The Trading Journal

I’ll admit, I rolled my eyes when I first heard the phrase ‘trading journal.’ But within 10 minutes of listening, Cheds’ narration made me realize how my own jumbled spreadsheets were sabotaging my strategy. His delivery is the audiobook’s secret weapon—equal parts hype-man and drill sergeant, with a cadence that mimics how you actually talk to yourself during a trade gone wrong. He nails the balance between motivational and no-bullshit: one minute he’s hyping you up after a win, the next he’s dissecting why your ego led to a forced FOMO trade. The production is crisp but not sterile, with subtle sound design cues (like a cash register ‘cha-ching’ for profit milestones) that feel tacky at first but grow on you like a trading floor bell. My only real gripe is the brevity—2 hours feels too short once you hit the templates section. And while the tone works, his ‘street’ humor occasionally dips into dad-joke territory (a risky move in a genre where trust is currency). Still, by the final chapter, I’d already implemented two of his systems and my monthly review time cut in half. Worth the price for the narration alone.