September 10, 2025 • By Tradestial Team

Trading Journal Best Practices: What Top Traders Track

Learn the key metrics and habits top traders use to get consistent, data-driven improvements from their trading journal.

  • trading journal
  • analytics
  • performance

Keeping a high-quality trading journal is one of the fastest ways to improve as a trader. In this guide we cover the key metrics, tags, and review cadence used by top performers.

What to Track

  • Setup and strategy tags
  • Entry/exit reasons and screenshots
  • R-multiple, expectancy, and drawdown
  • Psychology notes and pre/post-trade checklists

With Tradestial, you can automate trade import, tag strategies, and uncover patterns with AI-assisted insights.