Preset tags reference

See all 41 preset labels and use each category as a prompt for your own honest trade review.

In this guide

Describe the price-action setup you believed you were trading.

Preset	Plain meaning
Breakout	You treated the trade as a move through a level or range boundary.
Pullback	You entered during or after a retracement within a larger move.
Reversal	You expected price to change direction from the prior move.
Range breakout	You treated the trade as a move out of a defined sideways range.
VWAP reclaim	You treated a move back above or below VWAP as part of the setup.
First pullback	You treated the first clear retracement after a move began as the setup.

Describe your entry timing and the quality of the fill you recorded.

Preset	Plain meaning
Patient entry	You believe you waited for the entry you planned.
Early entry	You believe you entered before your planned confirmation or timing.
Late entry	You believe the planned opportunity was already underway before you entered.
Chased entry	You believe you followed price after it had already moved away from the preferred entry.
Good fill	You believe the completed fill was favorable for the order and conditions you faced.
Poor fill	You believe the completed fill was unfavorable for the order and conditions you faced.

Describe how the trade was reduced or closed compared with your plan.

Preset	Plain meaning
Followed target	You believe the exit followed the target in your plan.
Cut loss quickly	You believe you exited a losing position promptly.
Exit too early	You believe you closed or reduced the trade earlier than intended.
Held too long	You believe you stayed in the trade longer than your plan supported.
Scaled out	You reduced the position in more than one exit instead of closing it all at once.

Record a mistake only when you believe it genuinely occurred.

Preset	Plain meaning
FOMO	Fear of missing out influenced the decision to enter or remain in the trade.
Overtraded	You believe the trade was part of taking more trades than your plan supported.
Averaged down	You added while price moved against the position and lowered the average price.
Ignored stop	You did not act on the stop or exit condition in your plan.
Oversized	The position size was larger than your intended risk allowed.
Revenge trade	You believe the trade was driven by trying to recover a prior loss quickly.

Record the emotional state you noticed while making the trade decisions.

Your observation, not a diagnosis

Emotion tags record how you describe your state. TraderLink does not determine an emotion from trade behavior.

Record the market conditions you believed were relevant to the trade.

These tags reflect the context you chose to record. They are not automatically confirmed by news, candle or market-data checks.

Describe whether you believe the trade followed your chosen risk and decision process.

Preset	Plain meaning
Followed plan	You believe the trade followed the plan you set for it.
Broke a rule	You believe a rule in your trading plan was broken. This tag does not create an automatic Rule result.
Good risk control	You believe size, loss control and exposure matched your plan.
Poor risk control	You believe one or more risk choices did not match your plan.
Took a break	You recorded that you paused before or after this trade as part of your process.
Waited for confirmation	You believe you waited for the confirmation required by your plan.

Tags and Rules are separate

Choosing Broke a rule is your trade label. It does not mark a Trading Rule Broken, and an automatic Broken result does not add this tag for you.