Trading glossary
Trading Journal
A trading journal is a record of every trade you take, including entries, exits, size, P&L, tags and notes about why you traded. Its purpose is to make review possible: with a complete record you can see which setups work, where mistakes repeat, and how closely you follow your plan. Journals range from spreadsheets to dedicated software that computes analytics automatically. An automatic trading journal such as Traders Vault syncs closed trades from MT4, MT5 and cTrader the moment they close, so the record is complete and honest without manual entry.
What is Trading Journal in trading?
A trading journal is a record of every trade you take, including entries, exits, size, P&L, tags and notes about why you traded. Its purpose is to make review possible: with a complete record you can see which setups work, where mistakes repeat, and how closely you follow your plan. Journals range from spreadsheets to dedicated software that computes analytics automatically. An automatic trading journal such as Traders Vault syncs closed trades from MT4, MT5 and cTrader the moment they close, so the record is complete and honest without manual entry.