Track your progress

Making a plan is an excellent start, but to truly trade like an expert you’ll want to keep meticulous records about your progress – noting down the outcome from every position and keeping track of the factors that made it a success or a failure.

Luckily, you don’t have to do this all manually. Your City Index account comes with free access to Performance Analytics, which will report on your positions as you trade. You can use it to track how closely you’re sticking to your plan, and which conditions suit you best.

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