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Record the plan, the decisions, and the final result. Copy this plain-text template into your notes, use it to define spreadsheet columns, or print it for a manual journal.

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RISKREWARD PRO: TRADE JOURNAL TEMPLATE

BEFORE ENTRY
Date / time / timezone:
Market / instrument / venue:
Direction:
Strategy tag:
Setup thesis and invalidation:
Account equity:
Chosen account risk (%):
Initial planned risk (1R, currency):
Entry / stop / target:
Planned quantity / notional / leverage:
Entry and exit fee assumptions:
Gross R:R / fee-adjusted R:R:
Screenshot or chart reference:

DURING THE TRADE
Time | Event | Quantity | Fill price | Fee | Reason
Record each add, partial exit, stop change, and target change.
Keep initial risk unchanged; track current and peak risk separately.

AFTER CLOSING
Final exit time:
Gross price P&L:
Total commissions:
Funding paid (negative if received):
Other costs:
Net P&L:
Realized R = net P&L / initial planned risk:
Did I follow the plan? What changed and why?
Execution tag / process mistake (if any):
One specific observation to review:

WEEKLY REVIEW
Date range:
Total closed trades / wins / losses / breakevens:
Net R / average net R per trade:
Results by strategy tag, including sample sizes:
Largest deviation between planned and realized risk:
Were fees, funding, and partial exits reconciled?
Which result was driven by an outlier?
One process question for next week:

Examples and calculations are educational, not trade recommendations.
Use one currency and a consistent initial-risk convention.
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A completed example

This hypothetical trade shows how the fields connect. It is an accounting example, not a trade recommendation.

Before entry: $10,000 account, chosen risk budget $100, long at $100, stop at $95, target at $110. Hypothetical fees: 0.05% on entry and exit. Fee-inclusive quantity is approximately 19.61746 units before venue rounding.
During the trade: No adds, partial exits, or stop changes. Keep the original $100 risk denominator.
After closing at the target: Gross price profit is about $196.17. Entry and exit fees total about $2.06. With no funding or other costs, net P&L is about $194.11, or +1.941R.
Review note: The gross target was 2R using price-distance risk. Net realized R uses the fee-inclusive $100 budget. The difference follows from costs and the chosen denominator, not a calculation mistake.

Keep the fields useful

Start with the required price, size, risk, and cost fields. Add one strategy tag and one execution tag. A field earns its place when you use it to answer a review question.

For partial exits and scale-ins

Keep an event or fill ledger instead of forcing several fills into one entry/exit pair. Include timestamps and fees, and reconcile the total before calculating net R.

For Excel or Google Sheets

Use the labels as columns, with a separate table for fills. The download is plain text, not a spreadsheet with formulas. Keep initial risk in its own cell and calculate realized R as net P&L divided by initial risk.

For weekly review

Use the same date range and cost convention each week. Show the trade count alongside tag results so a single good trade is not mistaken for a repeatable pattern.

Calculate the fee-inclusive size, check realized R, or compare spreadsheets with a dedicated journal.

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