Futures Trader Weekly Drawdown Checklist

A weekly drawdown review should reveal whether losses came from normal strategy variance, larger losses, more trades, or repeated rule exceptions.

What to measure

Compare weekly net P/L, gross losses, largest loss, losing streak, expectancy, and the percentage of losses concentrated in the worst trade.

A repeatable workflow

Aggregate completed trades across the week, identify the worst session, then compare its size and frequency with the remaining sessions.

Common mistake

Do not use only end-of-week equity. Recovery after a deep intraday loss can hide the actual risk path taken to reach the closing result.

Use these measurements as an educational review of recorded executions, not as a prediction or trading recommendation.