Marking charts twice: analysis ink and behaviour ink
One colour for structure. Another for what you actually did. The mismatch is where training begins.
Many journals mix planned levels with post-trade commentary until neither is readable. Separating “analysis ink” from “behaviour ink” keeps the technical work honest. Levels, zones, and invalidation points stay in one colour. Entries, size changes, and emotional notes stay in another.
During chart review clinics, the first pass ignores behaviour marks entirely. Does the structure still justify the original idea? Only then do we overlay what happened in the account. That order prevents hindsight from rewriting the setup.
Traders who adopt two-ink marking often discover that their technical reads are steadier than their execution. That is useful news. It means the training priority is discipline under live conditions, not another layer of pattern recognition.
Keep the system simple enough for a hurried afternoon session. Two colours and a short legend beat a dozen tags you will abandon by Friday.