Hey, Traders,

Ever since I started trading full time in 2017, the way I track my trades has been the backbone of my entire process. 

I’m obsessive about it.

I write down what I bought and sold along with every feeling, price level, and reason I pulled the trigger. 

When I enter a trade, there’s always a story behind it.

Where did I see the setup begin? What catalysts were brewing? What was volume telling me in the moments or hours before, during, and after the move?  

I log every detail in my trading journal, and it becomes my best teacher. 

Last time we talked, I covered how you can limit potential losses by understanding different types of stock orders. 

Then I looked at the importance of making sure a move is clean and the price action is right. 

You may feel the urgency to rush into things, but it’s almost always a mistake. 

Finally, I emphasized just how vital it is to stick to your plan no matter how tempting it is to jump on trades you know you shouldn’t. 

It was the second part of a three-part series on my Seven-Figure Cycle trading strategy. 

If you missed the first installment, you can find it here. 

For this third and final piece, I’ll take you through:  

▶️ How I track my trades 

▶️ How I recognize patterns before they fully form, and 

▶️ What my exit process looks like.

Find a comfy spot and let’s dig into this.

Class Is in Session

When I look back at a winning trade, I study what I did right so I can repeat it. 

When a trade doesn’t work out, I break it down so I never make that mistake again. 

That commitment to tracking keeps me sharp and helps compound my knowledge.

Before I ever take a position, I’m watching patterns before they fully form. It’s like seeing ripples on the water before a storm. 

I pay attention to volume spikes, momentum building, and the way price reacts to key levels.

Often, I’ll see a pattern stitching together — a consolidation, a breakout forming, a glide in momentum (smooth continuation of a price trend) — and by the time most traders notice it, I’m already watching my entry zones. 

It’s about watching the same setups over and over until your brain starts to recognize the shape of a cycle before it completes. 

Sometimes that means scanning 50 tickers before the market opens, and other days it’s watching one ticker inch toward a break point with conviction. 

I rely on a mix of technical signals, price flow, and the kind of situational awareness that only comes from hours in front of charts.

Be Ruthlessly Objective

Most people think tracking and pattern recognition are the hard parts. 

But once you’re in a trade, the real art is knowing when to leave. 

My exit process isn’t emotional: I build my exit plan before I even enter the trade. 

I set defined profit targets and, most important, I set my stop‑loss where I can protect capital and live to trade another day. 

As soon as the trade hits my first target, I take partial profits without hesitation. 

That first exit gives me “confidence capital” to manage the rest of the position without fear. 

If the trade keeps moving in my direction and hits the second target, I scale more off. 

By the time I’m thinking about the final target, I’m usually trading with house money, and that’s when I tighten my stops so I can keep a big chunk of the gains if the market reverses. 

My final exits are often about behavioral shifts. I watch how volume fades, how price action loses strength, and I let those cues tell me it’s time to go.

If you want to trade like I do, you have to treat every trade like it’s part of a bigger cycle of learning, regardless of whether you win or lose. 

Tracking your mistakes is how you stop repeating them. 

Recognizing patterns before they fully form gives you timing, and having a rock‑solid exit process keeps your capital safe so you can ride the next cycle. 

That’s how you build a seven‑figure mindset — one trade at a time.

Talk soon,
— Jack