Review process
How to review forex trades weekly without making it boring.
A weekly review should be short enough to repeat and clear enough to change next week's behavior.
Start with the scoreboard
Review total trades, total R, win rate, R:R, drawdown, net gain, and journal completion. Do not judge the week from one emotional trade.
Then review behavior
- Which setup performed best?
- Which mistake cost the most?
- Which trade should have been skipped?
- Which trade screenshot shows clean execution?
- Which rule needs to be repeated next week?
End with one decision
The review is not complete until you choose one focus for the next week. One useful focus beats ten vague goals.
A simple weekly review checklist
Numbers
Check total trades, total R, win rate, R:R, max drawdown, net gain, and journal days.
Behavior
Review missed rules, repeated mistakes, revenge trades, skipped trade screenshots, and incomplete entries.
Plan
Choose one setup to prioritize, one mistake to reduce, and one rule to protect next week.
Why one weekly focus is enough
Most traders fail to improve because they try to fix everything at once. A weekly review should create one clear next action. If the main issue is risk, focus on risk. If the main issue is bad entries, focus on entry quality. If the main issue is incomplete records, focus on logging trades properly.
FAQ
Should review happen daily or weekly?
Daily review helps capture details. Weekly review helps identify repeated behavior across a larger sample.
Should I review winning trades?
Yes. Winning trades can still contain bad process, and good process should be repeated.
What if I only took a few trades?
Review them anyway. Small samples can still show discipline and journaling quality.
Can Elite Journaling help automate the summary?
It organizes the trade data, trade screenshots, stats, reminders, and weekly review fields in one place.