Over the last few days, I’ve covered three things that quietly shape a trader’s results far more than most people realise: Whether they formally review a year, or just remember it The cost of drifting forward without understanding what actually happened Why hope and intention aren’t enough to form a real plan The final question is a practical one: Once you’ve reviewed and planned properly — how do you actually support progress? Because insight without support rarely lasts. Wh

If you’ve read the first two pieces, you’ll already know where this is heading. Review matters. Skipping it leads to drift. Drift quietly repeats years. The next question is the one most traders avoid: Do you actually have a plan for how you’re going to operate in 2026? Not a vague intention. Not a resolution. A plan. What Most Traders Mean by “A Plan” When traders say they have a plan for the new year, it usually sounds like this: “I’ll be more disciplined.” “I’ll trade les

In the first piece, I asked a simple question: Have you actually reviewed your trading year — or have you just remembered it? Today, I want to go one step further, because there’s a cost to skipping that review. And it’s rarely obvious at the time. Most traders think the damage comes from bad trades. In reality, it comes from unexamined behaviour . Drift Is Expensive — But Subtle When traders don’t formally review a year, nothing dramatic usually happens straight away. There

As we head into the final working week of 2025, I want to ask you a very simple question: Have you actually reviewed your trading year properly? Not thought about it in the shower. Not replayed a couple of good trades or a painful drawdown. I mean a deliberate, structured review  of how you operated as a trader over the last twelve months. Because most traders don’t do this. They remember  2025.They don’t review  it. They remember the highs. They remember the lows. They remem