Post-trade analysis
Most journals hand you a win rate and a P&L line and leave the thinking to you. Post-trade analysis is the part that answers why — which setups pay, where the money leaks, and what you keep repeating.
Every one of these is worked out from your own filled trades. Nothing here needs you to tag anything by hand.
Average result per trade, combining how often you win with how much. A 70% win rate is a losing strategy if the losses are three times the size of the wins — expectancy is the number that catches that.
Every result expressed as a multiple of what you risked. It makes a £40 win on a £20 risk and a £400 win on a £200 risk the same trade, which is the only way to compare across position sizes.
How far a trade went against you before it worked, and how far it went in your favour before you closed it. A book of winners with large adverse excursion says the stops are too tight, not that you are lucky.
Revenge trades after a loss, size creeping up on tilt, trading outside the hours that actually pay you. These are found across the record rather than reported per trade.
The honest problem with post-trade analysis is that almost nobody does it. The numbers sit there and the week moves on. So Enki, the built-in coach, will review a day or a single trade on request and give you a prioritised read — what worked, what leaked, what to look at first.
It reports on trades you have already taken. It does not give financial advice, forecast markets, or tell you what to trade next — and it will say when the record is too thin to draw a conclusion rather than inventing one.
Reviewing trades after they are closed to find out why the results look the way they do — which setups pay, which hours leak money, whether losses are being cut at the planned point. It is the difference between recording what happened and understanding it.
Maximum Adverse Excursion is the furthest a trade went against you before it closed; Maximum Favourable Excursion is the furthest it went in your favour. Together they show whether your stops are too tight and whether you are leaving money on the table.
A 70% win rate loses money if the losses are three times the size of the wins. Expectancy and R-multiples combine how often you win with how much, which is what actually determines whether a strategy makes money.
Enki, the built-in coach, can review any day or single trade on request and gives a prioritised read of what worked and what leaked. It reports on your own trades — it does not give financial advice or tell you what to trade next.