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Why analyze your trades

5 min read · The screens of the "Analysis" block and the question each one answers.

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Short version for experts: tables, lists and screenshots only.

Words in this lesson (6)
Stop — A price chosen in advance at which the trade is closed at a loss, so the loss doesn't grow bigger.
Spread — The difference between two prices. In the order book — between the best bid and the best ask. In arbitrage — between the price of the same asset on two venues.
Order book — The list of all buy and sell orders at every price at this very second.
Volume — How much money or how many units changed hands over a period. A move on high volume is more reliable than one on low volume.
Screener — A filtering program: it scans hundreds of stocks or coins and shows only those that match the given criteria.
Backtest — Testing a rule on past data: what would have happened if we had traded this way before.

Trading without analysis means repeating mistakes

Most traders look only at the balance: it grew — "I'm great", it fell — "bad market". With that approach the same mistake repeats for years, because nobody has named it.

The "Analysis" block in MAMAY is built so that a mistake can be found, named and measured in money.

Four screens — four questions

ScreenQuestionWhen to open it
HistoryWhat exactly happened in each trade? How well did the outcome match the forecast?after every closed trade
JournalWhat works for me, and what should I drop?once a week
Signal performanceWhich screener signals actually deliver results?once a week
Builder / backtestHow does a spread I came up with myself behave?when you have an idea of your own

And a fifth tool is right here, in the learning section: "My trades: review". It looks in your history not for losing trades, but for repeating violations: entering without a stop, trying to win it back, sizing up after a loss.

Forecast and outcome

The main idea running through the whole block: MAMAY records its forecast at the moment of entry and later compares it with what actually happened.

  • Forecast +$5, outcome +$5.20 — the calculation was right, keep trading like this.
  • Forecast +$5, outcome −$1 — something was lost: closed too early, the spread didn't converge, the order book was thinner than expected.

The "Accuracy" column is the outcome divided by the forecast, in percent. 100% — you got exactly what the calculation promised. Negative accuracy — you got a loss where you expected a profit.

Look not at a single trade but at a group of similar trades. One losing trade means nothing. Forty trades of the same type with a total loss — that's a rule that doesn't work.

The weekly review routine (15 minutes)

  1. Journal → "Conclusions and recommendations". The red rows — what's dragging you down.
  2. History. Sort by the "P&L" column, open the three worst trades: what do they have in common?
  3. Signal performance. Am I trading what's profitable?
  4. "My trades: review". Which violation repeats most often?
  5. Write down one change for next week. Not five — one.

↗ Open "Journal" in MAMAY ↗ Open "History" in MAMAY

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