Trading guides · 24 articles
Practical guides to recording trades, checking costs, reviewing setups, and understanding trading psychology and risk.
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Start with a logged trade or read-only spot sync, then review it on a chart. Learn optional goals, supported imports and Starter versus Pro.
Read guidePay for Pro with USDC on Solana: invoice amounts, confirmation, prepaid access and refunds, without entering a card or connecting a wallet.
Read guideReview crypto, US stock and PSX trades by market. See how shared capital, cash and returns work in Pro Trading Journal's dashboard.
Read guideHow Pro Trading Journal separates algo setups, engine-checked community calls and self-reported outcomes, with locked entries and risk details.
Read guideUnderstand PTJ Score, synced-trade eligibility, opt-in profiles and reciprocal privacy on Pro Trading Journal's trading leaderboard.
Read guideReview journaled trades on TradingView charts for crypto, US stocks and PSX. Learn chart tools, saved layouts and the Pro indicator boundary.
Read guideUnderstand SMC market structure, order blocks, fair value gaps and liquidity-sweep labels in PTJ's Pro chart overlay, including confirmation limits.
Read guideHow PTJ's Pro chart engine builds trend lines, channels and Fibonacci zones, with historical walk-forward tests and backtest limitations.
Read guideRead PTJ's Smart Trail, trend trails, reversal bands, cloud and confluence labels. Understand the Pro overlay and its closed-bar behavior.
Read guideUse Pro's Psychology & Discipline Center to review emotions, rule compliance, expectancy and drawdowns, with limits on automated interpretations.
Read guideLog trade size and costs, read cumulative results and drawdowns, and use Pro equity analytics. Distinguish planned risk from position size.
Read guideSet optional trading capital and goals, understand compounding assumptions, and compare progress with drawdowns without treating targets as forecasts.
Read guideWrite clear trading rules, review compliance and connect decisions to outcomes. Learn the Pro Rules Manager without promises of eliminating emotion.
Read guideCalculate historical expectancy and System Quality Number from R-multiples. Understand sample size, variance and why neither metric predicts returns.
Read guideCalculate peak-to-trough drawdown and the gain needed to recover. Use Pro's Drawdown Lab as a review tool, not a guarantee of account survival.
Read guideReview uncertainty, edges and trade outcomes through Mark Douglas's trading-psychology framework, with practical journal prompts and probability limits.
Read guideCompare win rate, payoff ratio and average trade results with worked examples. Include costs and sample limits when reviewing trading expectancy.
Read guideExplore risk limits, adaptable methods and review habits discussed in Market Wizards, then turn those themes into specific journal questions.
Read guideUse the holding-winners theme in Reminiscences of a Stock Operator to review exit decisions, planned targets and the costs of hindsight.
Read guideCalculate losing-streak probabilities under explicit assumptions and use Turtle trading themes to review rules, sample limits and drawdowns.
Read guideCompare TraderSync, Tradervue, Edgewonk, TradesViz, and Pro Trading Journal: current pricing, import methods, free-plan limits, and who each suits.
Read guideBuild your first trading journal with essential fields, an illustrative entry and a weekly review. Compare a spreadsheet with free and paid tools.
Read guideReview stop changes, revenge trades, sizing, early exits and missed lessons. Use clear journal prompts to investigate mistakes without promises of profit.
Read guideStart a free crypto trading journal: log a trade, import a compatible CSV, or sync a spot exchange read-only. Review fees and tags before adding goals.
Read guideStart a free journal, sync a read-only exchange, and review what actually happened — not what you remember.