Reviewing your journal with numbers
Calculate your own expectancy, rule-adherence rate and cost share, and see why 20 trades say very little.
Module 24 of 26, Your own plan and journal. Lesson 4 of 5, about 18 minutes.
The takeaway
Your journal gives you four numbers. Without all of them, you are guessing whether the strategy works or whether you followed it.
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