Forgalis TradingJournal - Documentation

Forgalis TradingJournal (FTJ) is a local-first Windows desktop trading journal for recording, reviewing and analysing personal trading activity.

FTJ stores journal data in the active local SQLite database. The current database path is shown in Settings.

Getting Started

• Installation
  • System Requirements
  • Installing FTJ
  • Updating FTJ
  • Internet Use
  • Local Data
  • Uninstalling
• First Launch
  • Your Active Database
  • Understanding the Sidebar
  • Dashboard Controls
  • Demo Mode on First Launch
  • Next Steps
• Your First Trade
  • Prerequisites
  • Create a Trade
  • Entry Details
  • Exit and Realised P/L
  • Execution-Based Trades
  • Strategy and Confluence Tags
  • Images, Notes and Reflection
  • Saving and Navigation
  • What’s Next?

Features

• Dashboard
  • Closed Trades and Open Trades
  • Filters
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Reporting Currency and Missing FX
  • Guidance / Next Steps
  • Recent Activity
  • Charts
  • Demo Mode
• Trades
  • Trade List, Search and Filters
  • Creating a Manual Trade
  • Entry Card
  • Exit Card
  • Executions
  • Strategies, Confluences and Exit Reasons
  • Images, Notes and Reflection
  • Saving, Cancelling and Unsaved Changes
  • Demo Mode
• Accounts
  • Creating an Account
  • Editing an Account
  • Deleting an Account
  • Cash Flows
  • Multiple Accounts
  • Demo Mode
• Strategies, Confluences and Exit Reasons
  • Workspace
  • Strategies
  • Confluences
  • Exit Reasons
  • Seeding Built-in Items
  • Import and Export
  • Demo Mode
  • Unsaved Changes
  • Using Tags in Trades
• Exchange Rates
  • When Exchange Rates Are Needed
  • Missing Rates
  • Managing Rates Manually
  • Rates Used by Trades
  • Fetching Rates Automatically
  • Filters and Validation
  • Unsaved Changes
  • Demo Mode
• Importing Data
  • Supported formats
  • Custom mapping
  • Demo Mode import rules
  • Account assignment
  • Date and number parsing
  • Duplicate detection
  • Import result
  • Common questions
• Broker Sync
  • General Workflow
  • Demo Mode
  • cTrader
  • MetaTrader 4
  • MetaTrader 5
  • Bridge Compatibility
  • Linking Accounts
  • Imported Data
  • Duplicate Prevention
  • History Depth
  • Troubleshooting
• Settings
  • Database
  • Backup Settings
  • Time Format
  • Images
  • Lot Sizes
  • License
  • Advanced
  • Legal

Reference

• Glossary
• Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Trades
  • Standard Text Editing
  • Mouse Interactions
• Frequently Asked Questions
  • General
  • Demo Mode
  • Trades and P/L
  • Broker Sync
  • Dashboard
  • Support