Why Regime Tags Beat Indicator Soup
Regime answers: Was tailwind or headwind obvious before I clicked? That is journal-grade—not predicting GDP.
The 60-Second Friday Row
Write one label for the week ahead: risk-on, risk-off, two-way chop. Add two booleans you can eyeball in 30 seconds: SPX above 20DMA? VIX rising week-on-week? Adjust Monday if something huge prints.
Tag Trades, Not Headlines
On each trade add aligned / neutral / fought regime. Your review question is simple: did fought trades pay? If yes, maybe your label is wrong; if no, enforce a rule.
Do Not Overfit
Pick one external anchor (index + vol is enough) until you have 40+ closed trades tagged. More inputs rarely fix a discipline problem.
Pair tags with closed-trade stats in [Tradapt](/register)—free core journal, analytics as you grow sample size.