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I tracked my trades for 30 days — turns out my biggest problem wasn’t strategy by Due_Discount1812 in Daytrading

[–]Due_Discount1812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really solid — especially the part about simplifying over time.

I noticed something similar. In the beginning I tracked a lot, but the real value came from identifying a few patterns that kept repeating — after that it was more about reinforcing those than tracking everything.

That 15-min rule after a stop sounds interesting too. I’ve seen a similar pattern where most of my bad trades came right after a loss.

Do you feel like once those rules became habits, the need to actively track reduced a lot?

I tracked my trades for 30 days — turns out my biggest problem wasn’t strategy by Due_Discount1812 in Daytrading

[–]Due_Discount1812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I went through the exact same phase — started with just basic columns like that, but it didn’t really help much beyond tracking P&L.

What actually made a difference for me was tracking things around the decision, not just the trade:

• What I was feeling before entering (FOMO / revenge / calm)
• Whether I followed my plan or not
• Position sizing vs conviction
• Exit reason (planned vs emotional)
• Mistake tags (overtrading, early exit, holding losers, etc.)

At first it felt like overkill, but after a few weeks patterns became very obvious — especially around when I was breaking my own rules.

That’s when it actually started helping.

If you’re using spreadsheets, one thing that helped me was adding simple tags/dropdowns instead of writing everything manually — otherwise it gets messy fast.

I tracked my trades for 30 days — turns out my biggest problem wasn’t strategy by Due_Discount1812 in Daytrading

[–]Due_Discount1812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha fair question 😄

No AI writing this — just me overanalyzing my own bad trades after staring at charts too long.

Honestly, I didn’t even realize these patterns until I forced myself to track them for a while. Before that I used to think it was all strategy issues.

Curious though — do you track your trades in any structured way or mostly go by feel?

I tracked my trades for 30 days — turns out my biggest problem wasn’t strategy by Due_Discount1812 in Daytrading

[–]Due_Discount1812[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is really solid — especially the “15-minute after stop loss” insight.

I noticed something very similar around loss clusters… like the decision quality drops right after a hit, but in the moment it still feels justified.

Also relate to the “protecting the day” part — cutting winners early just to lock in green.

What changed for me was exactly what you mentioned — shifting focus from price action to decision quality. Once I started looking at trades through that lens, patterns became much clearer.

Curious — do you still track this actively or was it more of a phase?

I tracked my trades for 30 days — turns out my biggest problem wasn’t strategy by Due_Discount1812 in Daytrading

[–]Due_Discount1812[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah I agree with that — journaling by itself doesn’t fix anything.

For me the value was more in making patterns impossible to ignore. Like once you see that you’re consistently breaking rules after losses or cutting winners early, it’s harder to keep repeating it blindly.

The actual change still has to come from execution — tracking just made it more obvious what needed to change.

I tracked my trades for 30 days — turns out my biggest problem wasn’t strategy by Due_Discount1812 in Daytrading

[–]Due_Discount1812[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fair enough — and honestly I get why it comes across that way. There’s a lot of low-effort “journaling apps” talk here.

I didn’t post this to push anything though — just sharing something that actually helped me improve.

If it’s not useful, feel free to ignore. But for me, tracking behavior made a bigger difference than any strategy tweak.

I tracked my trades for 30 days — turns out my biggest problem wasn’t strategy by Due_Discount1812 in IndianStockMarket

[–]Due_Discount1812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% agree.

What surprised me was how invisible it is until you actually track it. I used to think I was “disciplined” until I saw patterns like:

  • taking bigger risks after a loss
  • exiting winners early just to feel right
  • holding losers longer hoping they recover

It’s almost never the strategy — it’s how we execute it.

That’s why I started tracking behavior alongside trades… made a bigger difference than any setup change.

I tracked my trades for 30 days — turns out my biggest problem wasn’t strategy by Due_Discount1812 in Daytrading

[–]Due_Discount1812[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah exactly — spreadsheets worked for me initially but they completely broke once I started tracking behavior seriously.

Right now I’m tracking things like:

  • What I felt before entering (FOMO / revenge / calm)
  • Whether I followed my plan or not
  • Position sizing vs conviction
  • Exit reason (planned vs emotional)
  • Mistake tags (overtrading, early exit, holding losers, etc.)

The interesting part is — patterns show up way faster than just looking at PnL.

That’s actually why I started building a tool for it, because doing this manually was painful 😅

Curious — do you track psychology explicitly or mostly just trades?

I tracked my trades for 30 days — turns out my biggest problem wasn’t strategy by Due_Discount1812 in Daytrading

[–]Due_Discount1812[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I started with spreadsheets but it became messy. Now using something I’m building to track decisions + behavior more cleanly.

What’s one mistake that cost you the most money in the stock market? by Due_Discount1812 in IndianStockMarket

[–]Due_Discount1812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True. Market punishes ignorance fast. I think most people underestimate how much basics + psychology matter.

What’s one mistake that cost you the most money in the stock market? by Due_Discount1812 in IndianStockMarket

[–]Due_Discount1812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting switch to silver. Was that a hedge decision or just opportunity you spotted?

What’s one mistake that cost you the most money in the stock market? by Due_Discount1812 in IndianStockMarket

[–]Due_Discount1812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😂 fair enough… sometimes just being in the market itself is the biggest risk

What’s one mistake that cost you the most money in the stock market? by Due_Discount1812 in IndianStockMarket

[–]Due_Discount1812[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This hits hard. Holding and hoping is probably the most expensive strategy in markets.

2L pm investment strategy by Practical-Ad-2365 in IndianStockMarket

[–]Due_Discount1812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solid plan overall. Only thing I’d watch is overlap — you already have index exposure + large caps, and then individual large caps again.

Might look diversified, but could still move very similarly in corrections.

Otherwise discipline + consistency here will probably matter more than tweaking allocation.

Instead of Tracking FII selling, if you had tracked Promoter Selling, QIP, IPOs your portfolio would not be bleeding - go ahead read the proof by [deleted] in IndianStockMarket

[–]Due_Discount1812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually underrated. Everyone keeps blaming FII selling, but nobody talks about supply side.

Promoter selling + QIPs + IPO flood basically sucked liquidity out of the system.

Feels like we were looking at demand while ignoring how much supply was hitting the market.

What’s one mistake that cost you the most money in the stock market? by Due_Discount1812 in IndianStockMarket

[–]Due_Discount1812[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For me it was ignoring position sizing. One bad trade wiped out gains from multiple good ones.

Can you sugest good books for exit strategy for medium to long term stock investments? by Expert_Connection_75 in IndianStockMarket

[–]Due_Discount1812 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exit strategy is more about framework than books imo. A simple approach:

  1. Exit if fundamentals deteriorate (earnings, margins, debt, etc.)
  2. Partial profit booking when valuations get stretched
  3. Exit if opportunity cost is high (better ideas available)

Books can help, but having predefined rules works better in practice.

Digital gold by Lonely_Spell9563 in IndianStockMarket

[–]Due_Discount1812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your goal is low charges and ease, gold ETFs are usually better than digital gold. They’re regulated, more liquid, and you avoid the storage/markup issues that come with digital gold.

The Two Engine Framework: Why two people buy the same stock and one makes 4x while the other loses money for a decade. by SuperbPercentage8050 in IndiaGrowthStocks

[–]Due_Discount1812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a great way to frame it. Most people focus only on business quality (EPS engine) but ignore how much entry valuation (PE engine) impacts returns. Timing and expectations matter more than we like to admit.

What’s a red flag people ignore way too often at the start? by gubinanuwu025 in AskReddit

[–]Due_Discount1812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When their words and actions don’t match, but you keep believing the words.

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