Use the "Four Quadrants" to label your trades
Many people review their trades, only looking at profits and losses, without considering "what type of trade this is".
I created a simple four quadrants for myself:
Direction correct + Execution correct
Direction correct + Execution wrong (early take profit, holding the position, not following the plan)
Direction wrong + Execution correct (stop loss when needed)
Direction wrong + Execution wrong
After a month, I found that:
👉 The real hindrance comes from the quadrant of "Direction wrong + Execution wrong", which accounts for less than 20% but contributes to more than 70% of the losses.
The logic is straightforward:
All future improvements will focus on this quadrant first—
it's not just about increasing the win rate, but finding ways to minimize the occurrences of "Direction wrong + Execution wrong".