Trading account imports: what would you use them for?

Members can import closed trades from statements and see their own statistics. The feature exists for self-knowledge — the question is what it should do next.

Trading account imports: what would you use them for? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

Tell us:

  • what you'd analyse about your own trading
  • the stats you'd trust (win rate, expectancy, drawdowns)
  • the privacy controls you'd need
Trading account imports: what would you use them for? — drawdown and recovery diagram
An equity curve during a drawdown and its recovery

The journal guide explains why the stats matter.

Background: How to keep a trading journal that actually improves your trading

A journal turns a pile of trades into evidence. What to record, the numbers worth calculating and a weekly review routine that takes less than an hour.

What should a trading journal include?

For each trade: the pair, direction, size, entry, stop, target, risk, the reason for the trade, how you felt, the result in money and in R, whether you followed your plan, and chart screenshots.

How do I calculate expectancy?

Multiply your win rate by your average win, then subtract your loss rate multiplied by your average loss. Measured in R, a positive result means the approach has made money per trade on average.

Read the full guide

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