Trading psychology checklists
A library of practical, evergreen checklists and cheat sheets for the mental game — pre-market, during-market and post-market discipline, weekly and monthly reviews, risk, strategy execution and performance review. Print them, adapt them, and run them until discipline is automatic.
Trading psychology checklists: concrete, answer-first checklists that turn what you already know into what you actually do. A checklist offloads memory and willpower at the moment emotion is highest, so the right action becomes the default. These are educational templates to adapt — not signals, not advice, and never a guarantee of results.
Cheat sheets
Psychology Cheat Sheet
ReferenceThe core mental-game rules, the top biases and their counters, and the pre/in/post-trade discipline checks on one page.
Biases Cheat Sheet
ReferenceA table of the biases that most distort trading decisions — definition, example and how to counter each.
Daily discipline
Pre-Market Checklist
ChecklistMindset and preparation checks before the session opens.
During-Market Checklist
ChecklistIn-session discipline: only planned setups, respect stops and the daily loss limit.
Post-Market Checklist
ChecklistEnd-of-day journaling and honest review of the session.
Reviews & execution
Weekly Review Checklist
ChecklistSpot patterns and set one improvement focus for next week.
Monthly Review Checklist
ChecklistDeeper review of metrics, discipline and goals.
Risk Checklist
ChecklistThe behavioural side of risk — sized to plan, loss defined, fit to trade.
Discipline Checklist
ChecklistAre you following your own rules — or overriding them?
Strategy Execution Checklist
ChecklistFollow the plan exactly, with no discretionary overrides.
Performance Review Checklist
ChecklistGrade the process, not just the P&L.