How to Build a Trading Routine That Actually Works

📌 Why You Need a Trading Routine

A solid trading routine helps eliminate guesswork and emotional trading. It creates structure, improves discipline, and builds long-term consistency.

Consistency in process = consistency in results.

1. Start With a Daily Pre-Market Checklist

✅ Review global news (macro, crypto, equity triggers)

✅ Check your Telegram/Discord alpha channels

✅ Open your TradingView with favorite assets

✅ Mark high-impact demand/supply zones

✅ Confirm no FOMO setups — only A+ trades!

2. Define Your Trading Hours

Don’t sit all day in front of charts. Timebox your sessions.

✅ Morning Block: e.g., 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM

✅ Evening Review: e.g., 8:30 PM – 9:00 PM

This avoids burnout and builds rhythm.

3. 

Follow a Simple 3-Step Strategy Loop

🧠 Analyze the chart

🧭 Plan trade entry, SL, target

💣 Execute only if setup matches your plan

No matching setup = No trade. Discipline = edge.

4. 

Log Every Trade (Even the Bad Ones)

✅ Use Notion, Excel, or journaling apps

✅ Note Entry/Exit, SL/TP, Emotions, Mistakes

✅ Review weekly to improve pattern spotting

A log turns every loss into a learning tool.

5. 

End-of-Day Ritual

✅ Screenshot key setups (win or lose)

✅ Track emotions—Were you confident or chasing?

✅ Rate the day (1 to 5 stars)

✅ Reset for next session

This builds mindset mastery over time.

🧠 Final Thoughts

A trading routine isn’t just for “professional” traders.

Even part-time or beginner traders can follow simple steps daily.

Build a system. Stick to it. Improve slowly.

That’s how traders win in silence.

Yours

Mentor Aditya Jain ❤️