How to Review a Trading Journal Weekly
Logging without review is just a diary. A fixed weekly pass turns trades into one rule you can actually test next week.
Why weekly beats "when I feel like it"
Memory rewrites after a red week. A journal keeps entries, size, setup tags, and emotion notes intact. The review is where those rows become decisions: keep a setup, cut a session, or shrink size after FOMO tags.
Start from the trading journal guide if you still need a consistent template.
30–60 minute weekly checklist
- Filter by setup tag. Which tags paid in R? Which look good but bleed live?
- Split by session. London vs NY vs Asia — where do you overtrade?
- Scan emotion fields. Revenge, FOMO, boredom before losers are patterns, not vibes.
- Pick one rule for next week. Example: no second trade after a full stop in the first hour.
- Write a one-line summary. If you cannot state it, the review was not finished.
What not to do
- Only reviewing winners
- Changing five rules every Sunday
- Skipping the review after a green week
- Judging process quality only by P&L
Faster with software
Spreadsheets work until screenshots and emotion notes become friction. Tools like TradeLogger keep calendar P&L, tags, and AI summaries so the weekly pass stays short.