Year-end portfolio review—now's the time to get real about what worked and what didn't.

Ask yourself: which trades actually printed? And more importantly, where did the biggest losses come from? Most traders don't take this seriously enough.

Here's what actually moves the needle: study your losses hard. Identify the patterns. Most people keep making the same mistakes on repeat—roundtripping in and out of positions, taking oversized bets without conviction, grinding away on over trading that eats into profits. These habits kill returns faster than anything.

The path forward is tactical: zero in on the strategies that deliver the highest ROI for your specific setup. Not what works for everyone else. What works for you. Once you find those high-conviction patterns, you double down on them and eliminate the noise. That's where real edge gets built.