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Journaling, risk & passing prop challenges
Practical guides for forex, futures and prop-firm traders. No hype, no profit promises.
- Guide13 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
How to Review Your Trades Every Week: A 30-Minute Routine
A journal you never review is a diary. A 30-minute weekly routine that turns your trades into one clear change for next week.
- Guide10 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Trading Journal Template: The Columns That Actually Matter
Every column worth keeping in a trading journal spreadsheet, the four formulas that matter, and the signs you have outgrown it.
- Comparison8 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Tradervue Alternative for Forex, Futures and Prop Traders (2026)
Tradervue grew up with US stock day traders. If you trade forex, futures or prop challenges, here is how The Pips Project compares.
- Guide6 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
Topstep Trading Journal: Track the 17:00 Chicago Day and Trailing Drawdown
Futures evaluations start the day at 17:00 Chicago and trail your peak intraday. How to journal and size around both.
- Guide3 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
FundingPips Trading Journal: Track Your Limits on the Server Clock
FundingPips measures every rule on the server clock, not yours. What to track each day and how to set up a journal that does it for you.
- Guide1 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
cTrader Trading Journal: Sign In Once, Journal Every Trade
Stop exporting cTrader history to a spreadsheet. How a read-only cTrader connection keeps your journal complete, and what to review.
- Guide29 Sept 2026 · 6 min read
MT5 Trading Journal with Auto-Sync: Journal Every MetaTrader 5 Trade Automatically
MetaTrader 5 records every trade and almost nobody reviews them. How auto-sync turns your MT5 history into a journal you actually use.
- Comparison26 Sept 2026 · 6 min read
Tradezella Alternative (2026): An Honest Comparison with The Pips Project
Tradezella is polished and priced to match. A fair look at where The Pips Project differs on price, replay, AI and prop-firm rules, and where Tradezella still wins.
- Comparison26 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
Edgewonk Alternative (2026): Auto-Sync, Replay and AI Compared
Edgewonk is established and strong on psychology. Here is where a journal that fills itself in, replays your trades and tracks prop limits live is the better fit.
- Guide26 Sept 2026 · 6 min read
The FTMO Trading Journal: Track Prague-Time Limits and Pass the Challenge
FTMO challenges are lost on the rules more than the strategy. The limits your journal must understand, and how to see your real headroom before the next trade.
- Guide26 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Daily Loss Limit vs Max Drawdown: How Prop-Firm Rules Really Work
Two numbers end more challenges than bad strategy. How the daily limit and the maximum drawdown are measured, why trailing drawdown surprises people, and how to size around both.
- Product26 Sept 2026 · 6 min read
Trade Replay, Tick by Tick: Review Trades on Your Broker’s Own Prices
A screenshot shows where price ended up. A replay shows what you saw when you clicked. What an accurate trade replay needs, and how to use one to review your decisions.
- Guide26 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
How to Journal NinjaTrader 8 Futures Trades Automatically
Stop exporting executions to a spreadsheet. How a small NinjaTrader 8 add-on keeps your futures journal complete, and what it can and can’t do.
- Guide12 Sept 2026 · 8 min read
The Best Trading Journal for Prop-Firm Traders (2026)
Most prop traders blow the challenge on discipline, not strategy. Here is how the right journal keeps you inside your daily and total drawdown limits — and fixes the habits that fail accounts.
- Comparison12 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
The Pips Project vs TraderSync (2026): An Honest Comparison
Both journal your trades — but they are built for different traders. A straight comparison of features, pricing and AI, including where TraderSync is the better pick.