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Field guides on journaling, discipline and the analytics that turn raw trades into a real, repeatable edge — written for traders who keep score.

Win rate and performance metrics in the Trade Buddy trading journal analytics

What Is a Good Win Rate in Trading? It's Lower Than You Think

A good win rate is lower than most traders think. See the breakeven math by reward-to-risk, why a 40% win rate still prints money, and how to track yours.

Reviewing a trading plan and its results in the Trade Buddy trading journal

How to Create a Trading Plan You'll Stick To

Build a trading plan short enough to follow every day: define your edge, set your risk rules, run a pre-trade checklist, and review it each week so it sticks.

A trading journal moving from a spreadsheet template to the Trade Buddy app PnL calendar

The Trading Journal Spreadsheet Template (and When to Drop It)

A trading journal spreadsheet template you can build today: the exact columns, a clean three-tab structure, a real DIY PnL calendar, and when an app wins.

Logging a trade with entry, stop loss and position size in the Trade Buddy trading journal

How to Calculate Position Size (Risk First, Every Trade)

Learn how to calculate position size before every trade: one risk-first formula, worked forex and stock examples, plus how to log size to keep your R honest.

A forex trading journal in the Trade Buddy app showing a PnL calendar of green and red trading days

Forex Trading Journal: Track the Trades That Move Your Account

A forex trading journal records pair, session, lot size, and R for every trade. See what to track, why it beats stock journaling, and how to start one fast.

Step-by-step walkthrough of the Trade Buddy trading journal app for iPhone

How to Use Trade Buddy: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough (With Screenshots)

How to use Trade Buddy on iPhone: explore the demo, build your PnL calendar, log trades in seconds, read your analytics and let the AI coach find your leaks.

Buyer guide to the best trading journal app for iPhone in 2026, featuring Trade Buddy

Best Trading Journal App for iPhone in 2026: What to Look For

A practical buyer guide to choosing the best trading journal app for iPhone: logging speed, the PnL calendar, imports, privacy and honest analytics.

Win rate, risk-reward, and expectancy trading metrics explained with a worked example in Trade Buddy

Win Rate vs. Risk-Reward: The Trading Metrics That Actually Matter

Win rate alone lies. Learn the trading metrics that actually predict profit: expectancy, profit factor, drawdown, recovery factor, Sharpe and Sortino.

Trade Buddy discipline tools to stop revenge trading: loss limits, cool-down, adherence score

How to Stop Revenge Trading: A Discipline System That Sticks

Revenge trading can blow up an account in an afternoon. Learn why it happens and build a discipline system that holds the line when you can't.

Trade Buddy importing MT4 and MT5 trade history into a trading journal on iPhone

How to Import MT4 and MT5 Trades Into a Trading Journal (Fast)

Learn how to import MT4 and MT5 trades into a trading journal fast: screenshot OCR, CSV and HTML exports, and tips to keep fees, swaps and fills clean.

A color-coded PnL calendar of green and red trading days in the Trade Buddy app

What Is a PnL Calendar? The Trader's Map of Green and Red Days

A PnL calendar turns your trading results into a grid of green and red days. See what it shows, how to read the patterns, and how to start one.

Trade Buddy trading journal guide cover with a color-coded PnL calendar of green and red days

How to Keep a Trading Journal That Actually Improves Your Results

A practical system for keeping a trading journal that actually improves your results: what to record per trade, a weekly review ritual, and finding your edge.