A Trading Journal That Shows What Works in Your Trades
A trading journal is where you write down every trade you take, so you can learn from them later. EdgeFlow also keeps the confluences you looked at before each trade, what the market was doing, how you got in and what you did after. That way you can see which parts of your trading made money and which cost you.
What does a normal trading journal track?
Most journals ask for the same few things: the date, the market, buy or sell, the price you got in and out at, the size, the profit or loss, and a note. Some add a screenshot of the chart.
That tells you what happened. It cannot tell you why. If you lost five trades in a row, the journal shows five red lines, and nothing about what those five trades had in common.
Why are results alone not enough?
Picture two traders who both win half their trades. One ends the year ahead, the other behind. The difference sits in things a results-only journal never asked about: which setups they took, at what time of day, where they put their stop, and whether they grabbed profit early.
A journal that only stores results keeps the conclusion and throws away the reasons. Months later, you have a long list of wins and losses and only a feeling about which ones were good.
How does EdgeFlow split a trade into parts?
Every trade is split into four parts that you can look at on their own and then together. The parts are the same for every market.
The confluences you look at before you get in
Price at a level you marked, the bigger chart moving your way, a candle closing the way you wanted. Each of those is one confluence: one thing you check before you get in. In EdgeFlow each one is a box you tick on the trade, in your own words. You can also describe a trade to Flow, the built-in interview, and it turns your words into boxes that you confirm one by one.
What the market was doing
Was the bigger chart trending, which means moving mostly one way, or going sideways? Was the market quiet or fast? The same setup can work in one kind of market and fail in another, so this travels with every trade. The day of the week, the time of day and the session (such as the London or New York hours) are read from the time of the trade, so you do not have to type them.
How you got in
Your entry, your stop (the price where you get out at a loss) and your target (the price where you planned to take profit) are required on every trade. They let EdgeFlow work out your result in R. R is your result in units of risk: +2R means you made twice what you risked. Measuring in R lets you compare a small trade with a big one fairly.
What you did after
Did you move your stop to your entry price once the trade was in profit? Did you take part of the profit early, or hold to your target? These choices get their own boxes, so an early-exit habit does not hide inside a good setup and make it look bad.
What does EdgeFlow show you?
For each confluence, EdgeFlow puts your trades that had it next to your trades that did not, and shows how each group did: how many trades, how many won, and your average result per trade in R. Traders call that average expectancy. It does the same for combinations of confluences, and for each kind of market.
Every number comes with the count of trades behind it. When a group is too small to say anything, you see that it is too early to tell, so a lucky run does not look like a pattern. Here is the everyday version: if a coin lands heads seven times out of ten, you would not call it a trick coin yet. Ten trades are the same.
How do trades get into EdgeFlow?
You log them step by step, or import a CSV file with your past trades. EdgeFlow does not connect to a broker. An import brings in dates, prices and results, but not the confluences you looked at, so you open those trades and tick the boxes before they can be compared. How to keep a trading journal shows a version of the habit that takes about two minutes a trade.
Who is this for?
Futures, forex and crypto traders who already log their trades and want to know which parts of their trading are working. If you only want a tidy record of your profit and loss, a simpler journal will do. If you want to ask your trades questions, the reasons have to be written down too.
EdgeFlow does not give signals and cannot promise a profit. It shows what happened in the trades you logged yourself.
Common questions
What is a trading journal?
A trading journal is a record of every trade you take: what you traded, when, where you got in and out, and how it went. A good one also keeps why you took the trade, so you can look back later and see which reasons paid off.
What should I write in a trading journal?
Start with five things per trade: the date and market, whether you bought or sold, where your stop and target were, the result, and the two to five confluences you looked at before you got in. Add whether you followed your own rules. Anything you will never look at again can stay out.
Is a trading journal worth it?
Yes, if you use it to answer questions. In the first weeks it shows whether you followed your own plan. After a few months it can show which of your confluences turn up on your winners more than on your losers.
Can EdgeFlow connect to my broker?
No. EdgeFlow does not connect to any broker. You log trades by hand, or import a CSV file with your trades. An import brings in the dates, prices and results, but not the confluences you looked at, so you tick those per trade afterwards.
Does EdgeFlow work for my style of trading?
You name the confluences yourself, so it works for any style: levels and candles, moving averages, smart money concepts or something of your own. Nothing is fixed to one school of trading.
Related reading
Guides on this topic
- Best Tradezella Alternatives (2026), Honestly ComparedTradezella alternatives compared: EdgeFlow, Edgewonk, TraderSync, Tradervue and TradesViz. What each is good for, price, and who should pick which.
- How to Keep a Trading Journal (and Not Quit After a Week)Start a trading journal you will still use next month: the five things to write down per trade, when to do it, and a short weekly look back.
- Journaling a Prop Firm Challenge: What to TrackA prop firm challenge mostly tests whether you can follow rules under pressure. What to write down during the challenge, and what to keep the same after.
- What to Track in a Trading Journal (the Short List)The fields a trading journal really needs, why each one earns its place, and what you can safely leave out. Works for any style of trading.
See which of your confluences made money
Log your trades, tick the things you checked before you entered, and see which of them did the work in your own trades.