A journal is where you learn from your own trades. Yours fills itself: nothing to type to get the trades in. This is step 5 of 6.
What to do
- Open Journal. Your trades are listed with entry, exit, size, fees and result.
- Open one trade. Write one or two lines: why you took it, and whether you followed your plan.
- Rate how well you followed your plan. That is not the same question as whether it made money.
- Add a tag to name the setup, for example
breakout. Tags let you ask later which setups work. - Once a week, open the weekly review and read it. The guided Sunday review.
The first numbers you will meet
- Win rate
- The share of trades that made money. High is not always good: small wins and large losses can still lose money
- R
- Your result counted in units of what you risked. A trade that risked 50 and made 100 is +2R
- Profit factor
- Total won divided by total lost. Above 1 means you made money overall
- Drawdown
- How far your account fell from its high point
Each has a two-minute lesson: open it from the number in the journal. Meanwhile, how trades get into the journal answers most questions about missing or grouped trades.
Next
Step 6: ask the analyst.
Did this answer your question?
Still need help
Write to support with your account email and what you see on screen. First reply within 48 h on Free, 24 h on Trader, 8 h on Pro, 4 h on Elite, 2 h on Desk.
Contact support