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.