There is some magic in committing something to paper or electronic media that requires an extra bit of thinking and strengthens a trader’s commitment to his craft. In my program, everyone writes out a specific trading plan and executes that plan. Often times, we compare the trader’s actual trade and the plan he or she laid out; as you might guess, there is often a disconnect in what was supposed to happen in the e-mini trading plan and what actually occurs in live trading.
