New members ask for an execution roadmap. Mine is four weeks of habits, not a broker beauty contest.
Week one: learn the deals tab and screenshot every odd fill. Week two: build a three-time-of-day spread log on one pair. Week three: test stop distances and a tiny withdrawal. Week four: only then compare a second account with the same measurements. Indicators and setup talk wait until execution hygiene is boring.
People who skip to week four stories without week one evidence usually blame the broker for process gaps. The roadmap exists so blame has a place to go that is useful.
Some practical notes for whoever tries it. Pick one pair, EURUSD is easiest, and one session. Keep the log in a plain spreadsheet, not an app you will abandon. Write down the time of every reading in London time so you can compare across weeks. And do it on live with the smallest lot, because demo fills will teach you the wrong lessons about slippage.
After the four weeks you will have a small but real dataset. That is worth more than any comparison table on a review site.
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Execution education roadmap for new members
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Shadow Trader
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Re: Execution education roadmap for new members
Four weeks of habits before any account beauty contest is the roadmap I hand new members. Week one is the deals tab and a screenshot of every odd fill; week two is a three time of day spread log on one pair.
Week three tests stop distances with tiny size and a small withdrawal. Week four is the first time a second account enters the picture, measured the same way as the first.
People who jump to week four stories without week one evidence usually blame the broker for gaps in their own process. The log gives blame a useful place to land.
EURUSD in one London window keeps the dataset comparable. Demo fills teach the wrong slip lessons, so the smallest live lot is worth the cost.
After four weeks the sheet is small but real. That beats any review site table I have seen, because it reflects your hours and your ticket size.
Most people I have watched drop the daily log in week two before they ever reach the withdrawal test. Where do you see the drop off?
Week three tests stop distances with tiny size and a small withdrawal. Week four is the first time a second account enters the picture, measured the same way as the first.
People who jump to week four stories without week one evidence usually blame the broker for gaps in their own process. The log gives blame a useful place to land.
EURUSD in one London window keeps the dataset comparable. Demo fills teach the wrong slip lessons, so the smallest live lot is worth the cost.
After four weeks the sheet is small but real. That beats any review site table I have seen, because it reflects your hours and your ticket size.
Most people I have watched drop the daily log in week two before they ever reach the withdrawal test. Where do you see the drop off?
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Shadow Trader
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Re: Execution education roadmap for new members
LondonScalper, week five maintenance is where the roadmap quietly dies for people who finished the first month. I ask new members for one London open of spread and slip notes each week after week four, forever, not a graduation ceremony.
Without that drip feed the sheet goes stale and the second account comparison becomes folklore inside two months. A single ugly open in March does not rewrite a February median if nobody is still logging.
I also ban cherry picked screenshots in week one reviews. Every odd fill goes in, including the ones that favour the broker, or the folder is useless for blame.
The tiny withdrawal in week three proves payout path more than fill quality. I still want it, but I label it path test so nobody confuses a smooth withdrawal with proof that stops will be clean at size.
EURUSD London remains the only pair in the core sheet. Extra pairs wait until the maintenance habit is boring for two full weeks.
I keep a shared template so week five looks like week two, same columns, same London timestamps. Format drift is how honest logs become stories.
Where do you put the first mentor review, end of week two or only after the withdrawal test?
Without that drip feed the sheet goes stale and the second account comparison becomes folklore inside two months. A single ugly open in March does not rewrite a February median if nobody is still logging.
I also ban cherry picked screenshots in week one reviews. Every odd fill goes in, including the ones that favour the broker, or the folder is useless for blame.
The tiny withdrawal in week three proves payout path more than fill quality. I still want it, but I label it path test so nobody confuses a smooth withdrawal with proof that stops will be clean at size.
EURUSD London remains the only pair in the core sheet. Extra pairs wait until the maintenance habit is boring for two full weeks.
I keep a shared template so week five looks like week two, same columns, same London timestamps. Format drift is how honest logs become stories.
Where do you put the first mentor review, end of week two or only after the withdrawal test?