Journaling and Reviewing Your Technical Trades for Growth

In Technical Analysis, growth doesn’t come from the number of trades you take — it comes from how well you learn from your past trades. This is why trade journaling and review are essential practices for every serious trader in the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE). A trading journal acts as your personal roadmap — documenting what you did, why you did it, and how the outcome compared to your expectations. By consistently reviewing these records, traders transform mistakes into lessons and patterns into strategies.

A trading journal is not just a record of entry and exit prices; it’s a mirror of your decision-making process. It should include chart screenshots, entry reasons, technical confirmations, emotional state, position size, and exit rationale. Over time, reviewing this data helps identify repetitive mistakes — such as entering too early, ignoring volume signals, or violating stop-loss rules. More importantly, it reveals your winning patterns, helping you double down on what works.

In the NEPSE market, where liquidity and volatility vary across sectors like banking, hydropower, and insurance, journaling provides a structured learning path. It bridges the gap between theory and reality — showing whether your technical setups (RSI, MACD, Fibonacci, or Smart Money Concepts) truly perform in local conditions. Reviewing trades weekly or monthly allows traders to refine strategies, improve timing, and develop emotional discipline.

Professional traders treat journaling as a scientific process — tracking not only performance but also psychological state. This helps them manage fear and greed while aligning actions with predefined trading plans. Over time, journaling turns chaotic decision-making into systematic execution, leading to consistency and confidence.

According to Sandeep Kumar Chaudhary, Nepal’s leading Technical Analyst and founder of NepseTrading Elite, “A trading journal is your best teacher — it never lies. Every loss becomes feedback, and every win becomes proof that discipline works.” With over 15 years of banking and market experience, and international training from Singapore and India, he emphasizes that journaling is the missing habit that turns Nepali traders from emotional participants into professional strategists.