Frequently Asked Questions

Tradernal is a professional trading journal that lets you record trades, attach notes and media, and analyze performance across accounts and instruments. It helps you identify strengths, fix weaknesses, and become more consistent.

Day traders, swing traders, and long-term investors who want a structured workflow to track trades, measure risk, and improve decision-making.

Forex, indices, commodities, crypto, and stocks. You can also create custom instruments (including tick size) to fit your broker's specifications.

No. Tradernal is an analytics and journaling tool. It does not provide financial advice or trade recommendations.

You can also use Help & Support inside the app to open your email client automatically.

The Dashboard highlights: Overview (total/win/loss/open), Key Metrics (win/loss rate, max drawdown, Sharpe ratio, etc.), Portfolio Summary (accounts, instruments, open positions, total volume), Period Performance (weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly), and Risk Metrics. Pull down to refresh.

Yes. When you verify your email, Tradernal automatically creates a default demo account for you. This account comes with sample features, allowing you to record test trades and explore analytics. You can customize or remove it later and add real accounts with your own instruments.

You can create and manage multiple accounts (broker, account number, currency, type). Swipe between accounts to view Quick Statistics such as PnL, drawdown, volatility, Sharpe ratio, open positions, and activity. Selecting an account updates the analytics context.

Yes. Accounts are first-class entities. Switching the active account updates Quick Stats and chart queries, letting you compare performance across accounts.

An instrument represents a tradable symbol such as EUR/USD, XAU/USD, NAS100, BTC/USD, or a stock like AAPL. Instruments include optional attributes like segment (Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto, Stocks), base/quote currencies, and tick size.

Yes. You can create your own symbols and specify tick size if your broker uses non-standard pricing (e.g., 0.00001 for EUR/USD). Custom instruments appear alongside built-ins and can be selected when logging trades.

Tick size defines the minimum price increment for an instrument. It ensures prices and PnL are calculated correctly in analytics and trade entries (e.g., 0.01 for indices, 0.0001 or 0.00001 for Forex pairs).

Segments (Forex, Indices, Commodities, Crypto, Stocks) organize your universe for cleaner analytics. Base/quote currencies clarify pricing (e.g., EUR as base and USD as quote in EUR/USD). This helps normalize metrics and reports.

Yes. You can update attributes like segment or tick size if needed. Removing an instrument that is referenced by trades is restricted to preserve data integrity; instead, mark it inactive.

Log entries and exits, direction, size, SL/TP, realized/unrealized PnL, and notes. You can add fills (positions), link signals, tag trades, and attach files/screenshots. Search and filter by account, instrument, direction, date, tags, and more.

A "Long" trade means you are buying an instrument because you expect its price to rise (buy low, sell high). A "Short" trade means you are selling an instrument you don't own because you expect its price to fall (sell high, buy back lower).

Yes. Use tags to group setups and add images/documents as attachments to preserve context and speed up post-trade reviews.

Equity Curve, P&L, Drawdown, and Win Rate charts with period selectors (1d, 7d, 30d, 90d, 1y). Choose account context, refresh on demand, and inspect points for values. Additional summaries show instrument/account breakdowns and period performance.

Yes. Pick the chart type and time window, and optionally select a specific account. The app will fetch the appropriate dataset and render interactive charts.

We use industry-standard security (encryption in transit, hashed passwords, and access controls). You can request account and data deletion at any time via support.