O.L.D. Trading Journal

Owen L. Dane

About this app

Most traders don't lose because of bad setups. They lose because of revenge trades, moved stop losses and "one more trade to get back to green".

O.L.D. Journal is a trading journal built around trading psychology. It is based on the book "Autopsy of My Trading Brain" by Owen L. Dane.

LOG A TRADE IN SECONDS
• Pair, long/short, entry, stop loss, exit: your result in R is calculated instantly
• Crypto futures ready: margin, leverage, USDT/USDC, PnL and risk at stop loss
• Log a trade from a screenshot of your position: full auto-fill for the MEXC app (English), on other exchanges you tap the numbers to fill the form. The text is read on your phone, the image is not uploaded anywhere
• A screenshot of a closed MEXC position closes your open trade with exact times and PnL
• Attach a chart screenshot to remember your setup at entry
• Tag what really happened: Revenge, FOMO, Moved SL, Averaged down, Oversized…

YOUR PLAYBOOK
• Write down your setup and the rules you check before you enter
• Tick only the rules you really followed on each trade
• See your result in R when you kept your rules vs when you broke them

A COACH THAT JUDGES THE PROCESS, NOT THE RESULT
• Warnings when you enter less than 15 minutes after a loss, size up after a loss, or stack positions in the same direction
• Short coach notes after each trade: a planned -1R loss is not a mistake, a moved stop loss or a broken rule is
• Optional risk per trade: see the % of your account at risk and the max margin within your limit

SEE WHAT YOUR HABITS COST
• Win rate, expectancy, profit factor, max drawdown, equity curve in R
• Calendar: every day colored by your result in R
• "What your habits cost": total R lost to each bad habit
• Results by pair, time of day, day of week, long vs short, exchange and mood
• Small groups are marked "few data": a description, not a conclusion

TILT LOCK
• Set your own limits: losses in a row and daily loss limit in R
• Break a limit and the app shows a STOP screen with a countdown and a lie from the "Glossary of Lies"
• Your journal never locks: you can always log the truth

SELF-AUDIT BEFORE THE NEW YORK OPEN
• Today's question on the home screen and a reminder before the NY session (correct across daylight-saving changes)
• One honest question a day from the Self-Audit Worksheets
• Tap your mood in one touch and see how you trade on bad days vs good days

FROM THE BOOK
• The Glossary of Lies on the STOP screen and the daily Self-Audit questions come from "Autopsy of My Trading Brain" by Owen L. Dane
• The book is available on Amazon

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No account, no sign-up, no ads
• Your trades and charts stay on your phone
• Export everything to CSV any time

O.L.D. Journal is a journaling and self-analysis tool. It does not provide investment advice, signals or brokerage services and does not connect to your exchange account.

What’s new

New in 1.2:
- Playbook: write down your setup and its rules, tick the ones you really followed. Stats compare trades with all rules met vs rules broken.
- Mood before trading: tap how you feel in Self-audit, see your results by mood.
- Calendar: every day colored by your result in R.
- Attach a chart screenshot to a trade and compare your setup with the result later.
- Smaller, faster app.