Practical Operation ② — The Post-Trade Review Routine

Key point

• A good review evaluates the 'process', not the result — even a profitable trade is marked down if it broke a rule

Why

• Looking only at results mistakes a bad trade that profited by luck for skill

• Over the long run, the rate of rule compliance shapes the equity curve

Where people slip

• They dismiss it with 'I made money so it was a good trade' — luck and skill cannot be told apart

What is graded is rule compliance, not the result.