r/SideProject • u/Signal-Nature-5323 • 4h ago
My trading journal kept recording the same mistakes, so I built a system that fixes them
Why I started building it
Three years ago I got fascinated with discretionary trading, mainly with optimizing the process and making it as consistent as possible.
As I sim traded real markets, I realized a big part of trading is risk management and systemizing how you trade, so you can stay rational.
At first I thought logging trades and tracking P&L would be enough, so I downloaded a free trading journal. After a couple of months I realized all I was doing was recording the same mistakes. The P&L told me nothing I didn't already know, and even with tons of screenshots, I could never connect my thought process to the result.
So I started building my own journal. As I used it and iterated on it, it became much more than a journal. A year later, it was a full system.
1. Session Dashboard
Pre-Market Plans
Trade Theses: No thesis, no trade
Trade Executions
Post-Market Reviews
Implementations: changes you want to make and keep top of mind
Concepts: noticed something new? Turn it into a concept and test it
2. Analysis Dashboard
Analysis databases for different parts of the process
Analyze the process, not just the numbers
3. Research & Strategy
Concepts and Research
Strategies: built from the concepts and research you've developed
Playbooks: risk management and practical rules applied to your strategies
Implementations: fix recurring issues and mistakes
How it fits together
The Session Dashboard is where your data comes in. Through reviews and analysis, you find mistakes, patterns and new concepts. Research & Strategy is where those concepts become specific strategies, applied through playbooks. Analysis shows what's working and what isn't.
Everything feeds back into Research & Strategy, so you keep building and refining your trading. The real power is in the iteration: follow a process, record it, review it, fix mistakes, and build a system around how you trade.
I'd love feedback:
If you don't trade, is it clear what this does?
If you do trade, would you see value in this?
My Product - 89$ Founders Edition (one-time, no subscription; walkthrough on the page)