How it works, and why
Every feature in Trader Blueprint exists because a spreadsheet couldn't do it. These posts explain each one — what it measures, how to read it, and the trading habit it's meant to expose.
GTT alerts: when your journal and your broker disagree
Your journal says the stop is at ₹244. Your broker has no such order. Both screens look fine. Here's the category of mistake that is invisible by construction — and the seven checks that catch it.
Why your journal should record fills, not trades
One row per trade breaks the moment you add to a position. Here's the parent–child model that fixes it, and why you should never type a P&L figure again.
MAE and MFE: the two numbers your P&L column throws away
Your entry and exit are two flat points. Excursion analysis keeps the journey between them — and it's where "my stop is too tight" stops being a feeling and becomes a measurement.
What your winning trades have in common
Most traders study their losses. But a handful of trades usually carry the entire year — and if you don't know which kind, you'll cut the next one early.
Win rate is a vanity metric. Use these instead.
An 80%-win system can lose money and a 35%-win system can be excellent. System Quality Number, expectancy, payoff ratio and recovery factor tell you what win rate can't.
What an Indian delivery trade actually costs
Zero brokerage doesn't mean zero cost. STT on both sides, stamp duty on the buy, a flat DP charge on every sell — and why small trades are hit hardest.
Portfolio heat: the one number that keeps you solvent
You can size every trade at 1% and still have 9% of your account on the line. Heat measures what you'd actually lose if every stop hit at once.
A daily journal that turns into data
Free-text notes can never be charted. Typed questions — yes/no and 1–5 ratings — become a discipline trend you can lay directly over your P&L.
Why we show time-weighted returns by default
If you add or withdraw money, simple return lies to you — sometimes dramatically. Here's the difference, with the arithmetic worked out.