Process over outcome

Introduction

This journal is created for personal accountability and review.

Trades will be posted with before and after charts, including basic annotations such as entry, stop, and exit.

The focus here is execution quality, risk management, and consistency over time.

Thanks for following along or simply observing.

Focus on the process, not the outcome

#Edit 1 – 28/5/2026
The earlier trades posted here up until February were based on an EMA Cross system.
From March onward, I changed my trading strategy and rules to better fit my daily routine and schedule.

Xauusd M5 short

-1R

Signal and setup appears when i was outside my trading station. Entered long on xauusd M5 after receiving alert.
+3R

2nd trade of the day. Xauusd m5 long

xauusd m5 long before & after
-1R

Xauusd m15 long. First signal and setup today on tokyo session

+3R

Miss trade on xauusd m15. Will look for another potential setup on m30 next.

going long xauusd. 2nd setup from m15

+3R
thats all for this week.

December week 3 trade summary : 15/12/2025 - 19/12/2025

15/12/25: short xauusd (-1R)
16/12/25: (no trade)
17/12/25: long xauusd x2 (+6R)
18/12/25: long xauusd (-1R)
19/12/25: long xauusd (+3R)

total trade = 5
total net reward = +7R

Going long on uj

Update: -1R

Going long on xauusd m1

-1R

While taking trade outside of your entry tf edge, you missing out the one that work no more m1 entry from now on.

December week 4 trade summary : 22/12/2025 - 26/12/2025

22/12/25: (no trade)
23/12/25: long usdjpy h1 (-1R)
24/12/25: long xauusd m1 (-1R)
25/12/25: (no trade)
26/12/25: (no trade)

total trade = 2
total net reward = -2R

Overall its a bad trade this week since I broken some rule.
There actually a good trade signal & setup on Monday, 11:15pm m15, xauusd after NY open but I gone to bed early that day. On Tuesday I was trying out UJ but end up getting sweep for entering outside of my buying zone. For today Wednesday, totally entering outside of my entry tf for xauusd pair. Its a bad trade execution.

That's it for this week. Stepped away from the charts early and will be back next week. There will always be more opportunities to trade. Happy holidays and Merry Christmas everyone

Still in holiday mode.
So missing out 2 signal and setup appear today first on M15 then on M5, xauusd. just posted here as my future ref.

going long xauusd m15 after london open. price making deep pullback and wipe my position.

-1R