Write the risk budget before the entry
Why technical traders who decide size after they fall in love with a setup systematically overpay for risk.
Structure stops versus noise stops
A stop that sits inside ordinary volatility is not a stop. It is a scheduled scratch.
Soft and hard drawdown lines
Two thresholds keep a losing streak from rewriting your rules mid-session.
Journal fields that catch risk leaks
P&L alone will not tell you that you widened three stops last week. These fields will.