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A good trading journal stores not only profit and loss but the reason behind each decision. This guide shows what to write and how Tickrivo makes it easier.
A result alone says little about a decision: a good decision can lose and a weak one can win. A journal keeps what you were thinking at the time, so you can see when you repeat the same mistake.
Its real value is being able to answer “why” honestly after the trade.
To keep it useful without making it long, write these for each trade:
“I entered before the breakout confirmed. The plan aimed for 2R; I closed by hand at 1.2R. Next session I will hold to the target.”
This note shows both the mistake and the next step, far more useful than writing only “loss”.
Give trades a strategy and tags so you can search and compare later, for example “breakout”, “pullback”, “pre-news”. Before and after screenshots keep the moment of the decision and the result in the same record.
Templates, tags, reason notes and screenshots are described in trading journal.
When you open a trade in the order panel you enter the strategy, tag and a reason note. The trading journal lists executed trades with their notes; you can download it as CSV and send the CSV back into replay.
Records are tied to the session and saved to your account automatically, so you can continue from another device.
Once a week, reread the journal. Then look at R per trade, drawdown periods and profit concentration in Performance. RivoScope derives habits such as plan adherence and stop behavior from your records, marks missing evidence separately and suggests a practice goal.
The more complete the records, the more reliable the review. See RivoScope and the Strategy Lab.
Next, read how to set up your first backtest session.
For each trade write the reason, the plan (entry, stop, target and risk), whether you followed it, the result and cost, and a one-sentence takeaway. Writing only profit or loss gives very little to review later.
No, but it helps. Before and after screenshots keep the moment of the decision and the result in one record, so your weekly review does not rely on memory.
Yes. You can download the trading journal as CSV. You can also download all sessions as a full backup from your dashboard and restore it as new sessions.
RivoScope derives habits such as plan adherence and stop behavior from the records you write in the journal and trades. The more complete the records, the stronger the evidence; missing evidence is marked separately.
Practical guides to your first backtest, trading journal and challenge practice.
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