Execution education roadmap for new members
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2026 8:42 pm
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.
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.