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How to Build a Trading Playbook from Your Own Reviews

Ebook Chapters 5-6 (Morning Prep + Pattern Persistence and Decay)

Most traders have one of two problems: no playbook at all, or a playbook full of setups they copied from someone else. The first trader is guessing. The second trader is guessing with borrowed confid...

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When Your Best Trading Setup Stops Working (And What to Do About It)

Ebook Chapter 6 (Pattern Persistence and Decay)

Your best trading rule will stop working. Not because it was wrong. Because markets shift. This is the part most traders never plan for. They find a setup that works, ride it for weeks, and then lose...

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What to Do Before Looking at Charts: A Morning Prep Routine for Day Traders

Ebook Chapter 5 (Reading Letters from Yesterday-You)

Most traders start their day by looking at charts. They mark levels. They check the overnight range. They glance at futures. Maybe they scroll Twitter for "what are we watching today." Then they trad...

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The 8-Section Trading Review Template That Replaces Your Journal

Ebook Chapter 4 (The 8-Section Review Architecture)

Most trading journals are free-form. Open a note, type what happened, close it. Six months later, you have 120 entries with no consistent format. You cannot search them. You cannot compare Tuesday to...

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How to Turn Trading Observations Into Testable Rules

Ebook Chapter 3 (From Lesson to Rule)

You finished a session. Something stood out. Maybe you noticed that gaps above half a percent have faded to VWAP three days in a row. Maybe a key level held for the third session straight. Maybe the o...

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Why "Be Patient" Is the Worst Trading Advice You Will Ever Write

Ebook Chapter 2 (Conditional Rules)

Open your trading journal. Look at last month's notes. You will find entries like these: - "Don't chase breakouts." - "Need to size down on revenge trades." - "Be more disciplined." - "Should have h...

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