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Master Professional Trading

Trade Journal

Track, review, and improve your trading

Consistent journaling is one of the most effective ways to improve your trading. By recording every trade, you build a dataset of your own behavior—revealing patterns in what works, what doesn't, and why. Over time, your journal becomes a feedback loop that sharpens your edge.

Views

Calendar View

See daily P&L at a glance with green and red days. Navigate by month to spot winning and losing streaks.

List View

Sortable table of all trades. Filter by date, symbol, or outcome. Supports bulk operations for tagging and organizing.

Stats View

Performance analytics dashboard with interactive charts, key metrics, and breakdowns by time period and instrument.

Core fields: Edit entry/exit price, number of contracts, P&L, and fees. All fields are editable for manual adjustments or corrections.

Playbook association: Link each trade to one of your playbooks to track which setups perform best
Screenshots: Attach chart screenshots for visual review of your entries and exits
Emotions & mistakes: Tag how you felt during the trade and categorize any mistakes made

Structured reflection fields:

Pre-trade plan: What was your thesis and plan before entering?
Execution notes: How did the actual execution compare to your plan?
Post-trade review: What happened after you exited?
Lessons learned: What will you do differently next time?

Relive your trades: Replay any trade directly from its journal entry. The chart rewinds to show exactly what you saw when you entered the trade.

See the orderflow chart as it appeared at the time of your trade
Step through candles at your own pace or run at accelerated speed
Options context: view GEX levels and gamma exposure as they were during the trade
Identify whether your read of the market was correct, even if the trade lost money

Bring in your history: Import trades from multiple sources to build a complete picture of your trading activity.

Supported sources:

CSV files (custom format or broker exports)
ProjectX — direct sync from your connected account
Rithmic — direct sync from your connected account
Tradovate — import via account connection
TradingView — export and upload

Drag-and-drop: Drop files directly onto the import area or use the file picker
Account assignment: Map imported trades to specific accounts during import
OCR support: Scan and import trade receipts using optical character recognition

Daily summaries: Each day gets an aggregated view showing total P&L, number of trades, win rate, and other key stats for that session.

Write freeform notes and reflections for each trading day
Review all trades taken that day in a single view
Navigate between days using the calendar
Track daily goals and whether you followed your trading plan

Deep performance insights: Analyze your trading with statistical rigor to understand where your edge comes from.

Equity curve: Visualize your account growth over time with drawdown overlay
Key metrics: Win rate, profit factor, expectancy, and Sharpe ratio
Time analysis: Performance broken down by weekday and hour of day
Emotion analysis: Correlation between your tagged emotions and trade outcomes
Streak tracking: Monitor consecutive wins and losses to identify tilt or momentum

Learn from the community: Share trades and follow other traders to see how different approaches perform.

Share trades: Publish individual trades or daily summaries to the community feed
Follow traders: Subscribe to other traders' shared journals for inspiration
QR codes: Generate shareable QR codes for any journal entry

Pro Tip

Journal every trade, even the small ones. Patterns in your mistakes only become visible with consistent data. The traders who improve fastest are the ones who review their journals weekly.