How to analyse trades

How do you all do post-trade analysis? Trying to figure out what actually went wrong.

I keep losing money on trades and I'm not able to pin down why. Was it a bad entry, wrong sizing, wrong strike/expiry, or just an unfavorable move I couldn't have predicted?

A few things I'm trying to figure out:

What frameworks or checklists do you use to review a losing trade after the fact?

How do you separate "process was wrong" from "process was fine, just bad luck"?

Do you track Greeks/IV at entry vs exit to see what actually moved against you, or is that overkill for retail?

Any tools/spreadsheets/journals you'd recommend for this kind of post-trade breakdown?

Would love to hear how people here structure their trade reviews — even a rough process would help.

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u/Shadykid47 — 2 days ago

How to analyse trades

How do you all do post-trade analysis? Trying to figure out what actually went wrong.

I keep losing money on trades and I'm not able to pin down why. Was it a bad entry, wrong sizing, wrong strike/expiry, or just an unfavorable move I couldn't have predicted?

A few things I'm trying to figure out:

What frameworks or checklists do you use to review a losing trade after the fact?

How do you separate "process was wrong" from "process was fine, just bad luck"?

Do you track Greeks/IV at entry vs exit to see what actually moved against you, or is that overkill for retail?

Any tools/spreadsheets/journals you'd recommend for this kind of post-trade breakdown?

Would love to hear how people here structure their trade reviews — even a rough process would help.

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u/Shadykid47 — 2 days ago
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How to analyse trades

How do you all do post-trade analysis? Trying to figure out what actually went wrong.

I keep losing money on trades and I'm not able to pin down why. Was it a bad entry, wrong sizing, wrong strike/expiry, or just an unfavorable move I couldn't have predicted?

A few things I'm trying to figure out:

What frameworks or checklists do you use to review a losing trade after the fact?

How do you separate "process was wrong" from "process was fine, just bad luck"?

Do you track Greeks/IV at entry vs exit to see what actually moved against you, or is that overkill for retail?

Any tools/spreadsheets/journals you'd recommend for this kind of post-trade breakdown?

Would love to hear how people here structure their trade reviews — even a rough process would help.

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u/Shadykid47 — 2 days ago

Where to invest for long term growth and compounding

I made 3-4L of money recently apart from my salary, where should I invest.

I am 28 years old and I don't have any savings and I want this to be my safety net or long term savings.

I'm open to buying us stocks, etfs, nifty etfs, mutual funds, gold, futures or long dated options etc...

Or crypto as well.

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u/Shadykid47 — 9 days ago

Where to invest for long term growth and compounding

I made 3-4L of money recently apart from my salary, where should I invest.

I am 28 years old and I don't have any savings and I want this to be my safety net or long term savings.

I'm open to buying us stocks, etfs, nifty etfs, mutual funds, gold, futures or long dated options etc...

Or crypto as well.

reddit.com
u/Shadykid47 — 9 days ago

Where to invest for long term growth and compounding

I made 3-4L of money recently apart from my salary, where should I invest.

I am 28 years old and I don't have any savings and I want this to be my safety net or long term savings.

I'm open to buying us stocks, etfs, nifty etfs, mutual funds, gold, futures or long dated options etc...

Or crypto as well.

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u/Shadykid47 — 9 days ago

Where to invest

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I made 3-4L of money recently apart from my salary, where should I invest.

I don't have any savings and I want this to be my safety net or long term savings.

I'm open to buying us stocks, etfs, nifty etfs etc...

Or crypto as well.

reddit.com
u/Shadykid47 — 9 days ago

Where to invest

I made 3-4L of money recently apart from my salary, where should I invest.

I don't have any savings and I want this to be my safety net or long term savings.

I'm open to buying us stocks, etfs, nifty etfs etc...

Or crypto as well.

reddit.com
u/Shadykid47 — 9 days ago