Method
How an event-driven journal review actually runs — from intake to written debrief.
Trading journals fail most often at the moment of rewriting history. Our method exists to keep the original intent visible when a scheduled market event has already moved the price.
The four movements
Intake and calendar overlay
You list the catalysts you care about and send journal excerpts. We overlay those dates with your entries so gaps become obvious before we meet.
Live reconstruction
In session we reconstruct selected trades chronologically: plan, first touch, size change, exit, and the sentence you wrote afterward. We interrupt soft language.
Event tagging
Each trade receives tags: catalyst type, thesis clarity (clear / partial / absent), and whether management matched the plan. Patterns across tags matter more than any single P&L.
Written debrief
You receive a short document: findings, disputed interpretations (we note where we disagree with your self-read), and a checklist for the next event window.
What we refuse to do
We will not grade you on whether a trade “should” have been long or short. Directional debate is outside scope. We also refuse to invent metrics that make a messy journal look tidy.
Where this leads
Most clients return for a Pre-Event Briefing before the next major release, or graduate into a Multi-Week Journal Audit when they want continuity. Browse consultations or request a date.
