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Trading journal

Log every trade in one tap from your position size, then see what is really working: P&L, win rate, profit factor, average R, your best setups and what mistakes cost you.

Free trading expectancy calculator

Is your strategy worth trading? Expectancy is what you make on average per trade, in R (multiples of your risk).

What the SizeGuard journal does

• One tap from the calculator: “Log this trade” fills in market, size, entry and stop for you.
• Separate journals for futures, stocks, crypto and Forex, with the right fields for each.
• Stats that matter: net P&L, win rate, profit factor, average win and loss, average R, equity curve, and a calendar of green and red days.
• Setups and mistakes: tag Breakout, Pullback, Reversal and more, plus FOMO, moved stop or oversized, and see what each one costs.
• Daily card: plan before the open, review after the close, mood, lessons and a motivation line.
• Pending orders and quick R logging for fast days, and CSV import and export.
• Private: everything stays on your phone, with backup to a file.

New to journaling? Read how to keep a trading journal and R multiples explained.

Questions

What should a trading journal track?

At minimum: date, market, long or short, entry, stop, exit, size, profit or loss, and the R multiple (result divided by planned risk). Add the setup you traded, any mistakes, and how you felt. That is what turns a list of trades into lessons.

What is a good win rate?

It depends on your average win versus average loss. With wins twice the size of losses (2R vs 1R), anything above 33.3% is profitable before fees. Use the expectancy calculator above to check your own numbers.

Is a spreadsheet good enough?

It works, but it is easy to stop filling it in. A journal that pre-fills the trade from your position size and shows stats instantly is much easier to keep up every day.