> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tradealign.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Game Plan

> Build a structured pre-session routine with readiness scoring, behavioral tracking, and post-session execution insights.

The Game Plan is your structured pre-session preparation tool. Instead of winging it, you complete a quick readiness check before trading and get a full execution breakdown after your session ends.

## Why use a Game Plan?

Most traders skip preparation and jump straight into the market. The ones who build consistency treat their trading day like an athlete treats game day — with a warmup, a plan, and a review.

The Game Plan captures structured data about your state before you trade (sleep, energy, emotions) and connects it to your execution after you trade (Align Score, mistakes, emotional patterns). Over time, this data reveals which conditions lead to your best and worst trading.

## How it works

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Pre-Session" icon="clipboard-check">
    Complete a 60-second readiness check before you trade. Rate your sleep, energy, and emotional state. Acknowledge your session commitments. Get a readiness score.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Post-Session" icon="chart-bar">
    After trading, end your session and see a full execution breakdown — per-trade scores, mistake patterns, emotional shifts, and whether you honored your commitments.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## The flow

1. **Open Game Plan** from the sidebar before your trading session
2. **Complete the readiness check** — sleep, energy, emotions, playbook selection, session commitment
3. **Review your readiness score** — green (ready), yellow (caution), or red (consider sitting out)
4. **Start your session** — timestamps the beginning of your trading day
5. **Trade and log entries** in the Journal as usual
6. **End your session** — answer how you feel, then see your full execution review

## What you get

| Section               | When           | What it shows                                                                                   |
| --------------------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Readiness Score       | Before trading | Green / Yellow / Red based on your wellbeing inputs                                             |
| Session Focus         | Before trading | Data-driven insights from your recent trade history                                             |
| Execution Review      | After trading  | Per-trade Align Score, P\&L, mistakes, emotional patterns                                       |
| Consistency Streak    | After trading  | 7-day execution quality bar chart                                                               |
| Session Takeaways     | After trading  | Execution degradation analysis and game plan compliance                                         |
| Recommended Next Step | After trading  | 1–2 [Notebook templates](/notebook/overview#templates) matched to today's mistakes and patterns |

## Session History

The Game Plan section opens to a session history view showing recent day cards. Each card displays:

* **Today** — violet accent border with a "Start Session" or "Continue" button depending on your progress
* **Past sessions** — metrics grid showing Readiness, Trades, Align Score, Win Rate, Feeling, and Duration
* **Missed days** — past dates (last 7 days) without a game plan show a "Complete Game Plan" button for [backfilling](/game-plan/pre-session#backfilling-a-missed-day)

Days with no game plan and no trades are hidden from the list to keep the view clean.