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What matters most in practice
Shorter pieces on how you measure risk, where a stop loss belongs, and how you keep a journal you will actually use.
Per Stian Larsen24 Jun 2026
How to keep a trade journal without it becoming a burden
Two minutes per trade, a fixed list of mistake tags and twenty minutes a week. The smallest journal that still gives you answers.
Per Stian Larsen6 May 2026
Stop loss: the one habit that separates those who survive
Where the stop belongs, why it should not sit on the obvious level, and why moving it away from price is the most expensive habit in trading.
Per Stian Larsen11 Mar 2026
What R means, and why you should stop counting in currency
R is the amount you decided to lose if you were wrong. If you count in R instead of currency, your trades become comparable, and your expectancy becomes measurable.