Building a Trading Plan & Journal
A written plan and journal make trading repeatable. You'll set goals, rules, and review habits to improve faster and avoid emotional decisions.
Who Is This For?
- •Traders seeking consistency and accountability
- •Anyone recovering from impulsive trading habits
Learning Objectives
- 1.Draft a trading plan with setups, risk rules, and markets
- 2.Journal trades with entry/exit rationale and emotions
- 3.Run weekly reviews to refine strategies
Congratulations — this is the final chapter of the CryptoLens Academy! Everything you've learned across 30 chapters — blockchain, DeFi, tokenomics, TA, risk management, and more — comes together in your trading plan. This is where knowledge becomes practice.
Crafting Your Plan
A trading plan answers three questions before you ever open a trade: What do I trade? How do I trade it? When do I NOT trade?
📋 Interactive Trading Plan Builder
Select the markets you'll focus on. Fewer is better — mastery beats breadth.
Pick 1-2 primary timeframes. Higher timeframes = stronger signals, less noise.
Define exactly which patterns/scenarios trigger a trade. If it's not on this list, you don't trade it.
Knowing when to sit out is as important as knowing when to enter. Check all that apply:
Journaling Structure
Every trade tells a story. Your journal captures it so you can learn from both wins and losses.
📓 Trade Journal Entry Template
Review & Iterate
📊 Weekly Review Dashboard
Enter your weekly stats to see your performance metrics:
🔍 Behavior Pattern Detector
Check any patterns you noticed in your trades this week:
✅ No negative patterns detected — excellent discipline! Keep it up.
🏆 Trading Process Scorecard
Rate your current trading process honestly. This is your baseline to improve from:
🚨 Significant process gaps. Before focusing on strategy or analysis, build these habits. A great strategy with poor process still fails.
Common Mistakes & Gotchas
📋 Golden Rule: Trading is a process, not a prediction game. The traders who last aren't the ones with the best calls — they're the ones with the best habits. Plan the trade, trade the plan, journal the result, review and improve. Repeat.
Knowledge Check
What should a trading plan include?
Why journal emotions alongside trades?
How often should you review your trades?
How many trades do you need before evaluating a strategy?
What's the most valuable thing to journal about losing trades?
Academy Complete!
You've completed all 30 chapters across 5 parts of the CryptoLens Cryptocurrency Academy. From blockchain fundamentals to building your trading plan — you now have the knowledge to approach crypto markets with confidence and discipline.