The Exhibit A Blog
Writing on trading process.
The parts that decide outcomes.
Risk rules, review habits and prop firm mechanics β for traders who want the actual numbers, not motivation. No fluff, no signals, no course.
Templates
A free trading journal template
Logs your trades and the setups you missed, then works out the monthly review by itself.
MCMartin Cargeeg·3 Sep 2026·4 min read
Risk
How to stop revenge trading
It isn’t a discipline problem, it’s a timing problem. The three shapes it takes, and the one habit that reliably breaks the loop.
MCMartin Cargeeg·28 Sep 2026·6 min read
Tools
Forex Factory alternatives
It does four jobs — calendar, forum, news, data. No single tool replaces all four, and one part has no replacement at all.
MCMartin Cargeeg·23 Sep 2026·7 min read
Prop firms
How to pass a prop firm challenge
The profit target is rarely what fails people. The daily limit, the drawdown type and the consistency rule are.
MCMartin Cargeeg·16 Sep 2026·8 min read
Coaching
What does a trading coach actually do?
Coach, mentor and signal seller are three different jobs. What the good ones do, and what to ask before you pay.
MCMartin Cargeeg·11 Sep 2026·6 min read
Reality check
Can you actually make money trading forex?
Five UK-regulated brokers are legally required to publish what share of their retail accounts lose money. We read all five.
MCMartin Cargeeg·10 Sep 2026·6 min read
AI
Is AI taking over trading?
Everyone quotes 89%. The BIS measured 59%, and it hasn’t moved since 2022.
MCMartin Cargeeg·3 Sep 2026·6 min read
Risk
What is max drawdown?
The biggest drop your account has ever taken — and why losing 50% means making 100% to get back.
MCMartin Cargeeg·3 Sep 2026·5 min read
Templates
A sample trading journal
Twelve trades, filled in. The month made +5.8R — and the record says something else entirely.
MCMartin Cargeeg·3 Sep 2026·4 min read
Fundamentals
What is a trading journal?
Your broker records what happened. A journal records why — including the trades you didn’t take.
MCMartin Cargeeg·3 Sep 2026·5 min read
Fundamentals
Trading journal examples
Notebook, spreadsheet, Notion, app. What each one is good at, and what each one quietly loses.
MCMartin Cargeeg·3 Sep 2026·5 min read
Prop firms
Prop firm drawdown, explained properly
Static, trailing and equity are three different rules — and the wrong assumption is what fails accounts.
MCMartin Cargeeg·27 Aug 2026·6 min read
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