Trading Guides
Step-by-step guides to improve your trading skills and build better habits.
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How to Create Trading Rules That You'll Actually Follow
Learn how to build a personal trading ruleset grounded in your own data — rules you can define, test, and stick to under pressure.
How to Measure Trading System Quality (SQN & Beyond)
Learn how to calculate SQN, expectancy, and profit factor to objectively score your forex trading system and know when it has real edge.
How to Journal High-Impact News Trades
Learn how to log, tag, and analyze trades taken around high-impact forex news events so you can measure your real edge — or identify a costly pattern.
How to Track Prop Firm Scaling Progress in Your Journal
Learn how to systematically track prop firm scaling milestones, drawdown limits, and profit targets in your trading journal to protect your funded account.
How to Import Tickmill Trades into PipJournal
Step-by-step guide to exporting your Tickmill trade history and importing it into PipJournal for analysis and journaling.
How to Read Your Trading Equity Curve
Learn to interpret your equity curve to identify edge consistency, drawdown patterns, and when your strategy is breaking down.
How to Journal Scalping Trades Efficiently
Learn how to log and review scalping trades without slowing down execution. A practical system for capturing the data that actually improves your edge.
How to Calculate Forex Lot Size Manually
Learn the exact formula to calculate forex lot size manually, with step-by-step examples for standard, mini, and micro lots using pip value and risk percentage.
How to Calculate Trading Expectancy (With Examples)
Learn how to calculate trading expectancy step by step. Understand win rate, average R:R, and how to use expectancy to evaluate your edge.
How to Import IC Markets Trades into PipJournal
Step-by-step guide to exporting your IC Markets trade history from MT4, MT5, or cTrader and importing it into PipJournal for analysis.
How to Spot Overtrading in Your Trading Journal Data
Learn to identify overtrading patterns using journal analytics — trade frequency, win rate drop-offs, and session P&L data that reveal when you're trading.
How to Track Trade Confluence Factors in Your Journal
Learn how to log and analyze confluence factors in your forex trading journal to identify which combinations produce your best setups.
How to Import Pepperstone Trades into PipJournal
Step-by-step guide to exporting your Pepperstone trade history and importing it into PipJournal for full analysis and journaling.
How to Import XM Trades into PipJournal
Step-by-step guide to exporting your trade history from XM and importing it into PipJournal for analysis and journaling.
How to Use Trading Journal Analytics to Improve Performance
Learn how to read your trading journal analytics to find patterns, fix weaknesses, and systematically improve your forex performance.
How to Set Your Risk Per Trade (And Actually Stick to It)
Learn how to calculate a consistent risk-per-trade percentage, size positions correctly, and build the habits that keep you within limits every session.
How to Identify Your Highest-Quality Trade Setups
Learn a repeatable framework for scoring and filtering trade setups so you only take the trades with the strongest edge.
How to Import FxPro Trades into PipJournal
Step-by-step guide to exporting your trade history from FxPro and importing it into PipJournal for analysis.
How to Journal Carry Trades for Long-Term Yield
Learn how to track carry trades in your forex journal — log swap income, separate carry P&L from price movement, and measure yield vs. drawdown risk.
How to Build a Forex Watchlist That Actually Works
Learn how to build a focused forex watchlist that filters out noise, prioritizes high-probability setups, and fits your trading session.
How to Track DXY Correlation for Forex Trade Selection
Learn how to use the US Dollar Index (DXY) as a directional filter for your forex trades, avoid false signals, and align entries with macro dollar flow.
How to Track Your Live Drawdown in a Trading Journal
Learn how to monitor real-time drawdown in your trading journal, set hard limits, and use drawdown data to protect your account and prop firm challenges.
How to Build a Pre-Trade Checklist
Build a pre-trade checklist that filters out low-probability setups and keeps you disciplined before every entry in the forex market.
How to Set Weekly Forex Trading Goals
Learn how to set realistic, measurable weekly forex trading goals that improve consistency, protect your capital, and build a trackable edge over time.
How to Size Forex Positions Using ATR
Learn how to use Average True Range to set dynamic position sizes that adapt to market volatility — so your risk stays consistent regardless of conditions.
How to Track Multiple Prop Firm Accounts in One Journal
Learn how to manage and analyze trades across multiple prop firm accounts in a single journal without losing clarity or violating firm rules.
How to Calculate Pip P&L by Lot Size
Learn exactly how to calculate pip value and P&L for standard, mini, and micro lots across major forex pairs — with formulas and worked examples.
How to Import cTrader Trades into PipJournal
Step-by-step guide to exporting your cTrader trade history and importing it into PipJournal for analysis and journaling.
How to Import IG Markets Trades into PipJournal
Step-by-step guide to exporting your IG Markets trade history and importing it into PipJournal for analysis and journaling.
How to Import OANDA Trades into PipJournal
Step-by-step guide to exporting your OANDA trade history and importing it into PipJournal for analysis and journaling.
How to Review Your Forex Trades Weekly
A structured weekly trade review process that helps forex traders identify patterns, fix recurring mistakes, and compound their edge over time.
How to Journal After a Losing Streak
A structured approach to reviewing your trades after a losing streak — identify patterns, reset discipline, and rebuild confidence with data.
How to Track Forex Session Performance
Learn how to break down your trading results by session — London, New York, Tokyo, Sydney — so you know exactly when your edge works best.
How to Analyze Losing Trades
Extract lessons from losses. Identify if you lost due to bad execution, bad setup, or just bad luck.
How to Calculate Position Size
Master forex position sizing. Calculate optimal lot sizes based on account risk, leverage, and stop loss distance.
How to Create a Forex Trading Plan
Build a complete forex trading plan. Define your edge, setups, entry/exit rules, and risk management framework.
How to Import MT4 Trades
Step-by-step guide to importing MetaTrader 4 trades into your trading journal for automated tracking and analysis.
How to Import MT5 Trades
Import MetaTrader 5 trades into your journal for automated session analysis, pair performance tracking, and behavioral insights.
How to Measure Your Trading Edge
Calculate expectancy and profit factor. Prove whether your strategy has a real edge or if you're just getting lucky.
How to Set Trading Goals
Set measurable, achievable trading goals. Move from vague ambitions to specific quarterly and annual targets.
How to Track Trading Psychology
Log emotional states before trades and correlate feelings with outcomes. Use data to identify psychological patterns.
How to Track Your Forex Trades Effectively
Learn how to track forex trades using spreadsheets, apps, or manual methods. Covers what data to capture, tools to use, and review cadence.
How to Do a Weekly Forex Trade Review
A step-by-step weekly review process that turns your trade data into actionable insights. Review what worked and fix what didn't.
What to Include in Your Trading Journal
The complete checklist of what every forex trading journal should track. From basic trade data to psychology tags and session analysis.
How to Journal Forex Trades Effectively
Learn how to journal forex trades step-by-step. Covers what to track, when to review, and how journaling turns losing traders into profitable ones.