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Quant Trading Academy | Module 5, Part 13

Everything in this Academy builds toward one practical question: what does a well run trading session look like?

This post gives you a structure for using Quant, from the minutes before you open the feed to the weekly review that shows whether your process is working. It is a framework you adapt to your schedule, style, and realistic position count.

Before You Open the Feed
The worst time to decide how you will behave is after live prices are on screen. The pre session routine removes as many live decisions as possible by making them in advance.

Checklist:
- Review current exposure, total open risk, and remaining room within your maximum.
- Check funding rates. Note whether funding is elevated, which side it favors, and whether that matches the signals you may see.
- Note scheduled macro events inside your holding window.
- Assess the broad regime with a quick look at BTC structure, BTC dominance, and the long short balance in the feed.

During the Session
Open the feed with a clear risk budget. You should already know what is open, what your maximum is, and how many new positions you can add.

Evaluate signals against criteria, not mood. Use the same filters every time: proximity to entry, risk to reward, confluence with the broader directional read, and whether the position keeps you within your risk rules.

Enter with a complete plan. Before taking any position, know your entry, stop, size, and rationale. You do not need a perfect target, but you do need a clear view of what you are risking and what would make you exit early. Entering without this is not trading. It is hoping.

Do not watch positions constantly. Tick by tick monitoring drives premature exits and irrational decisions. It adds anxiety without useful information.

The Weekly Review

This is where real improvement happens. Not in the session, but in the structured review of what actually happened.

Useful review questions:
- How many signals did I act on, and how many did I pass on?
- Did the reasons for passing hold up against my criteria?
- Did I execute entries and exits where I intended?
- Was my sizing consistent with my rules?
- Did I breach any pre defined rules?
- What does my process score look like apart from P&L?

A well executed losing week can still be a good week. A profitable week with broken rules deserves scrutiny. The review does not need more than thirty minutes, but it should happen every week.

Scaling Up
Most traders treat scaling as a reward for recent success. That is the wrong frame.

Scale only when the process supports it:
- You have a meaningful sample size
- Your review shows consistent rule adherence
- Your drawdown is within expected parameters
- Your psychology is stable enough to handle more size

When those conditions are met, scaling up is a reasoned business decision, not an emotional reaction.

What Longevity Actually Looks Like
The traders still operating profitably a year or two from now will not necessarily be the ones with the best single month. They will be the ones with a process strong enough to survive variance, avoid self inflicted damage, and review their own behavior honestly.

Quant gives you a structural edge. The routine in this post is the container that lets that edge compound over time. Without the container, the edge leaks.

Key Takeaways
- A short pre session routine removes improvised decisions
- Every trade should have a clear entry, stop, size, and rationale
- Weekly review is where process improvement happens
- Scale based on process, not recent results
- Longevity comes from discipline, not short term performance

For the full curriculum, start with the Getting Started guide at MyQuant.gg