Investor Psych Workbook & Daily Journal

Track your investment psychology, decisions, and performance

Daily Journal
Reflection Prompts
Decision Making
Cognitive Bias Check
Performance Tracking
Physical Book Sync
Daily Journal

Emotional State Tracker

How are you feeling about the market today?

Fearful

Anxious

Neutral

Confident

Excited

Selected mood: None

Market Reflection

Daily Screenshots

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Decision Log

Reflection Prompts

Daily Reflection Prompts

Use these prompts to deepen your understanding of your investment psychology and decision-making patterns.

Market Thesis Reflection

What evidence contradicts my current market thesis? How might I be wrong?

Position Flexibility

What would make me change my position on my largest investment?

Emotional Influence

How might my current emotional state be affecting my analysis and decisions?

Past Experience Bias

What past experiences might be coloring my current decision-making process?

Information Evaluation

Am I giving too much weight to recent information? What longer-term factors am I potentially overlooking?

Opportunity Cost

What opportunities am I missing by focusing on my current investments?

Weekly Review Questions

Pattern Recognition

Looking at the past week, what patterns do I notice in my decision-making process?

Improvement Focus

What is one aspect of my investment psychology that I want to improve next week?

Decision Making Frameworks

Pre-Decision Checklist

Use this checklist before making investment decisions to improve your process:

Have you researched both supporting and contradicting evidence?

What would someone who disagrees with you point out?

At what point would you exit this position (both profit and loss)?

Is this position sized appropriately for your portfolio?

Are you making this decision based on FOMO, greed, or fear?

Does this fit with your overall investment approach?

Risk Assessment Matrix

Evaluate potential risks and rewards for your investment decisions:

Low Impact Medium Impact High Impact
Low Probability Low Risk Low Risk Medium Risk
Medium Probability Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
High Probability Medium Risk High Risk High Risk

Selected risk assessment: None

Post-Decision Review

After making an investment decision, use this framework to analyze the outcome:

Cognitive Bias Check

Bias Identification

Identify which common cognitive biases might be affecting your investment decisions:

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs.

Debiasing Technique: Actively seek out contradictory information and arguments that challenge your position.

Recency Bias

The tendency to overweight recent events or observations compared to less recent ones.

Debiasing Technique: Look at longer timeframes and historical patterns to gain perspective on current events.

Loss Aversion

The tendency to prefer avoiding losses over acquiring equivalent gains.

Debiasing Technique: Pre-define exit points for both gains and losses before entering a position.

Overconfidence

Having excessive confidence in one's own answers, predictions or abilities.

Debiasing Technique: Consider multiple scenarios and assign probability ranges rather than fixed predictions.

Anchoring

The tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information encountered.

Debiasing Technique: Approach analysis from multiple starting points and consider various reference values.

Herd Mentality

The tendency to follow and copy what others are doing.

Debiasing Technique: Document your own analysis before seeking opinions from others or checking market consensus.

Debiasing Action Plan

Create specific actions to counteract your identified biases:

Performance Tracking

Position Tracker

Track your investment positions and performance over time:

Asset Type Entry Date Entry Price Current Price Quantity P/L Status Actions
AAPL Stock 2023-05-10 $150.25 $175.50 10 +16.8% Open
TSLA Stock 2023-04-15 $220.00 $198.75 5 -9.7% Open
BTC Crypto 2023-01-20 $22,500.00 $28,350.00 0.25 +26.0% Open
NFLX Stock 2022-12-05 $280.75 $342.50 8 +22.0% Closed

Performance Metrics

Winning Trades

73%

18 out of 25

Losing Trades

27%

7 out of 25

Profit/Loss Ratio

2.4:1

Average win/loss

Performance by Asset Class

Monthly Returns

Pattern Recognition

Identify patterns in your successful and unsuccessful trades:

Successful Trade Patterns

Unsuccessful Trade Patterns

Physical Book Sync

Sync with Physical Workbook

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Physical-Digital Connection

Link your physical workbook to your digital account:

Your Unique Workbook ID

INVPSY-28475-92XC

Use this ID to connect your physical workbook with your digital account.

Sync History

Date Page Type Status Actions
2023-05-15 Daily Journal Synced
2023-05-14 Reflection Prompts Synced
2023-05-12 Decision Making Framework Partial