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Trading Journal Kaise Likhein: Template Ke Saath Guide

Trading journal kya hai, isme kya likhein, R multiple kaise nikalein aur weekly review kaise karein. Simple template ke saath Hinglish guide.

ShivamFounder, ScalpTrading.in
19 October 2026 5 min read

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Kya aapke saath bhi aisa hota hai? Mahine ke end mein account dekhte ho aur samajh nahi aata ki paisa gaya kahan. Kaunsa setup kaam kar raha hai, kaunsi galti baar baar ho rahi hai, kuch yaad hi nahi. Yahi problem trading journal solve karta hai.

Is article mein hum simple bhasha mein samjhenge ki trading journal kya hai, isme kya kya likhna chahiye, ek ready template, ek worked example, aur weekly review kaise karein. Scalpers ke liye ye aur bhi zaroori hai, kyunki din mein trades zyada hote hain aur sab yaad rakhna mushkil hai.

Trading journal kya hai aur kyun zaroori hai

Trading journal ek simple record hai jisme aap har trade ki details likhte ho: kab entry li, kyun li, stop loss kahan tha, exit kab hua, aur us waqt mind mein kya chal raha tha.

Socho ek cricketer jo apni batting ki video kabhi nahi dekhta. Wo kaise samjhega ki off stump ke bahar wali ball par baar baar out kyun ho raha hai? Trading mein journal wahi video recording hai.

“Jo trade likha nahi gaya, us se seekha bhi nahi gaya.”

Journal ke bina aap sirf feeling par trade karte ho. Journal ke saath aapke paas data hota hai. Aur data jhooth nahi bolta, chahe ego kuch bhi kahe.

Journal mein kya kya likhna hai (template)

Bahut complicated journal banaoge to 3 din baad likhna band ho jaayega. Isliye sirf zaroori columns rakho. Ye ek simple template hai jo aap Excel, Google Sheets ya notebook mein bana sakte ho:

  • Date aur time: entry aur exit ka time
  • Instrument: Nifty option, Bank Nifty option, Gold, Forex pair, crypto etc.
  • Direction: Long ya Short
  • Setup ka naam: jaise ORB, VWAP bounce, breakout retest
  • Entry, Stop loss, Target: plan ke hisaab se kya socha tha
  • Exit price aur result: points mein aur rupaye mein
  • R multiple: result ko risk se divide karo (iske baare mein neeche example hai)
  • Plan follow kiya? Haan / Nahi
  • Emotion: calm, FOMO, darr, revenge, overconfidence
  • Ek line lesson: is trade se kya seekha

Agar possible ho to entry ke time chart ka screenshot bhi save kar lo. Baad mein review karte waqt ye bahut kaam aata hai.

Trade ke pehle, beech mein aur baad mein kya likhein

STEP 01

Trade se pehle

Setup ka naam, entry, stop loss aur target likho. Agar ye teen cheezein clear nahi hain, to trade lene ka matlab hi nahi hai. Ye step aapko impulse trades se bachata hai.

STEP 02

Trade ke beech mein

Scalping mein time kam hota hai, to yahan kuch likhne ki zaroorat nahi. Bas dhyan rakho ki stop loss move to nahi kar rahe. Agar kiya, to baad mein honestly likhna.

STEP 03

Trade ke baad

Exit price, result, R multiple, emotion aur ek line lesson likho. Ye kaam trade close hone ke turant baad karo, jab tak sab fresh yaad hai.

Worked example: ek trade ko journal mein kaise likhein

Note: ye sirf ek example hai, koi trade recommendation nahi. Numbers samjhane ke liye hain.

Maan lo aapne kisi index option mein ek example trade liya:

  • Setup: VWAP bounce
  • Entry: 100 rupaye premium
  • Stop loss: 92 rupaye (risk = 8 rupaye per unit)
  • Target: 116 rupaye (reward = 16 rupaye per unit, yaani 1:2)
  • Exit: 108 rupaye (target se pehle nikal gaye)

Ab R multiple nikalo. Profit = 108 minus 100 = 8 rupaye. Risk tha 8 rupaye. To R multiple = 8 / 8 = +1R.

Emotion column mein aapne likha: “Darr. Target ke paas aate hi nikal gaya.” Lesson: “Plan 2R ka tha, darr mein 1R par exit kiya.”

Ab socho agar aise 10 trades mein se 6 baar ye hi pattern dikhe, to aapko pata chal jaayega ki aapka setup theek hai, problem exit mein hai. Ye insight journal ke bina kabhi nahi milti.

R multiple kyun use karein?

Rupaye mein profit/loss dekhne se position size ka farq confuse karta hai. R multiple se har trade ek hi scale par aa jaata hai. Minus 1R matlab plan ke hisaab se poora stop loss laga. Minus 2R matlab aapne stop loss se zyada loss le liya, yaani rule toda.

Weekly review: journal ka asli fayda

Sirf likhna kaafi nahi. Asli magic hota hai jab aap hafte mein ek baar baith kar journal padhte ho. Har weekend 20 se 30 minute nikalo aur ye sawaal pucho:

  • Kaunsa setup sabse zyada R de raha hai, aur kaunsa lagatar loss?
  • Kitne trades mein plan follow nahi kiya?
  • Kis time slot mein galtiyan zyada hoti hain?
  • Kaunsa emotion sabse zyada loss wale trades mein dikhta hai?
  • Agle hafte ek cheez kya improve karni hai?

“Har hafte sirf ek galti theek karo. Saal ke end tak aap alag trader ban jaoge.”

Dhyan rakho, ek hafte ke data se bada conclusion mat nikalo. Kam se kam 20 se 30 trades ka data ho, tab kisi setup ko achha ya bura kaho.

Journal likhte waqt common galtiyan

RULE 01

Sirf winning trades likhna

Loss wale trades sabse zyada sikhate hain. Unhe skip kiya to journal bekaar hai.

RULE 02

Jhooth likhna

Journal sirf aapke liye hai. Agar stop loss move kiya ya revenge trade liya, to wahi likho. Honest data hi kaam ka data hai.

RULE 03

Bahut lamba template

20 columns wala journal koi nahi bharta. 8 se 10 zaroori columns kaafi hain.

RULE 04

Review na karna

Likha aur kabhi padha nahi, to wo sirf diary hai, journal nahi. Weekly review fix karo.

Quick checklist

  • Har trade se pehle setup, entry, stop loss aur target likha?
  • Trade ke baad result aur R multiple likha?
  • Emotion column honestly bhara?
  • Ek line lesson likha?
  • Chart screenshot save kiya?
  • Is hafte ka weekly review calendar mein fix hai?

Trading journal koi fancy tool nahi, ek aadat hai. Aaj se shuru karo, chahe ek simple notebook se hi. Agar aap scalping ki basics step by step seekhna chahte ho, to hamara free course Scalping Fundamentals zaroor dekho. Aur is topic ka poora video YouTube par bhi hai, yahan click karke dekho.

WRITTEN BY Shivam

Founder, ScalpTrading.in. Nifty options scalper and creator of ScalpTool. Here he writes about what he has learned from his own trading: rules, risk and discipline.

This article is for educational purposes only, not investment advice or a buy/sell recommendation. ScalpTrading.in is not a SEBI registered adviser. Trading involves risk of capital loss.