Analytics

How Session Quality Scoring Works

Understand how Practice—Process scores your sessions and how to calibrate your self-assessment over time.

Session quality scoring compares your subjective assessment of a trading session against objective metrics. The goal is to calibrate your self-awareness so your perception matches reality.

How Scores Are Generated

Your Self-Assessment

At the end of each session, you rate it on a scale of 1 to 10. This captures your overall feeling about how the session went—before viewing the detailed breakdown.

Important: Rate before reviewing your P&L. This prevents outcome bias from colouring your assessment.

The Objective Score

Practice—Process calculates an objective score based on:

Process Metrics (60% weight)

Rule adherence percentage

Position sizing accuracy (deviation from plan)

Stop loss compliance

Pre-session preparation completion

Outcome Metrics (40% weight)

Total R-multiple for the session

Win rate

Maximum drawdown during the session

Process is weighted more heavily because it drives long-term results even when short-term outcomes are negative.

The Calibration Dashboard

Navigate to Sessions then Quality to see:

Calibration Scatter Plot

Each session is a dot:

X-axis: Your self-assessment

Y-axis: Objective score

The diagonal line represents perfect calibration

Points above the line: You underrated the session Points below the line: You overrated the session

Calibration Gap Trend

A line chart showing the average gap between your self-assessment and objective score over time. A narrowing gap indicates improving self-awareness.

Session History Table

A sortable table showing:

Date

Your rating

Objective rating

Gap

Key metrics for each session

Interpreting Common Patterns

Consistent Overrating

You regularly rate sessions higher than the objective score. This suggests:

Outcome bias: Big winners make you feel good despite poor process

Recency effect: The final trade colours your perception

Low standards: You may need to raise your bar for what constitutes a good session

Consistent Underrating

You regularly rate sessions lower than the objective score. This suggests:

Perfectionism: You focus on mistakes rather than overall performance

Loss aversion: A single loss overshadows several good trades

Fatigue: Exhaustion makes everything feel worse than it was

Accurate Calibration

Scores consistently within 1 point of each other. This is the goal—it means your internal feedback loop is reliable.

Improving Calibration

1Rate before reviewing: Always enter your self-assessment before looking at numbers

2Focus on process questions: "Did I follow my rules?" rather than "Did I make money?"

3Weekly review: Compare your five sessions and identify the largest calibration gaps

4Journal the gap: When you spot a large gap, write about what caused the discrepancy

Using Session Scores for Planning

If your average objective score is declining over multiple sessions, it is a signal to:

Review whether your rules need updating

Check wellness factors for lifestyle changes

Reduce trading frequency until the score stabilises

For the complete framework on session assessment, read our blog post on [Session Quality Scoring: Validating Your Self-Assessment](/blog/session-quality-self-assessment-validation).