Field Notes
Journal columns that matter for R:R work
A useful journal for this craft needs fewer adjectives and more columns:
- Instrument and direction
- Planned stop and planned target
- Planned R at entry
- Realised R at exit
- Exit reason (stop, target, time, discretion)
- One sentence on whether discretion violated the plan
Colour-code discretion exits that improved R versus those that cut winners early. Patterns appear within a fortnight. Bring that sheet to a Trade Journal Clinic if you want a second pair of eyes on the columns themselves.