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Example of How to Write a Forex Trade Journal - Forex Trading Journal Examples

Forex trading journal will track all your forex trades in a Forex trading journal. By following this simple, easy to follow forex trading journal writing tip, you can easily improve your forex trading results. Here is how you do it:

Step 1 - Write down WHY you are making a forex trade BEFORE opening a forex trade transaction on your forex trading journal.

Before opening a forex trade position, write in a forex trading journal the reasons why you are making the forex trade transaction. It doesn't have be long; it doesn't even have to be in compete sentences. Just write in the forex trading journal a few key reasons why you are making this forex trade.

Be honest with this forex trading journal. If you are honest, it will prevent you from making the biggest mistakes in your forex trading. If you see that you are making the forex trade because of anything other than a sound Forex trading strategy. Do NOT MAKE THE FOREX TRADE TRANSACTION!

If you make a losing forex trade, do not open another forex trading transaction immediately so as to make profits to neutralize the losses you have made, this is known as revenge forex trading, do not revenge against the forex market. Shut off the computer, walk away, and take a cold shower. Remember that you will never lose money that you don't put in. A winning Forex strategy is not only about how much you win, but how much you don't lose.

Step 2 - Write down how you will exit the forex trade BEFORE making the forex trade transaction.

Do not get trapped with a great entry forex strategy without an exit trading strategy. Your forex trading strategy should have both great entry and exit strategies. One is useless without the other.

But you ask, Why bother? I know my forex exit strategy. Why do I have to write it down?

Well, the reason is this: humans are at best irrational, impulsive, and emotional creatures. If you have your forex exit strategy written down, you have a frame of reference when you exit a forex trade position. You will refer to your forex trading journal BEFORE exiting a forex trade transaction. If you are closing a position for any reason other than your original forex exit strategy, you must ask yourself why?

Your forex trading journal will save you more money than you can imagine. It will prevent you from making impulsive moves, which is usually why people lose money in forex trading.

Step 3 - Write down why you exited the forex trade position.

This should be the same reason that you wrote down in step 2. If it is not, it is up to you to analyze it. The most common reason why people deviate from their forex trading strategy is lack of discipline. Your forex journal will be looking back at you with glaring evidence of exactly why you are not a winning Forex trader.

Step 4 - How to Analyze the forex trading results

You must learn from your mistakes in forex trading. This is the best way for anyone to improve their profits. Everybody makes mistakes, but the great forex traders are able to learn from them and not repeat.

And the best way to learn from your mistakes is to document them in a forex trading journal. A few years down the road, you can still look back and realize that you are still making the same errors you were when you first began trading forex online.

This information cannot be found in any book or seminar. Your forex journal is personal and is uniquely you. Your personality will determine the type of forex trader you will become, and will also determine the type of mistakes you will make.

Not only does your forex trading journal highlight your weaknesses, it will reveal the forex trading transactions that are the most profitable. After a little while you will see the type of forex trade setups that make you the most money, and a forex pattern will emerge. Do not let this information on your Forex journal go to waste.

You should do every effort to understand why those forex trade transactions went well and try to replicate it as often as possible. Profitable forex traders know their strengths and weaknesses. They play on their strengths and try to minimize their weakness.

Do not get lazy and forget to write in your forex trading journal . Documenting your thought process is the fastest and surest way to get better at Forex trading. Do this consistently, and you will learn more about your habits than you can imagine.

Your forex trading goal is to identify and break the bad habits as soon as possible. If you notice that you always hang on to a losing forex trade transactions too long, you should do everything in your power to prevent this from happening again.

Summary

Your forex journal is gold. It contains a wealth of information that will play a vital role in your success as a forex trader.

We strongly urge you to use it for at least one month. If it has not helped improve your forex trading profits in thirty days, then feel free to stop.

But be sure to try it before deciding not to. It may be just the forex trading tool needed to push your forex trading to the next level to becoming a successful forex trader.

Writing a Forex Trading Journal Example Template - Forex Trading Journal Template Sample

The following is an example forex trading journal template that a forex trader can use to come up with their own trading forex journal template for writing their own:

Date - Friday 22 August

Page 1

EURUSD - Short Sell

Day

  • Day trend is short sell, RSI 33
  • Volatility is high bollinger bands pointing down
  • Price was retracing but down trend is still intact confirmed by RSI, market has resumed down direction

4H

Price is moving down indicated by MA down crossovers, Relative Strength Index at 46 moving downwards, volatility is low.

1H

MA are moving down, Relative Strength Index at 34, volatility is medium and price is below middle bollinger band.

Enter Short Sell based on trend for the daily chart which is short, RSI 33 and also all entry signals for H1 have been met.

Take Profit- at 100 pips between support1 and support2

Profit by Market Close: +33 pips

Why Trade Was Profitable

1H- MA for 1 hour heading down all day, MACD gave a sell signal after leaving overbought, RSI less than 50 and the price action direction on H1 was down, volatility was medium and bollinger bands were pointing down.

Day- The daily MA were crossing over to signal a long trend but was a non confirmation since the MACD showed short, RSI at 32, therefore this was just a retracement, the trade was opened when the price started to come down this was just a retracement.

4H- The retracement was already complete and the and the MA crossover system had already given a down crossover signal, Relative Strength Index was heading down and MACD also gave a short signal.

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Page 2

USDCHF- Buy Long

Day

Trend is upwards based on RSI at 65 and MAs are flat, Bollinger bands are wide pointing up, volatility is high.

4H

Relative Strength Index at 50, stochastics leaving oversold, MA crossover has given an uptrend crossover signal.

1H

MA moving up, RSI at 64, stochastics heading upwards

Enter Long based on daily chart and all buy long signals have been met

Profit at Market close +45 pips

Why Transaction Was Profitable

H1- Ma for H1 headed up all day, MACD gave a buy signal after coming up from oversold, RSI was above 50 all day, volatility high and bollinger bands going upwards.

Day- the daily MACD was bullish, the RSI was at 68 heading upwards, market was retracing but had already started turning up, volatility was high with bollinger bands heading up.

4H- Ma had an upward crossover signal, the Relative Strength Index was heading upwards, the MACD was above zero centerline mark, volatility was low.

Page 3

GBPUSD- Short Sell

Day

Day trend is short, RSI is at 23, the market has resumed downtrend after a retracement, big black Marubozu candlestick pattern.

4H

Price has turned down after retracement, RSI at 38, stochastics leaving overbought heading down and Moving Average Crossover system has given a short sell signal heading down.

GDP for Britain came out worse than expected, GBP Fundamentals and Technical Analysis = downtrend

Entry- Short based on Day and all sell signals rules on the 1H have been met

Profit at close +35 pips

Why Trade Was Profitable

1H- MA were heading down all day in a steep manner, the MACD had left overbought giving a sell signal all day, RSI stayed low at around 30, Fundamental indicators came out extremely bearish, volatility was high and bollinger bands were pointing down.

Day- The Daily MA were to crossover but because of the retracement, headed right down again with a big black candle(250 pips), MACD was bearish, RSI at 22heading down and bollinger bands pointing down, volatility was high.

4H- 4 hours chart the moving average had given a down crossover signal, MACD was below zero center line mark, Relative Strength Index was below 50.

Page 4

USDJPY- Buy Long

Day

The day trend is upwards, RSI at 52, stochastics heading upward and MA pointing sideways, the market has resumed upward direction after retracement.

4H

MAs going upwards, stochastics leaving oversold region, RSI at 52

1H

MAs going up, RSI at 65, both stochastic heading upwards

Entry- Long based on Daily and all buy signals rules on the 1H have been met

Profit at close +64 pips

Why Transaction Was Profitable

H1- MAs were moving up all day, MACD gave a buy signal, RSI was above 50 volatility was high and bollinger bands were pointing upwards.

Day- MACD was in bullish territory above zero center line, RSI was below 50 but pointing upwards, the MA were flat, bollinger bands were pointing upwards and volatility was low.

4H- on the 4 hour chart the moving averages had given a buy crossover signal, Relative Strength Index at 51 after crossing above the 50 center-line mark.

Profit at Market Close

EURUSD +33 Pips

USDCHF +45 Pips

GBPUSD +35 Pips

USDJPY +64 Pips

Total = 177 Pips

Why trades were profitable

Why transactions were profitable is because multiple time frames analysis were used correctly and the direction of the price action was analyzed correctly by following the rules of my forex trading system as specified on the Forex plan.

Entry Rules in the 1 Hour time frame had matched before opening of these forex orders

Fundamental Indicators were also used to predict some moves.

In Short - Today I stuck to all the rules of my forex trading system

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Record of Forex Trading Journal Entries Explained Using Examples with Images

1.

EURJPY Sell Position 13-December-2011

Position opened EURJPY Short Sell

Date: 12-13-2011

Chart Time frame: 4 hr Chart

Why Transaction was opened

  • Both MAs were moving downwards
  • Relative Strength Index is below 50 Level, therefore the currency is bearish
  • MACD is heading towards Bearish Territory
  • OBV has broken the upward trend line, therefore direction is downward

The price is also touching the downward trend line therefore this would be a good place to sell the currency.

EURJPY Sell Position - Tips on How Do I Write a Forex Journal with Trading Journal Examples?

Closed

Closed by Take Profit 300 Pips

Date: 01-02-2012

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Why this position was profitable

It was profitable because the risk to reward ratio of this setup was very high.

The trade went back to its downwards after touching the downward trend line.

The OBV indicator is a leading indicator and when it broke its upward trend line it meant price was going to go downwards.

After this leading signal all the signals turned to show a bearish momentum and a bearish market.

2.

EURUSD Short Sell - 13-December-2011

EURUSD Short Sell Signal

Date: 12-13-2011

Why Transaction was Opened

  • Both of the MAs were heading downwards
  • Relative Strength Index indicator is below 50 center line level
  • MACD is heading downwards
  • OBV indicator has broken its upward trend line

EURUSD Sell Trade - Forex Trading Journal Example

Closed

Closed by Take Profit 300 pips

Date: 01-05-2012

Why the transaction was profitable

All the rules of our system were followed before entering the short sell.

The long term price action direction of the EURUSD is downwards as shown by the downwards trend lines.

Technical Analysis

There was a rally of the EURUSD which only went up to the previous resistance level, a good place to sell again. From the above diagram the first transaction has taken profit the second one is still continuing.

Close EURUSD Sell Trade

EURUSD Closed by Take Profit

3.

GBPUSD Short Sell - December-20-2011

Date: 20.12.2011

Position Opened - GBPUSD Short

Time frame - 4 hour chart

Why Transaction was opened

  1. Both MAs are moving down
  2. RSI is below the 50 center-line mark
  3. MACD is heading down
  4. OBV has broken upward trend and the market now is bearish.

A downward trend line can also be plotted on the price chart. This shows that rules of our system have been met and the market is bearish.

GBPUSD Short Sell Trade - Tips on How Do I Write Forex Journal with Trading Journal Examples?

Take Profit - 300 pips

Stop Loss - 100 pips

Take Profit Hit

Closed by take profit

Date: 29.12.2011

Why This Position was Profitable:

All rules for the system were met before opening the transaction.

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GBPUSD after hitting take profit.

4.

GBPJPY Sell - December-22-2011

Date: 22-12-2012

Opened: GBPJPY Short Sell

Time-frame: 4 hr chart time frame

Why the transaction was opened

  1. Both Moving averages moving down
  2. Relative Strength Index indicator below 50 center line level
  3. MACD indicator is heading down
  4. OBV has broken upward trend line meaning price will soon follow.

Since volumes always precedes price the price will break the upward trend line and start to move downwards. In addition the longer term price direction is a downward.

GBPJPY Sell Trade - Tips on How Do I Write a Forex Journal Example Explained with Trading Journal Examples? - Writing Forex Trading Journal Tutorial Explained

Closed

Closed by take profit (300 pips)

Date: 01-02-2012

Why This position was profitable

The long term trend is a downward.

All the rules of the system were followed before opening the position.

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GBPJPY short sell closed after take profit.

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