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Video 08 ยท Forgalis TradingJournal tutorial

Executions, Fills & How Trades Are Built

5 min 9 sec Play the walkthrough here or open it on YouTube.

Manage execution-based journal trades, distinguish actual fills from Planned Targets and Stop History, close manual journal positions and use locking for closed-trade corrections.

This walkthrough explains the product workflow and does not provide trading advice.

1.1.25 accuracy note: The embedded YouTube recording predates the final 1.1.25 interface. The written workflow below reflects the current 1.1.25 application scope; an updated recording is tracked in the tutorial automation work.

Current 1.1.25 execution model

An execution is one fill inside a journal trade. Once executions exist, entry, exit and quantity values derive from the fill sequence.

  • Create Entry converts a manual trade's current entry values into the first execution.
  • Same-side fills record scale-ins; smaller opposite-side fills record partial exits while net quantity remains.
  • Planned Targets are pre-trade intent. Actual partial-exit fills do not create or rewrite the plan.
  • Stop History is observed broker stop management and remains separate from both Initial SL and executions.
  • For the manual/journal execution workflow, Close Position creates the opposite fill for the remaining net quantity.
  • Closed execution-backed trades lock automatically; unlock only for genuine corrections, save and re-lock.

Broker boundary

Do not use FTJ Close Position to imply that a live broker position will be closed. A broker-synced open position is closed at the broker, then Fetch/Sync reconciles the journal. Automatic locking of broker-synced open executions by default is deferred from 1.1.25.