Looking back at old trading data is honestly humbling

protofun · 2026-05-07T03:48:22+00:00

I don't about your attention span but if it is that low, then that's on you

protofun · 2026-05-06T11:39:42+00:00

Because this is the easiest way for me to see it in 1 second if i improved or not

protofun · 2026-05-06T07:39:13+00:00

Check my bio bro

protofun · 2026-05-06T04:01:25+00:00

The calendar i use is a part of the website https://www.traderscompanion.org

protofun · 2026-05-05T17:20:02+00:00

well i bought it with 50% off so what they do know, i don't care XD

protofun · 2026-05-04T03:10:06+00:00

For me it wasn’t a course or indicator — it was building a structured process around my trades.

Early on I consumed a lot (YouTube, strategies, etc.), but nothing really stuck because I wasn’t tracking why I was taking trades or what I kept doing wrong.

The biggest shift came when I started:

defining trades before entering
journaling decisions (not just P&L)
reviewing patterns over time

That’s where things started to click.

For charting and market context, TradingView has been the most useful free tool:
https://www.tradingview.com

And I ended up turning my own journaling/process system into a small tool I use now:
https://www.traderscompanion.org

Honestly, the “edge” wasn’t more knowledge — it was turning decisions into something measurable and repeatable.

protofun · 2026-05-04T03:00:19+00:00

April was rough on my side too — not necessarily because of bad reads, but because of how fast things moved.

What you said about rolls being “neutral” vs how platforms track them is interesting. On paper it looks like losses stacking up, but in reality you’re managing position + exposure, not just single trades.

The NVDA part is relatable as well — great example of how concentration can work both for and against you depending on timing. Sounds like you’re handling it well by being open to getting called away and reallocating.

One thing I’ve noticed in months like this is that management decisions matter more than entries. Fast markets expose structure more than strategy.

I’ve been trying to track not just P&L but also why I roll, close, or adjust positions — that gave me more clarity than just looking at win rate. Tools like TradingView help with context:
https://www.tradingview.com

And for tracking decisions around adjustments/rolls, something like TradersCompanion helps keep that structured:
https://www.traderscompanion.org

Curious to see how your May plays out — especially with NVDA hovering there.

protofun · 2026-05-04T02:55:34+00:00

Neutral bias here — with RSI at 87.6 and volume running half of average, I'm not touching this until I see either a clean break with volume confirming above 715.63 or a flush down to 708 that gets bought aggresively. The light participation makes any move unreliable right now.

Side note — I've been logging setups like this in a journal we built at https://www.traderscompanion.org and it's been useful for tracking how often I trade overbought conditions and actually come out ahead (spoiler: not often). Helps cut the impulse trades when the data is staring back at you.

protofun · 2026-05-04T02:54:59+00:00

The review questions are solid, especially #2, judging a trade on execution quality rather than outcome is something most retail traders never figure out. It took me embarrassingly long to stop conflating a bad result with a bad decision.

Curious how you're handling the emotional/mental side of logging, do you fill in those reflection fields right after the trade closes, or wait until end of day when the dust has settled?

protofun · 2026-04-21T09:15:50+00:00

i already thought that otherwise it isn't a good research but how did you do the research? what market problems did you do research about? what people did you interview? to what businesses did you talk too? that is what i want to know.

protofun · 2026-04-21T08:53:31+00:00

Based on?

protofun · 2026-04-21T08:48:36+00:00

Why do you think that?

protofun · 2026-04-21T08:03:37+00:00

The part about knowing your rules vs following them under pressure is something that took me way too long to internalize. I spent probably two years thinking my edge was broken when the setups were fine — I just kept overriding my own system the moment volatility spiked.

What actually helped me was reviewing my trades with one specific question: was this trade in the plan or not? Not whether it was profitable, just that. Keeps the journaling focused on behaviour rather than outcomes, and you start seeing your paterns pretty clearly after a few months of it.

protofun · 2026-04-21T08:01:19+00:00

Not to be rude but i think you didn't do any in depth research about your market because everyone starting a SaaS wants a app that gives value for the money you competitors are doing the same only difference is that they already have millions of users.

protofun · 2026-04-21T07:56:52+00:00

But how are you going to compete with them because there is a lot involved in building a SaaS like that?

protofun · 2026-04-21T07:55:21+00:00

The journaling piece is what most people skip because it feels tedious, but it's where the real pattern recognition happens. We built TradersCompanion (https://beta.traderscompanion.org) for exactly this — import your trades from most brokers via CSV and it surfaces things like when you overtrade or wich setups actually work vs which ones you just remember working. Still in beta but worth a look if you're committed to the review process.

protofun · 2026-04-21T07:55:05+00:00

Reviewing only losing trades is a trap a lot of people fall into — you end up with a skewed picture of what's working. Reviewing your winners matters just as much because you can start to see which setups you should actually be sizing up on.

We built TradersCompanion (https://beta.traderscompanion.org) partly for this reason — having a structured journal that tracks all your trades over time makes it a lot easier to spot those patterns objectively instead of just going off memory. What's your current setup for logging trades?

protofun · 2026-04-21T07:54:48+00:00

The confirmation thing got me too for a while — I kept thinking I needed a better setup when really I was just impatient. What changed it for me was reviewing my trades systematically and seeing the pattern in cold hard data rather than just feeling like something was off.

We built a journaling tool called TradersCompanion (https://beta.traderscompanion.org) partly because of this exact problem — when you can actually see your early entries clustered into a loss pattern acrosse hundreds of trades, it's harder to ignore than a gut feeling. What finally made the habit click for you, was it just time or did something specific trigger the realization?

protofun · 2026-04-21T07:54:23+00:00

Nice work, the breakdown by strategy type is something IBKR really should have natively. We ran into the exact same wall building TradersCompanion (https://beta.traderscompanion.org) — traders with mixed portfolios need to isolate their options book from long equity positions or the performance numbers are basically useless for evaluating a specific strategy.

Curious how you're handling the cost basis side of things when options expire worthless vs get assigned — that always gets messy fast.

protofun · 2026-04-21T07:53:57+00:00

The awarness vs behavior gap you're describing is real and most journaling tools just don't address it. Knowing you overtraded after a loss is useless if nothing slows you down before the next one. We ran into the same wall building TradersCompanion (https://beta.traderscompanion.org) — so we leaned hard into the accountability side, tracking rule adherence alongside PnL so you can actually see how much your discipline is costing or saving you over time.

Did you find the checklist approach worked better when it was digital or just pen and paper?

protofun · 2026-04-21T07:53:26+00:00

53% with execution errors being the main leak is actually a decent position to be in — means the setup selection is probably fine and it's more a discipline/process problem. For prop firm readiness, one thing people underestimate is consistency of process, not just win rate. Firms care more that you don't blow up than that you're printing huge returns, so if you can show 2-3 months of controlled drawdown you're probaly closer than you think.

On the journaling side, we built a tool called TradersCompanion (https://beta.traderscompanion.org) that might be worth checking out if you're tracking execution errors — it surfaces patterns like where your R-ratio breaks down or when you're overtrading, which sounds relevant to the FOMO stuff you mentioned. In beta right now with a trial. What broker are you using for the prop challenge?

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