Mechanical Journaling

A mechanical journal records two things: what you read before the trade, and what was actually on the chart after. Before entry: write the complete thesis — HTF state, TTF structure, wrong point, LTF entry condition, whether the trade is HTF-aligned or counter-HTF. After the trade: review what the chart actually did. Did the state you named hold? Was the structure genuinely there? Was the wrong point correctly placed? The comparison between what you believed and what happened is where the learning lives — not in whether the trade was profitable. A bad thesis can produce a profitable trade. A good thesis can produce a loss. The question is whether the read was accurate.