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Before you start
Two checks. Tick them as you go.
Words you'll see. Range = the dates a report covers. Carry-forward action = something you decide to do next week.
Guide · Journal and dashboard · about 20 minutes
Read your reports, and keep a weekly notebook.Look at the numbers, then write down what you'll do next.
Reports summarise your closed trades for a period. The weekly notebook is where you write what you noticed and what you will carry into next week. The journal records your notes. It does not infer feelings or findings. Small samples are observations, not established edges.
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Reports and notes change nothing at your broker.
Everything here reads your existing trades. If a step doesn't look like the picture, that's normal: open the "Not seeing it?" box under it.
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Open Reports and pick a range
Choose the account and the dates first.
- Open Reports.
- Choose the Account and the Range. Clear a date you do not need.
Compare like with like. Reports for different accounts or ranges are not directly comparable.
Not seeing it?
The report is empty. Check the range covers days with closed trades, and that the account filter is right.
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Read the summary
Start with a few figures, then read down.
- Look at Expectancy, the average net result per closed trade.
- Look at Best day, Worst day, Largest win and Largest loss.
- Look at Streaks and Current run: the longest run of winners and losers, in close order.
One big day can move the summary a lot. Read the sections together, not one figure alone.
Not seeing it?
A figure says a dash. There is not enough data for that figure yet, so it is shown as a dash.
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Check the time and the R breakdown
When trades were opened, and how big each result was.
- Open By hour opened. It shows net P&L by the hour each trade was opened, in the reporting time zone.
- Read R distribution and Hold: winners vs losers to see how results spread out.
Holding losers longer than winners is a common pattern to look for. It is worth checking, not a verdict.
Not seeing it?
The hours look wrong. Check the reporting time zone. Changing it moves trades into different hours.
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Open the weekly notebook
The week's sessions, playbooks and rule breaks, in one place.
- Open the weekly notebook and choose the account and the week, or This week.
- Read Daily session and Playbook × session. Session buckets use fixed UTC windows.
- Read Repeated recorded rule breaks. Only required checks are counted, and unanswered checks are not counted as breaks.
Emotions are the ones you record. The notebook does not infer feelings from the time of a trade.
Not seeing it?
No closed trades this week. The page says so, and you can still write a reflection about what you observed.
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Write your reflection and next actions
Keep it short, and act on one or two things.
- Write your reflection in Research notes, using what you observed.
- Add one or two Carry-forward actions for next week.
- Press Next week → when you are ready. Earlier reflections stay in the list.
The journal shows earlier actions too, so you can check what changed. Review them before you pick a new focus.
Not seeing it?
My notes aren't showing. Check the week and account shown at the top are the ones you meant to write for, then look again.
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Use the notebook for session notes
Notes you write during or after a session.
- Open the notebook and choose Write a session note.
- Use Search notes and the Reflection type filter to find what you wrote.
- Open Trade notes to see the notes linked to each trade.
Not seeing it?
Search finds nothing. Check the filters are not hiding it, and that the words match what you wrote.
Your safety nets
Three ways to keep the notebook honest.
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Write what you saw
Your notes are your observations. The journal does not infer them for you.
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Small samples
A short period is a set of observations, not an edge.
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Act on little
One or two carry-forward actions are easier to follow than a long list.
Risk warning: Reports summarise recorded trades. They are not investment advice and do not predict future results. MetaTrader and MQL5 are trademarks of MetaQuotes Ltd.; PrecisionFX is not affiliated with or endorsed by MetaQuotes.