how it really went.

The automatic trading journal that fills itself in. Recorded by SizeOps as it happens.

SizeOps journals every trade on MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and NinjaTrader 8 as it happens: the plan, a chart picture at every step and the money to the cent. Nothing to import, nothing to type.

Try it free for 7 daysSee the sample journal

No card. In every plan, at no extra price.

Journaled by itselfjust now
Buy XAUUSD
MT5A+London · 1h 12m after the open
+1.44R+$144.16 after costs
Risk you set1% · $100
Stop3.05 away
Target2.0R
SetupLondon breakout
Entry09:12
50% at 1R09:41
BE triggered09:44
Target hit10:24
Matches your broker: same trades, same net

A sample journal

The real Journal on a sample trader: four weeks on MetaTrader 5, risk 1%, with the P&L calendar and the equity curve. Click around; nothing saves.

3 trades are waiting for your rating
Pick the setup, rate it, done. A few seconds each.
Net these four weeks +6.2R+$425.0049 trades
47%
Win rate23 won · 26 lost
Average trade+0.13R
Avg win
+1.43RAvg loss
−1.03R
win / loss 1.39 : 1

Your P&L calendar

October 2026

+6.2R · 49 trades
up daydown day

Your curve

Best point
+12.2R
Now
+6.2R
Off the best
−6.0R
Show Lost most · Made most

Lost most · Made most groups with 10+ trades · a trade can be in several

B-rated trades−9.8R20 trades · 25% wonRange fade setup−8.5R12 trades · 25% wonHeld 15–60 min−6.6R36 trades · 33% won
+27.4RClosed early by hand20 trades · 100% won+14.8RHeld 1 h +11 trades · 100% won+14.1RLondon breakout setup19 trades · 63% won

you click, it writes,

What fills itself in

One trade, as your Journal keeps it. You didn't type any of this.

Buy XAUUSD
MT5A+LondonTue · 09:12 → 10:24
+1.44R+$144.16 after costs
True R · against the risk you set
Risk you set$100.00
Gross +$146.40 · commission −$2.24+$144.16 = +1.44R
The plan you set, when you clicked
Stop3.05 away
Target2.0R
Partial50% at 1R
Breakevenat 1R
A chart picture at every step
Entry09:12
50% at 1R09:41
BE triggered09:44
Target hit10:24
How it went · counted in Lost most · Made most
✓ lost no more than set✓ stop never moved further
In this week's review
This week · +5.5R over 14 trades

Money to the cent

Profit, commission, swap and fees as your platform records them. On MetaTrader, checked against your broker's own history.

Your true R

Each trade against the risk you set for it, after costs, so trades still compare when your risk changes.

The plan you set

Risk, stop, target, partials and breakeven as they were when you clicked, next to what really happened.

A chart picture at every step

Entry, each partial, BE triggered and the target or stop hit, side by side as Before and After.

Lost most · Made most

The groups of your trades that lost and made the most R, each one with its trades.

A weekly review

Your week in R and money, the best and worst trade, and your note; or by day, month, quarter or year.

the stuff you're wondering,

Seven questions every trader asks about a journal

“Do I have to type it all in?”

No. Every trade journals itself.

Most journals die in week two, because typing every trade is a chore.

Read more

SizeOps placed the trade, so it writes it down for you, the moment it happens.

  • The plan you set: risk, stop, target, partials and breakeven, as they were when you clicked.
  • A chart picture at every step: entry, each partial, BE triggered and the target or stop hit, side by side as Before and After.
  • Trades you placed by hand too: they come in as grey rows with their money, so your totals match your broker.
Today · trades
Buy XAUUSD · A++1.44R
Sell GBPUSD · B−1.00R
Buy US30 · by hand, no plan+$38.20

Where: Trades and every trade's own page

“Will the numbers match my broker?”

Money to the cent. True R after costs.

The money is what your platform records, commission, swap and fees in; R is against the risk you set for that trade, after costs.

Read more

The Overview is your trading dashboard: trading analytics from your own trades, and a trading journal calendar with your PnL day by day.

  • “Matches your broker” on MetaTrader checks the trades and the net against your broker's own history, and says what's off if anything is.
  • Change your risk any time: every trade is measured against its own risk, so the numbers still compare.
Matches your broker ✓
Your broker's history+$1,284.50
Your Journal+$1,284.50
Net, in R after costs+12.8R

Where: Overview

“When do I actually trade best?”

When you trade best: sessions and hours

Your hours and days as a heatmap, with the Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York sessions on it in your time zone.

Read more

Net R by session, and how you do in the minutes and hours after each open. Trading statistics like win rate, profit factor and expectancy in R for any session you pick. The sessions' hours in your time: Forex market hours.

Your hours and days, as a heatmapLondon time

net upnet downRollover 22:00

Where: Timing

“Why do my winners turn into losers?”

How your trades really end

See how much of each move you kept, which winners came back to bite, and what your early exits by hand would have made.

Read more
  • Winners turned losers: trades that were +1R or more, then closed at a loss.
  • Closed early by hand, next to what the plan would have done.
  • Stop moved further: every time, and how those trades went.
After you click EXECUTE
Move kept on winners46%
Winners turned losers−2.4R
Stop moved further after entry−2.9R

Where: Exits

“Am I trading my plan, or my mood?”

See what's costing you

Trading psychology, in numbers.

Read more

Revenge trading and overtrading don't feel like it at the time. The Journal remembers your state when you clicked (after a loss, the fifth trade of the day, near your daily limit) and shows how those trades went, so trading discipline is something you can see.

  • Planned vs what happened on every trade: did it follow your trading plan, and how it felt, if you note it.
  • Days at your daily limit, and the trades that got you there.
Your state when you clicked
Right after a loss (30 min)−9.0R
After 2 or more losses−7.7R
The day after a down day+3.4R

Where: Habits

“Which setups are actually worth taking?”

Your setups, graded A+, A and B

Name your setups and your rules once.

Read more

Rate each trade review in a few seconds, A+, A or B, on your phone if you like, and add your own trade tags for how it felt. The Journal shows what every setup really earns, with its trades one tap away, and any setup can filter the whole Journal.

Your setups
London breakout · 19 trades+14.1R
New York pullback · 11 trades+3.2R
Range fade · 12 trades−8.5R

Where: Setups

“What do I fix next week?”

Your week, reviewed

A weekly trading review as the week goes: your week in R and money, the best and worst trade, what cost you most and what made the most.

Read more

Look back by day, week, month, quarter or year, and keep a note for each.

This week
Net · 14 trades+5.5R · +$538.40
Best tradeTue · Buy XAUUSD +3.10R
Worst tradeThu · Sell GBPUSD −1.00R

Where: Review

the part nobody else has,

Only SizeOps knows your plan

A journal that imports trades sees the result. SizeOps placed the trade, so it knows what you meant to do:

A journal that imports trades sees
Buy XAUUSD0.32 lots
Result+$144.16
Risk you meant to take?
Your stop and target?
Your partials, breakeven?
Your state when you clicked?
SizeOps saw you click
Buy XAUUSD · 0.32 lots+1.44R · +$144.16
Risk you set1% · $100.00
Stop · target3.05 away · 2.0R
Partials · breakeven50% at 1R · BE at 1R
Your state2nd trade of the day · already up on the day
Lost no more than you setyes
Stop moved furthernever
Did you lose no more than you set?Every trade, checked against its own risk.
Did you move your stop further?Every time, and how those trades went.
How do trades right after a loss go?Your real numbers, not a feeling.

no hiding from yourself,

Honest by design

A journal you can tidy up is a journal that lies to you. So this one doesn't let you.

Every trade stays

No deleting a bad trade, no hiding it from the stats. Want a clean start? Delete the whole journal.

Trades by hand count too

Manual trades, other EAs, phone trades: all in, as grey rows with their money.

No guessing

Every number comes from your own trades and your plan. Where there isn't enough yet, it stays quiet.

Notes yes, numbers no

Add notes, feelings and grades any time. The money and the R come from your platform and your plan, not from you.

Your switch

Account numbers are shown masked. The Journal and its chart pictures can each be switched off for any trading account.

Light on your platform

Your platform never stutters: on MetaTrader only the SizeOps chart waits a moment, usually 0.1–0.3 s.

Where it works

MetaTrader 4 and 5Forex, gold and indices, on your own broker.
NinjaTrader 8Futures: Nasdaq, S&P, gold, crude and the micros.
Your phoneThe whole Journal in your phone's browser. Rate trades on the go.
Starts todayFrom your next trade with SizeOps. No old trades to import.

the other half,

And every trade is sized right

The same SizeOps sizes each trade from your risk and your stop, commission in: lots on MetaTrader, contracts on NinjaTrader 8. That's why your Journal knows the plan.

  • Always rounded down, never over your risk.
  • A daily limit that refuses the next trade if it doesn't fit.
  • Partials and breakeven planned before you're in.

Want to see it on your own chart first?

Try it free for 7 days on your own account. No card, nothing to cancel. Each platform gets its own trial: MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and NinjaTrader 8. Questions after your trial? Book a 15-minute call and we'll go through it on your chart.

Try it free for 7 daysSee pricing

Questions now? Email support@sizeops.com. We reply within 1 business day.

Sizing one by hand? Free tools, no sign-up.

Position size calculator →Drawdown calculator →Forex market hours →

Trading journal FAQ

More in the FAQ

Yes. SizeOps sends each trade from your terminal as it happens: the plan, every step and the money. Nothing to import, nothing to type.

You don't: SizeOps does it from your platform. The Journal is on for every trading account from the start, so each trade lands by itself.

It's included in every plan and in the 7-day free trial, with no separate price.

No separate trading journal app to install: it works in your phone's browser, the whole Journal, including rating your trades.

Yes. The same Journal on NinjaTrader 8, a futures journal with contracts instead of lots and your commission from NinjaTrader's own executions; on MetaTrader it's your forex journal.

Yes, on MetaTrader 5 and MetaTrader 4 with any broker. Times come in true UTC and show in your own time zone.

12 more questions

No. Trades from before SizeOps have no plan, so the Journal can't measure them fairly. It starts the day SizeOps runs on your account.

They show as grey rows with their money, so your totals match your broker. They have no plan, so they're left out of every R number.

No, and that's on purpose: a history you can edit stops telling you the truth. You can delete your whole journal any time, in Account under Your data.

Only you. Our team looks only when you ask us for help. Switch it off for any trading account in Journal settings, or delete it any time.

No. On MetaTrader only the SizeOps chart waits a moment, usually 0.1–0.3 seconds, when it saves a step; NinjaTrader 8 sends in the background. Your broker's stop and target are never touched.

When it's back, the Journal catches up from your account history, including SizeOps trades that hit their stop or target meanwhile. On NinjaTrader 8 it catches up the current session only; on MetaTrader 4, what Account History shows.

Pictures are only taken while your platform is open with SizeOps running. Trades that close while it's off still come in, without a picture. A minimised chart gets no picture for that moment either.

One at each real step of a trade placed with SizeOps: Entry, each partial, BE triggered and the exit (target or stop hit). Only the chart itself, nothing else on your screen. You can switch them off.

Gross profit ÷ gross loss. Above 1 means you made money overall. The Journal shows it in Timing for any session you pick.

Jumping back in right after a loss to win it back, often bigger than your plan says. The Journal marks those trades and shows how they went, in Habits.

Taking more trades than your plan calls for. The Journal shows how your fifth trade of the day and later went, in Habits.

Trading on emotion after losses. The Journal shows your trades after two or more losses and near your daily limit, in Habits.