Trade log
Entry, exit, size, setup and how you felt, captured while the trade is still fresh.
Journal · Psychology · Analytics
Tradino turns every trade into evidence. Log the setup, name the emotion, review the session, and watch discipline quietly become your edge.
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Journal · 19 Jan
“Entered USDJPY before the close confirmed. Loss stayed inside my risk. Lesson: let the candle finish.”
State of mind
CalmImpatientSpreadsheet vs. Tradino
A spreadsheet stores your trades. Tradino lays them out. Drag the slider to see the same month of trades, first as rows in a sheet, then as a calendar that shows every green day, every red day and each weekly total at a glance.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | |
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| 1 | TRADE LOG | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | INFORMATION | ENTRY | EXIT | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Item | Date | Symbol | L/S | Entry Price | Entry Time | Position Size | Stop Loss | Exit Price | P&L | ||||||
| 4 | 1 | 6/1/2026 | EURUSD | Long▼ | 1.0842 | 9:42 AM | 2.00 | 1.0828 | 1.0871 | $580.00 | ||||||
| 5 | 2 | 6/2/2026 | XAUUSD | Short▼ | 2,341.50 | 10:15 AM | 0.50 | 2,346.00 | 2,347.20 | -$285.00 | ||||||
| 6 | 3 | 6/3/2026 | NAS100 | Long▼ | 18,920 | 9:35 AM | 1.00 | 18,890 | 18,985 | $650.00 | ||||||
| 7 | 4 | 6/3/2026 | GBPUSD | Short▼ | 1.2715 | 11:05 AM | 1.50 | 1.2730 | 1.2702 | $195.00 | ||||||
| 8 | 5 | 6/4/2026 | USDJPY | Long▼ | 156.20 | 8:50 AM | 1.00 | 156.05 | 156.05 | -$96.00 | ||||||
| 9 | 6 | 6/5/2026 | EURUSD | Short▼ | 1.0890 | 10:30 AM | 2.00 | 1.0905 | 1.0890 | $0.00 | ||||||
| 10 | 7 | 6/8/2026 | XAUUSD | Long▼ | 2,318.40 | 9:50 AM | 0.50 | 2,313.00 | 2,329.90 | $575.00 | ||||||
| 11 | 8 | 6/9/2026 | GBPUSD | Long▼ | 1.2688 | 8:40 AM | 1.50 | 1.2671 | 1.2671 | -$255.00 | ||||||
| 12 | 9 | 6/9/2026 | NAS100 | Short▼ | 19,040 | 10:20 AM | 1.00 | 19,070 | 18,990 | $500.00 | ||||||
| 13 | 10 | 6/10/2026 | EURUSD | Long▼ | 1.0811 | 9:38 AM | 2.00 | 1.0796 | 1.0846 | $700.00 | ||||||
| 14 | 11 | 6/11/2026 | USDJPY | Short▼ | 157.10 | 11:45 AM | 1.00 | 157.35 | 156.62 | $306.00 | ||||||
| 15 | 12 | 6/15/2026 | NAS100 | Long▼ | 19,210 | 9:31 AM | 1.00 | 19,170 | 19,170 | -$400.00 | ||||||
| 16 | 13 | 6/16/2026 | XAUUSD | Short▼ | 2,335.00 | 9:55 AM | 0.50 | 2,340.00 | 2,321.40 | $680.00 | ||||||
| 17 | 14 | 6/16/2026 | EURUSD | Short▼ | 1.0860 | 1:10 PM | 2.00 | 1.0875 | 1.0875 | -$300.00 | ||||||
| 18 | 15 | 6/17/2026 | GBPUSD | Long▼ | 1.2742 | 10:05 AM | 1.50 | 1.2725 | 1.2742 | $0.00 | ||||||
| 19 | 16 | 6/18/2026 | EURUSD | Long▼ | 1.0833 | 9:44 AM | 2.00 | 1.0818 | 1.0868 | $700.00 | ||||||
| 20 | 17 | 6/19/2026 | XAUUSD | Long▼ | 2,340.10 | 10:40 AM | 0.50 | 2,334.30 | 2,334.30 | -$290.00 | ||||||
| 21 | 18 | 6/22/2026 | USDJPY | Long▼ | 158.05 | 8:55 AM | 1.00 | 157.80 | 158.61 | $354.00 | ||||||
| 22 | 19 | 6/23/2026 | NAS100 | Short▼ | 19,480 | 9:33 AM | 1.00 | 19,520 | 19,395 | $850.00 | ||||||
| 23 | 20 | 6/24/2026 | EURUSD | Short▼ | 1.0795 | 9:40 AM | 2.00 | 1.0810 | 1.0810 | -$300.00 | ||||||
| 24 | 21 | 6/24/2026 | GBPUSD | Short▼ | 1.2690 | 11:20 AM | 1.50 | 1.2705 | 1.2654 | $540.00 | ||||||
| 25 | 22 | 6/25/2026 | XAUUSD | Long▼ | 2,309.80 | 10:10 AM | 0.50 | 2,304.00 | 2,309.80 | $0.00 | ||||||
| 26 | 23 | 6/26/2026 | NAS100 | Long▼ | 19,620 | 9:36 AM | 1.00 | 19,590 | 19,700 | $800.00 | ||||||
| 27 | 24 | 6/29/2026 | EURUSD | Long▼ | 1.0770 | 9:48 AM | 2.00 | 1.0752 | 1.0752 | -$360.00 | ||||||
| 28 | 25 | 6/30/2026 | GBPUSD | Long▼ | 1.2655 | 10:25 AM | 1.50 | 1.2640 | 1.2689 | $510.00 | ||||||
Automatic MetaTrader 5 sync
Install the free JournalSync Expert Advisor once. Every position you close lands in Tradino with its symbol, size, prices and P/L, and the first start brings in your whole account history. Works on Windows and macOS and takes about 10 minutes.
Trading psychology
Most losing days aren't analysis errors. They're moments: the revenge entry, the stop you nudged, the A+ setup you skipped out of fear. Tradino makes those moments visible, so you can stop repeating them.
Any single trade can go either way, no matter how clean the setup looks.
You need an edge, and the discipline to take it every time it shows up.
Your edge plays out across a series of trades, never inside just one.
It tilts probability your way. It never promises the next result.
Today's chart may rhyme with yesterday's, but it owes you nothing.
Your next trade is just one of the next hundred.
Emotion becomes data
Fear, greed, boredom and FOMO stop being vague feelings once they carry a win rate. Tag each trade with what you felt and what you did, and Tradino shows which habits pay and which ones quietly cost you.
Insight: patience paid. Impulse tags cost $1,575 this month, almost the size of your best week.
Before the first click
A loss you agreed to in advance can't knock you off balance. Tradino's pre-session check takes thirty seconds and keeps the next decision yours, not your mood's. Try it.
Everything in one journal
Entry, exit, size, setup and how you felt, captured while the trade is still fresh.
Close each day, week, month and quarter with a review that sits right beside the numbers.
Break results down by setup, session, instrument and weekday until the pattern is obvious.
Log the setups you skipped, so hesitation shows up as a number instead of a feeling.
Set targets for consistency, not just profit, and watch each streak build week by week.
Scores the plan, not the luck. A green day can still be sloppy, and Tradino will say so.
The journal remembers what your ego forgets.
Waiting is a position too.
A planned loss is still a good trade.
The method
Record entry, exit, size and setup. Tag what you did well and which rule you broke.
Close the day with a short review. Weekly and monthly reviews pull the same trades together.
See which habit costs you most, turn it into a rule, and track whether you keep it.
Open a free journal, log today's session, and see what your numbers say by the end of the week.