You don't get better by trading more — you get better by reviewing well. A structured weekly review is the ritual that converts a week's worth of trades and journal metrics into a small, concrete list of changes. Here's a repeatable version.
The four questions
Each week, sit with your journal and answer: (1) What did the numbers say? — expectancy, average R, results by setup and by time. (2) What did I do well? — rules followed, good process even on losers. (3) Where did I break my plan? — overrides, revenge trades, size creep. (4) What's the ONE change for next week? — a single, specific adjustment, not a laundry list.
Why one change
The temptation is to overhaul everything after a bad week. Don't — you'll never know what worked, and you'll destabilize what already does. Pick one concrete change (“no trades in the noon hour,” “cut the VWAP-fade setup,” “honor the two-strikes rule”), apply it for the week, and measure. Iterating one variable at a time is how you actually learn what moves your edge.
A week's worth of trades is data; a weekly review is the analysis. Skip the analysis and you're just repeating, not improving.
Keeping it honest
Review process, not just P&L — a green week with sloppy discipline is a warning, not a victory, and a red week with clean process is often fine (variance). Keep the ritual short and consistent; a 20-minute review every week beats a 3-hour one you do twice a year. NoVo's automatic trade logs give you the clean data this ritual runs on.