Recording a quick voice note right after each trade instead of typing

[Fairman]

Recording a quick voice note right after each trade instead of typing

typing notes after every trade was a drag, and I'd often skip it. So I tried recording a short voice note on my phone right after each trade closes, about twenty or thirty seconds, saying what I saw, why I took it, and how I feel about it.

It's much faster than typing and I tend to be more honest when speaking. I say things like "I rushed that one" or "that was a clean setup, it just didn't work". Those are thoughts I wouldn't bother to type. The emotional state also shows up in my voice, which I can pick up on when I listen back.

Once a week, I listen to the notes while doing something else, and I pick out the patterns. A few themes came up repeatedly: frustration after a certain type of loss, and overconfidence after a couple of wins. I wouldn't have noticed them from numbers alone.

I name the files with the date and time, and I keep them in a folder. I delete the old ones after I've reviewed them, so it doesn't become a pile. It takes little effort and gives me a good record.

[Fairman]

I tried voice notes too, and the honesty part is real. I say things out loud that I would never type, like I knew it was a bad trade before I clicked. One thing that made it work better was asking myself the same three questions every time: what did I see, did it match my rules, and how do I feel. That keeps the notes short and consistent, so when I listen back they are easy to compare. Short and repeatable beats long and occasional.

[Fairman]

One addition that worked for me was transcribing them automatically. My phone can turn the recording into text, so I get the speed of speaking and still have something I can search. Once a month I search for words like rushed or bored and count how often they come up. It is a rough measure, but it shows whether my mental state is getting better or worse over time, which the numbers alone do not tell me. It also means I actually keep doing it, which matters more than anything.

[PTScalper]

Recording a quick voice note right after each trade instead of typing

typing notes after every trade was a drag, and I'd often skip it. So I tried recording a short voice note on my phone right after each trade closes, about twenty or thirty seconds, saying what I saw, why I took it, and how I feel about it.

It's much faster than typing and I tend to be more honest when speaking. I say things like "I rushed that one" or "that was a clean setup, it just didn't work". Those are thoughts I wouldn't bother to type. The emotional state also shows up in my voice, which I can pick up on when I listen back.

Once a week, I listen to the notes while doing something else, and I pick out the patterns. A few themes came up repeatedly: frustration after a certain type of loss, and overconfidence after a couple of wins. I wouldn't have noticed them from numbers alone.

I name the files with the date and time, and I keep them in a folder. I delete the old ones after I've reviewed them, so it doesn't become a pile. It takes little effort and gives me a good record.

Hi Farman,

good idea, but on another hand, its harder to search in such data.
And time to time i have day, when i will make like 500 trades/scalps and this would be too much recording