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Blog · 2026-10-22

Keeping a daily copy trading journal (with a simple template)

Copying a trader doesn't mean switching off. A five-minute daily journal helps you understand results, spot problems and decide when to adjust.

Why journal if someone else is trading?

You still choose the strategy, your size and your exits. A short daily note shows whether your results match the trader's, whether your own changes helped or hurt, and whether the risk still feels right.

A five-minute daily template

Trades copied today: ticker, opened or closed, result in %.

Did anything differ from the trader? A worse fill, a skipped trade, or exits you changed.

How I felt: calm, anxious, tempted to intervene — and whether I did.

Account check: today's change and distance from my loss limit.

One thing to watch tomorrow.

Review weekly

Once a week, compare your notes with the strategy's public Trade log. If your results keep falling short of the trader's, look at fills, sizing, or exit changes before blaming the strategy.

Use what's already in the app

Your Trade history shows every copied trade with prices, fees and profit after fees, and you can add a private note to each one. That's the record your journal sits on top of.

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Educational content, not investment advice. Options involve substantial risk.