The Weekly Trading Review That Actually Changes Next Week

Daily notes catch the emotion of a session. A weekly review catches the pattern across sessions. Traders need both, because one bad trade can feel like a crisis while five nearly identical mistakes are a real leak.

The review is not there to judge you. It is there to decide what next week should look like before the market starts moving again.

Start with the numbers

Read the week in R first: net R, expectancy, average loss, missed-rule losses and how much of the result came from one outlier. That keeps the story honest before memory edits it.

Then split the same week by setup and session. A green week with negative London expectancy is still telling you something useful.

Review decisions, not candles

Good reviews compare decisions against your playbook. Did you wait for confirmation? Did you size the trade from the stop? Did you exit because the setup failed or because open profit made you nervous?

Screenshots help only when they answer a decision question. Otherwise they become a museum of charts.

Finish with one focus

Pick one measurable rule for the next week: no entries during red-folder news, one A+ setup only, or reduce risk after two daily losses. One clean focus compounds faster than ten vague promises.