions need to be witnessed by a process.
The best trader is not always the one who is right most often. It is often the trader who loses without damaging the next decision.
Psychology matters. But blaming mindset before proving whether the setup has edge is how traders avoid the harder question.
A useful trading journal is not a diary and not a spreadsheet. It is a feedback system for decision quality.