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Becoming Consistent — Lesson Plan

KS3–KS4 (ages 11–16) · 60 minutes

Learning objectives

  • • Keep a four-line trading journal entry.
  • • Score a session on process rather than profit.
  • • Build a repeatable pre-session and post-session routine.

Key vocabulary

journal · process score · review · routine · edge

Starter

Memory test: pupils recall last week's simulator results, then check the actual numbers.

Main activities

10 min

Read the journal lesson and model one entry on the board.

20 min

Simulator session with a journal entry per trade.

20 min

Pupils calculate their process score and complete the quizzes.

Discussion questions

  • • Can a rule-breaking trade still win?
  • • What would a perfect flat week look like?

Assessment

  • • Journal entry for every trade.
  • • Process score calculated correctly.

Homework

Design your own three-step pre-session routine.

Safety note

Practice money only.

Lessons in this module

1. The Trading Journal

You cannot improve what you never wrote down.

Open lesson

2. Measuring Progress Properly

Score how many trades followed the plan — money is the slow result of that number.

Open lesson

3. Habits of a Steady Trader

A short fixed routine, repeated, is what turns knowledge into consistency.

Open lesson