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Practical articles on trade logging, profit factor, equity curves, and getting more from your online trading journal.

Trader reviewing a modern online trading journal dashboard instead of a spreadsheet after the market close

Oct 8, 20263 min readtrading journal

The Spreadsheet is Dead: Why Pnlytic is the Only Trading Journal You Need in 2026

From revenge-trading wake-up calls to multi-asset logging, cloud review, and analytics without spreadsheet math—why Pnlytic is the trading journal to use in 2026.

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Oct 4, 20263 mintrading journal
Trading Journal vs Spreadsheet: Why Excel is Costing You Money in 2026
Why spreadsheet fatigue, missing context, and vanity metrics drain your edge—and how Pnlytic replaces manual Excel with imports, dashboards, and behavioral P&L in 2026.
Oct 3, 20263 minequity curve
Understanding Equity Curves: The Ultimate Heartbeat of Your Trading Strategy
Why broker balance charts lie, how to read equity curve shapes, survive drawdowns with honest P&L tracking, and visualize your edge on the Pnlytic dashboard.
Oct 2, 20263 minprofit factor
Stop Obsessing Over Win Rate: How to Calculate and Improve Your Profit Factor
Why an 80% win rate can still lose money, the profit factor formula with a worked example, benchmarks that matter, three levers to improve it, and how Pnlytic tracks it automatically.
Oct 1, 20263 mintrading journal
What is a Trading Journal and Why Every Trader Needs One
Why broker statements are not enough, where trading edge really leaks, the four metrics that define longevity, and how Pnlytic turns journaling into a daily performance loop.

The Spreadsheet is Dead: Why Pnlytic is the Only Trading Journal You Need in 2026

Trading Journal vs Spreadsheet: Why Excel is Costing You Money in 2026

Understanding Equity Curves: The Ultimate Heartbeat of Your Trading Strategy

Stop Obsessing Over Win Rate: How to Calculate and Improve Your Profit Factor

What is a Trading Journal and Why Every Trader Needs One