---
title: Pre-Trading Checklist - OhYaaa Trading Journal
description: Start every session with a pre-trading checklist. Session-aware for Asia,
  London, and New York. Customizable items, emotion logging, and completion tracking.
  Free.
url: https://www.ohyaatradingjournal.com/checklist
type: feature
last_updated: '2026-10-14'
---

Pre-Trading Checklist

# Start Right. Every Single Session.

Profitable traders start every session with a plan, not a hunch. A customizable pre-trading checklist that runs before you take your first trade. Log your emotional state, confirm your rules, and build the routine that separates consistent traders from gamblers.

[Build Your Checklist](/app)

![ohYaaa pre-trading checklist](/screenshots/checklist.png)

## You break your rules before the market even opens.

You know the rules. You wrote them down. But when the bell rings and price starts moving, the plan goes out the window. No pre-market review. No emotional check-in. Just straight to the charts with whatever energy you woke up with.

ohYaaa's checklist forces a pause before the chaos. Confirm your bias, check your emotional state, review your rules — then trade. It takes 60 seconds and it's the difference between a process and a coin flip.

Session-Aware

### Session-Aware Checklists

Different sessions, different energy. Your Asia session checklist can focus on patience and low volume. London session on breakout readiness. New York on managing the open. ohYaaa knows which session you're in and shows the right checklist.

- Asia, London, and New York sessions
- Different items per session
- Auto-detects current session

![Session-aware checklists for Asia, London, and New York](/screenshots/checklist.png)

![Emotion and energy logging before trading](/screenshots/checklist.png)

Emotions

### Emotion & Energy Logging

Rate your emotional state before you trade. Are you calm, anxious, angry, or overconfident? Over time, you'll see how your emotional state correlates with your P&L. The data will show you when you shouldn't be trading.

- Pre-session emotion rating
- Energy level tracking
- Correlate mood with P&L

Tracking

### Completion Tracking

Track whether you actually completed your checklist before trading. See your completion streak, and spot the days you skipped it — then compare those days' P&L to the days you followed the process.

- Daily completion tracking
- Streak counter for consistency
- P&L comparison: checklist vs. no checklist

![Checklist completion tracking and streaks](/screenshots/checklist.png)

[Build Your Checklist](/app)

## What changes when you pause before every session.

### A forced pause before every session

60 seconds between you and a bad decision.

### Data on when you shouldn't trade

Emotional state + P&L = powerful insight.

### Consistency becomes automatic

Streaks turn routines into habits.

## The best traders have a process. Build yours.

[Build Your Checklist](/app)

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