“Hello and best wishes to you all.
Welcome to the community!!
When it comes to my journaling, I write down everything…feelings, weather, sleep quality, etc…in addition to actual trades and results. My online journal (Open Season) focuses on the trades mostly, but I use the online journal for personal accountability.
(These are the ramblings of a fun but aggressive forex teammate as I trade…followed by summary of the day. I hope it shows the emotional swings and thought process all can go through while still making it an enjoyable read.)
January 27
The DAY is finally here. After months of reading and learning on various websites, we are starting the 3 month Demo Account. I am excited to see if the effort I have put into the strategy will actually provide the results.
Day 1 is NOT strategy day….This day is…
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Amy95
April 11, 2025, 1:48pm
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thomasanjelo:
Hello and best wishes to you all.
Hi! I’ve found spreadsheet journaling (Google Sheets or Excel) super helpful! easy to track setups, reasons for entry/exit, emotions, and even screenshots.
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tommor
April 11, 2025, 2:21pm
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What questions do you need answers to which journalling can provide?
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Why is that, Thomas? What problems are you having with “traditional” journaling?
The search engine will reveal wonders!!
Ok here is my first entry. This will summarize what I learnt this week. Started a demo account on FXChoice to get used to MT4. (Will be using a real account starting next Wednesday initial deposit $300 Canadian eh ; )
Lost my first few trades messing around with MT4.
sat back and looked at them objectively
was buying towards the end of trends, not getting in early enough
took a few shorts and longs in the middle of consolidation pattern which was dumb lol
accidentally made trade looking a…
I found a trading journal notebook, you know, with paper in it. Ha!
It’s meant for FX trading. I’m just wondering if anybody here for starters also journals at all, and second, do you hand write it out?
What do you record other than the normal stuff? Do you come back after you close the trade?
Often I have questions or thoughts that I would like to share, but don’t want to create a new thread for each one. So, I figured I’ll have just one thread for everything bouncing around in my head. Feel free to comment and question.
I’m a beginner and looking to improve myself as a trader.
Good luck with your thread, Mike. Looking forward to reading it.
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Premium members get a deal with TradeZella, an online journal app. It’s paid though.
I’m just using free myfxbook, but I’m seeing the TradeZella being used by some traders I watch on YouTube. Might check it out.
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