Why routine beats motivation
Motivation fluctuates. Routine does not. The traders who pass evaluations and keep funded accounts are rarely the most talented — they are the most consistent.
Pre-market: prepare the battlefield
Before the session, review the economic calendar for high-impact news, mark key levels on your charts, and define the specific setups you will trade. Decide your maximum risk for the day in currency terms. Preparation removes improvisation.
In-session: execute, do not invent
During the session, trade only the setups you defined. Log every entry and exit as you make it. If you reach your daily stop, you are finished — close the terminal. The discipline to stop is the discipline that gets funded.
Post-market: review honestly
After the close, review the day's trades against your plan. Did each trade meet your criteria, or did you force it? Tag your mistakes. Reflection compounds: a trader who reviews honestly for a month improves faster than one who trades twice as often without review.
The Duncan standard
Trade with honour means trading the same way on a winning day as a losing one. Routine is how that consistency becomes automatic.
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