A weekly review asks what happened and what to change. The weekly review ritual sets out the general form. A crypto week needs a few extra cuts, because the market’s lack of sessions creates patterns that a simple list of wins and losses does not show.
Pick a fixed end to the week
There is no Friday close. Choose a day and time when the week ends and keep it. A review that floats gets skipped after a bad week, which is the week it was needed for.
Sort by hour and by day
Group the week’s trades by the hour they were opened. Many traders find that results inside their planned hours and results outside them are two different records. Trades made late at night or on waking tend to stand out. This cut needs the time of each trade and nothing else, and it often explains more than any other.
Weekend trades are made in thinner books. Put them in a separate pile and look at the fills. Wider spreads and worse stops show up as a gap between the price intended and the price received.
Add up the cost and the count
Total what the week’s trading cost: fees, the spread or markup on each leg, and funding paid on perps. Then set it beside the week’s result. A week that was profitable before cost and flat after it is common, and the trade log will not show it unless the cost is added by hand. How often you trade multiplies what you pay covers why the total surprises people.
Compare the cost you assumed with the cost you paid. The difference between the price when you decided and the price you got is the real figure, and it is usually worse on exits.
Write down the number. Then mark how many were in the plan. The unplanned ones are the measure of how much the always-open market pulled you in. Overtrading in a 24/7 market explains why the count drifts up.
Look at what was held unwatched
List the positions that were open while you slept or were away. For each, note whether that was a decision or a drift. Check whether the size suited an unattended hold. Then look at what happened in those hours, good or bad. A lucky night is still a finding.
Separate the plan from the result
A trade that followed the plan and lost is a cost of doing business. A trade that broke the plan and won is a problem that paid. Mark each trade on both counts. The review is about the first column. Keeping a trading journal covers what to record at the time so this is possible later.
Change one thing
A review that produces five resolutions produces none. Pick the cut that showed the largest leak and write one rule for it. Next week’s review checks that rule first.