Prior-session low sweeps and price reclaims
Session intent and reflection
Plan honestly. Review without rewriting the session.
Set the mission and rules before the market opens, capture what changed while it is happening, and close the session against the plan that actually existed.
Job in the loopPreserve intent before hindsight
Today's missionWait for price to prove the reclaim. One clean rep is enough.
Wait for the 5m body close before entry
Anticipate the confirmation
06:18 · Plan saved09:42 · Entry note captured13:05 · Review open
How it changes the record
One clear job. Concrete output.
Journal earns its place by changing what the trader can know or do next.
Write the mission before the result.
Name the focus, if/then rules, planned setups, emotional state, and the behavior you will not allow.
Capture the session in sequence.
Short notes and emotion changes remain attached to the day instead of disappearing into a separate notebook.
Compare the review to the original plan.
Describe what was honest, what changed, and what needs a deeper Tape review without rewriting intent.
Arrives fromTrading Desk · Planned setups
Current surfaceJournal
Moves intoThe Tape · Analytics
Concrete outputA timestamped session record with intent, events, and reflection.
Product truth
The plan remains the plan that existed before the trade.
TraderLeveling preserves premarket intent and live notes so a post-session explanation cannot silently replace what the trader originally committed to.