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Sunday is for aggregation, not for rewriting history.

I used to redraw the story of the week until it sounded smarter. Format below forces process first. Curve second. Ego somewhere near the parking lot.

Thread title
Required body
Daily R table (if no chart)
Curve rules

Label axis (daily R). Mark event days. No zoom cropping that hides the drawdown. In-sample strategy research curves go to Algo with the EA rules template — not here dressed up as a journal.

Review prompts for commenters
Culture

Comment on process. "Nice week" without reading codes is noise. Ask: what did you cut?

If you didn't journal, don't post a curve. The sticky exists to make that socially expensive. Good.

Will you post a weekly with this block filled — including one cut / one keep?
What's your top mistake_code this past week?
Best setup sample size — actually ≥10, or vibes?
Anyone else refuse to comment "nice week" without reading the codes?

On **Weekly Equity Curve — Sunday Thread Format**, the desk standard stays practical. Weekly equity curve threads are useful when they teach process. They become noise when they are unexplained P&L theater. I use a Sunday format that forces the curve to answer questions a serious US equity scalp desk actually needs — not a highlight reel.

Replying in-thread with operable constraints — not forum combat. If these rails disagree with your framing, treat it as a checklist offer.

A journal that does not change next week's size, skip, or sticky line is theater. Tags beat unexplained equity curves.

## Rails that stay on the sheet
- Weekly curves teach process or become noise.
- Unexplained P&L invites mythology.
- Invalidation written in cents or an auditable structure break before entry.

## Framework: what the curve is for
The curve is a diagnostic, not a personality. A green week with rising chase tags is a warning. A flat week with clean process tags can be progress. If your Sunday post cannot name the process failure that dominated, you are posting for applause, not for correction.

## Worked example — P&L theater Sunday thread
Weekly curve posted without tags, mistake codes, or skip log. Comments debate luck. Useful format: equity points plus top mistake_code frequencies, TOD expectancy split, one rule change.

I keep examples in cents and clock time so Sunday review can tag the behavior — not rewrite it as a mood.

## Failure modes
- Ignoring the rails above on **Weekly Equity Curve — Sunday Thread Format** and substituting confidence.
- Adding size after adverse selection because the story still feels right.
- Paying open microstructure tax that midday memory never modeled.

## When to skip
Skipping is a first-class decision — even when the chart still looks persuasive:
- Checklist incomplete at 09:20 ET — observe or one pre-written A+ only.
- Live spread outside max for that symbol and session bucket.
- Index violently disagrees with a single-name thesis and no reduced-size RS plan is on the sheet.
- Platform, hotkeys, locate, or flatten path unverified after reconnect/update.
- Daily loss, PDT slot, or prop buffer tripwire already touched.
- News/FOMC/CPI window where the size-cut card says stand down.

## Closing
For **Weekly Equity Curve — Sunday Thread Format**, keep operable boredom: written rails, measured cents, index context when relevant, and a skip that needs no apology. Process quality beats ticket volume.