Your complete trading routine, step by step
Strebell guides you from the journal before the open to the plan for next week. Here's what each step does, and why it makes you a better trader.
- 1Before the open · Day journal
Start your day with a clear head
Before you look at a chart, you check in with yourself. Strebell asks for sleep, energy, stress and focus as simple scores, and lets you set one focus for the day. Yesterday's lesson and today's events, including news, earnings and your own appointments, are right next to it.
Why it matters: Your state of mind is part of every trade you take. By recording it each morning, you can later see how sleep, stress or a busy day affect your results.
What you capture- Sleep
- Good
- Energy
- High
- Stress
- Low
- Focus today
- A+ setups only
- 2Pre-market · Trade plans
Plan today's trades in advance
For every setup you want to trade, you record the ticker, your bias, the key levels, the entry trigger, your stop and your targets, and link the plan to a strategy or playbook.
Why it matters: A plan made with a calm head is your benchmark. Afterwards you compare what you planned with what you actually did.
What you capture- Ticker
- NQ
- Bias
- Long above 21,450
- Stop
- 21,410
- Targets
- 21,520 · 21,580
- 3During the session · Trade log
Log every trade in seconds
During the session you log entry, exit, size and result in seconds, together with how you felt when you entered. The trade is linked to your plan, strategy and playbook, and your dashboard updates immediately.
Why it matters: You can only capture exactly how you felt while you're doing it. That is why Strebell deliberately doesn't import trades: an import afterwards gives you numbers without the context that explains them.
What you capture- Entry
- 21,455
- Exit
- 21,522
- Result
- +1.7R
- Feeling at entry
- Calm, following the plan
- 4After the trade · Review
Review each trade while it's fresh
Straight after the trade you review it: did you follow your plan, how was the execution, what went well and what would you do differently? You judge your discipline, not just the outcome.
Why it matters: A losing trade that followed the plan is a good trade. A winner that broke your rules is a warning. Reviewing right away keeps that distinction honest.
What you capture- Plan followed
- Yes
- Execution
- Good
- Lesson
- Take the first target sooner
- 5After the close · Day journal
Close the day deliberately
At the end of the session you rate your day, check whether you met your focus goal and note which rules you broke, if any. Then you write down the one lesson you take into tomorrow.
Why it matters: Closing the day consciously stops a bad day from bleeding into the next one, and turns every session into a lesson.
What you capture- Day
- Good
- Focus goal met
- Yes
- Rules broken
- None
- Lesson for tomorrow
- Wait for the retest
- 6End of the week · Weekly review
See how your week really went
At the end of the week Strebell brings your results, rule breaks, mental patterns and every trade together in one review. You see which setups made money, what cost you, and how your mindset moved through the week.
Why it matters: Patterns only appear when you look at more than one day. The weekly review is where scattered trades become decisions.
What you capture- Week result
- +5.4R
- Rule breaks
- 1
- Best setup
- Opening range
- Pattern
- Less sharp after 2 losses
- 7Weekend · Plan next week
Set the plan for next week
You set your focus for the coming week, your daily loss limit and the maximum number of trades per day, and you add the news, earnings and private appointments that may affect your trading.
Why it matters: What happens around your trading matters. A big earnings week, a central bank decision or a full agenda changes how you should trade, and Strebell includes it in the search for your best edge.
What you capture- Focus
- Only trades from my plan
- Daily loss limit
- −2R
- Max trades per day
- 3
- Goal
- Review every trade
What a trading day with Strebell looks like
A typical trader's day around the US market open.
New York time (ET)
| Time | Step | What you do | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6:30 | Day journal | Mental check-in | You become aware of your mental state before you trade. |
| 7:00 | Market analysis | Review news, events and the market | You understand what moves the market and where the opportunities and risks are. |
| 8:00 | Trade plan | Prepare setups, levels and scenarios | You decide in advance and avoid impulsive trades. |
| 9:00 | Pre-market | Final market check | You're ready for the open. |
| 9:30 | Trading session | Follow setups and execute trades | You only take opportunities that fit your plan. |
| 11:30 | Trade log | Record and review trades | You see your execution, discipline and mistakes. |
| 16:15 | Close the day | Evaluate results and behaviour | You learn from every trading day. |
How much time does it take?
- Day startDay journal and mental check-in± 1 minute
- Trade planWrite the plan, research, mark levels and zonesup to 5 minutes
- Trade logFull record, including the review± 2 minutes per trade
- Close the dayShort, if your trades are already reviewed± 2 minutes
- Weekly review and planningLook back and plan ahead, including key events10–15 minutes
With three trades a day you spend about 14 minutes on your day start, trade plan, trade log and close. Your market analysis and trading time come on top of that.
What pays off most
The weekly review. You look back on your whole week, every trade and your open swing trades, and check last week's focus goals: did you achieve them or not? Then you set your goals for the coming week. Writing them down is a mental commitment, and that makes it far more likely you'll actually stick to them.
Not one trade, but your whole process
Strebell starts earlier and ends later than a regular journal. Every step of your routine has its own place, and everything you capture along the way comes together into the picture of your best edge.
Your feeling, in the moment
We deliberately don't import trades. You can only capture exactly how you felt while you're doing it; afterwards, the outcome colours your memory. That's why you log and review every trade as you enter it.
Everything that shapes your week
News, earnings and private appointments affect how you trade. You plan them into your new week, and they are part of the search for your best edge and your ideal trading style.
Every field becomes one edge
Mindset, plan, setup, time of day, execution, review and events are combined. So you see exactly when and how you trade best: more of what makes money, less of what costs you.
- Mindset
- Trade plan
- Setup and playbook
- Execution
- Review
- News and earnings
- Private appointments
- Your best-performing setups
- The moments you're sharpest
- The conditions that cost you money
- Your ideal trading style
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