Top 3 each month win a $50K Lucid Flex account

See the trade.
Understand the trader.

TC Journal keeps your trades and your behavior in one record — the execution, the setup, whether you kept your plan and how you felt. Review them side by side, and the habits behind the numbers stop hiding.

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Starter is free with no card · Pro $20/mo · Elite $35/mo

SampleApex 50K EOD · EvaluationThu, Sep 3
6,5456,5506,5556,5609:309:4510:0010:1510:3010:4511:0012Revenge · size 3 → 4 · plan broken
  • 109:46ES Short × 36550.00 → 6554.75 · stopped−$315
  • 210:09ES Short × 46552.50 → 6555.00 · stopped−$220

Sample account and fictional data. The price path is illustrative; the trades and notes are the sample journal’s.

01PsychologyPro & Elite

Discipline, recorded apart from the result.

Log whether you kept your plan and the state you traded in. Reviewed beside P&L, a good loss and a lucky win stop looking alike.

How it works

02Monthly competitionPro & Elite

Top 3 each month win a $50K Lucid Flex account.

Ranked on a consistency score from broker-sourced trades, not on the biggest P&L. 10 trades to qualify.

How ranking works

03Tradovate syncElite

Connect once. Fills arrive on their own.

Every connected account syncs into the journal every two hours, or straight away with one button. Read-only.

Try a sample sync

Hypothetical performance disclosure

The figures, charts, and dashboard images shown on this page are simulated sample data created to demonstrate the product interface. They are not the results of any actual account. Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described below. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown; in fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight. In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk of actual trading. For example, the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results. There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of hypothetical performance results and all which can adversely affect trading results.

01The product, working

Try it on a sample trader.

Five views of one fictional journal — three prop accounts, a funded payout, a failed combine and a revenge day included. Click anything; nothing is saved.

Net result, win rate and the curve behind them — losing days left exactly where they fell.

Sample dataDemo Trader · 3 prop accounts · nothing here is saved

Net P&L

+$1,320

Win rate

57%

12W · 9L · 0 scratch

Profit factor

1.81

21 trades

Deepest dip

−$230

9 of 21 days red

Switch the interval: every figure recomputes from the same trades.

Hypothetical performance disclosure

The figures, charts, and dashboard images shown on this page are simulated sample data created to demonstrate the product interface. They are not the results of any actual account. Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described below. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown; in fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight. In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk of actual trading. For example, the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results. There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of hypothetical performance results and all which can adversely affect trading results.

02Psychology · Pro & Elite

A losing trade can be a good trade.

The check-in records whether you kept your plan, how you felt going in and what went wrong — separately from the result. Lay the two side by side and four very different kinds of trade come apart.
Won
Lost
Plan kept
Plan broken

68 decided sample trades; scratches within ±$50 sit out. Plan kept netted +$9,195; plan broken netted −$4,950.

Plan broken · won · 2 trades

  • Aug 17ES Long · felt anxious“Broke the one-trade rule to win back yesterday. It paid, which is the worst lesson it could teach.”+$520
  • Jul 31MES Short · felt impatient“PM trade that was not in the plan. It worked, which is exactly why it is dangerous.”+$80

Tag a mistake in the check-in and a coaching card answers it on the spot. Each card is a written response chosen by the trigger you logged — not a daily quote, and not AI.

Mindset coachTriggered by Revenge

Step away for 15 minutes before your next click. The urge to win it back means you're trading to repair your ego, not to execute an edge — the market has no memory of your last trade.

“There is a random distribution between wins and losses for any given set of variables that define an edge.”

Fundamental Truth #3 — Trading in the Zone

TC Journal is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Mark Douglas, his estate, or his publisher. Trading in the Zone is referenced for educational commentary; quotations remain the property of their copyright holder.

Hypothetical performance disclosure

The figures, charts, and dashboard images shown on this page are simulated sample data created to demonstrate the product interface. They are not the results of any actual account. Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described below. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown; in fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight. In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk of actual trading. For example, the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results. There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of hypothetical performance results and all which can adversely affect trading results.

03Tradovate sync · Elite

Your fills, in the journal, without the CSV.

Connect your Tradovate logins once. Trades from every connected account land in your journal, analytics and prop tracker — and stay labelled with where they came from.
  1. 1

    Connect

    Sign in to Tradovate from the import page. Access is read-only.

  2. 2

    Sync

    Fills come in every two hours, or straight away with Sync Trades.

  3. 3

    Review

    Each synced trade is review-ready. Add the setup and the psychology yourself.

Elite
Every Tradovate login and account you connect syncs into the journal, analytics and prop tracker.
Pro
Connects one account, on the leaderboard, to verify competition trades. Those fills go to the board, not the journal — Pro journals by CSV import.
Starter
CSV import and manual entry.

Sync picks up trades from the day you connect onward. Earlier days come in once by CSV. Read-only access: TC Journal can see fills, it can never place or change an order.

SampleApex 50K EOD · TradovateLast sync 8:00 AM ET
  • Sep 25
    09:48    ES Long × 3CSV+$385
  • Sep 24
    09:44    NQ Short × 2CSV−$335
  • Sep 23
    09:57    ES Long × 3CSV−$195
  • Sep 21
    09:46    ES Long × 3CSV+$350
  • Sep 18
    09:52    ES Short × 3CSV−$285

Hypothetical performance disclosure

The figures, charts, and dashboard images shown on this page are simulated sample data created to demonstrate the product interface. They are not the results of any actual account. Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described below. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown; in fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight. In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk of actual trading. For example, the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results. There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of hypothetical performance results and all which can adversely affect trading results.

04Monthly competition · Pro & Elite

Consistency, recognized monthly.

Every month the top 3 qualified traders on the board each win a $50K Lucid Flex account. The ranking rewards a steady record, not one oversized day.

This month board

Closes at month end

Illustration. The live standings, and past winners in the Hall of Fame, are on the public board.

See this month’s board

How the board ranks

50%

Win rate

Wins over decided trades.

25%

Trade count

Toward 50 counted trades in the month.

25%

Net P&L

Toward a flat $5,000. A red month earns zero here.

  • 10 counted trades to qualify. A trade inside ±$100 isn’t counted. Prize spots go to the top 3 qualified traders when the month closes.
  • Broker-sourced trades only. Pro connects one Tradovate account on the leaderboard; Elite’s synced accounts can compete. Earlier days of the month come in by importing that account’s month.
  • Live and prop firm accounts. From November 2026, practice (simulation) accounts can’t compete. One account competes at a time.
  • Size doesn’t climb the board. P&L credit stops at $5,000 and half the score is win rate. Open to Pro, Elite and Lifetime subscribers.

Entering is not a trading strategy and does not make a profit more likely. Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss; only risk capital should be used.

05After the close

Built for the questions you ask every evening.

Journal, calendar, setups and prop accounts read from the same trades, so each answer is one click from the trades behind it. Rule presets ship for 10 prop firms.
SampleSeptember 2026 · Lucid 50K Flex+$1,410
MonTueWedThuFri
1

+$330

1 trade

2

+$185

1 trade

3●

−$230

1 trade

4

+$290

1 trade

7

−$150

1 trade

8

+$120

1 trade

9

+$235

1 trade

10

−$165

1 trade

11
14

+$310

1 trade

15

+$90

1 trade

16

−$200

1 trade

17

+$370

1 trade

18

−$205

1 trade

21

+$250

1 trade

22

−$140

1 trade

23

+$220

1 trade

24

−$180

1 trade

25

+$280

1 trade

Which sessions deserve a second look?
Days where the plan broke are marked on the calendar — 1 this month. Open one for its trades, notes and check-in.
Which setups have enough trades to judge?
  • Mech Model43 trades67% won
  • Judas Swing18 trades50% won
  • Breaker Retest4 tradestoo few
  • PM Reversal1 tradetoo few
  • London Sweep1 tradetoo few
How much room does this account have?
The Apex evaluation sits $1,855 above its breach level, by the recorded end-of-day balances — and $1,295 from target.
Which slips keep coming back?
Anxious×4Revenge×3Impatient×1Distracted×1States logged on the 11 trades where the plan was broken.

Hypothetical performance disclosure

The figures, charts, and dashboard images shown on this page are simulated sample data created to demonstrate the product interface. They are not the results of any actual account. Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described below. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown; in fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight. In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk of actual trading. For example, the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results. There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of hypothetical performance results and all which can adversely affect trading results.

06Plans

Start free. Add depth when you want it.

Starter

Core journaling

$0forever

  • 25 trades per month
  • All 20+ ICT confluence tags
  • Prop firm tracking (2 accounts)
  • Psychology tracker
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Pro

Review, psychology and the competition

$20/month

  • Unlimited trades
  • Psychology tracker + mood journal
  • Prop firm tracking (5 accounts)
  • Leaderboard podium + monthly giveaway
  • Connect Tradovate for verified leaderboard stats
Choose Pro
Best for Funded

Elite

Automation for funded traders

$35/month

  • Tradovate auto-sync — every account, straight into your journal
  • Unlimited prop firm accounts
  • Weekly AI-generated reports
  • Priority support (24hr response)
Choose Elite

Paid plans bill at sign-up and renew until cancelled; cancel from Settings in one step. Full comparison

Questions

Before you start.

Already a member? Sign in — nothing about your account changes.

Which brokers and platforms can I bring trades in from?
Elite connects Tradovate directly and syncs every connected account. On any plan you can import a CSV exported from Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Rithmic or Quantower (and several prop firms’ own exports), paste a trade table copied from a web platform, or log trades by hand.
Do I have to connect a broker?
No. CSV import and manual entry work on every plan. The Tradovate connection is there to save the typing, not to gate the journal.
How does the psychology tracking work?
After a session you record, per trade or for a group of trades, whether you kept your plan and your bias, how you felt, and which mistakes you made. That produces a 0–10 discipline score (10, minus 5 for a broken plan or 2 for “mostly”, minus 1 per mistake, minus a weight for each negative emotion). A pre-market check-in rates your readiness before the bell. Tagging a mistake shows a written coaching card for that trigger. Psychology is on Pro and Elite.
What’s the difference between Pro and Elite?
Pro is the full journal: unlimited trades, psychology, analytics, CSV import, five prop accounts, and the monthly competition — with one Tradovate account connected to verify your board entry. Elite adds Tradovate sync for every account straight into the journal, unlimited prop accounts, and weekly AI-written reports.
Who can enter the monthly competition?
Pro, Elite and Lifetime subscribers. Your competing account’s trades have to come from the broker — connect it on the leaderboard, and import that account’s month for days before you connected. You need 10 counted trades to qualify, and from November 2026 only live and prop firm accounts can compete. The top 3 qualified traders each month win a $50K Lucid Flex account.
I already have an account. Will my trades still be there?
Yes. Sign in as usual — your trades, accounts and check-ins are unchanged. If you cancel a paid plan you move to Starter and your existing trades stay accessible.
How do I cancel?
From Settings, in one confirmation — no email or call. You keep access until the end of the period you’ve paid for. Annual plans are non-refundable after 14 days.
Does TC Journal give trading advice?
No. It’s a journaling and analytics tool. It doesn’t provide signals, recommendations, or financial advice of any kind.

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Risk disclosure

Futures and forex trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing one’s financial security or life style. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

TC Journal is a journaling and analytics tool for educational purposes only. It does not constitute financial, investment, or trading advice, and it does not provide trading recommendations. You are solely responsible for your own trading decisions.

NinjaTrader® is a registered trademark of NinjaTrader Group, LLC. No NinjaTrader company has any affiliation with the owner, developer, or provider of the products or services described herein, or any interest, ownership or otherwise, in any such product or service, or endorses, recommends or approves any such product or service.