Who this is for — Anyone who wants to close the day professionally, turning each session into useful data instead of leaving it in emotional memory.
The post-market routine is the consolidation phase: you log trades, assess plan adherence, classify errors, and prepare material for periodic reviews. Real improvement starts here.
In plain terms — If you do not close the day well, tomorrow you restart at the same level, even after hours in front of the market.
Bronze prerequisite — Before this lesson: trading-journal, discipline, plan-adherence, trade-lesson. See bronze-path.
What to do right after the session
Essential closing checklist:
- update journal with entry, exit, reason, and R;
- save screenshots of the most relevant trades;
- tag process errors and plan deviations;
- compare execution with playbook rules;
- note one operational lesson from the day.
The quality of this routine determines the quality of the weekly-review.
Example — Day closed at −0.6R but with no process errors. Post-market note: "correct execution in unfavourable regime". No impulsive method changes.
Useful data, not noise
- Keep a consistent journaling format.
- Distinguish technical error from emotional error.
- Avoid hot analysis of deep strategic changes.
- Bring only repeated evidence into review.
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- What it is: daily closing protocol focused on data and process.
- When to use it: immediately after every trading session.
- Typical mistake: filling the journal late, losing decisive details.
Silver path — Module: Review. Part of silver-path.