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Journal

Journal

Every entry tied to the trade it belongs to.

Pre-session plans, after-session reviews, lessons, and trade notes — organised by category and linked to the actual trades they describe. When Sage reviews your process, this is the evidence it reads.

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01

Structured, not scattered

Categories for plans, reviews, lessons, and ideas keep the journal usable months later.

02

Linked to real trades

Attach an entry to the trade it describes — the note and the fills behind it stay together.

03

Feeds your coaching

Sage draws on your journal when reviewing trades, so what you wrote informs what it flags.

How the journal earns its keep

  1. 01

    Write it while it's fresh

    Plan before the open, review after the close. Entries are categorised — pre-session, after-session, hard lesson, market state, trade idea — so the registry stays usable months later.

  2. 02

    Link it to the trade

    Attach the entry to the trade it describes. If that trade filled in several parts, the note stays attached to the whole decision rather than to one fill.

  3. 03

    Let it feed the review

    Sage reads your journal when it reviews your trading, so what you were thinking at the time becomes part of the coaching rather than something you have to remember.

The entry

A note, and the trade it belongs to

Type / for a block: headings, checklists, bulleted and numbered lists, tables, quotes, code and images. Each entry is stamped with its category and the trade it describes, and Zen hides the side panes when you just want to write.

  • A slash menu and toolbar for headings, checklists, tables, quotes, links and code
  • Paste, drop or attach an image, stored with the entry
  • Review templates from the same menu, and category and linked-trade badges on every entry
A journal entry titled Broke the reset rule again: an after-session review linked to one trade, with its rich-text toolbar and the written review.

The registry

Every entry, filterable, grouped by session

The registry groups entries by trading day and counts what you have: how many are trade-linked, how many are session notes, how many still need context. Filter to trade notes or session notes, or search the text.

  • Grouped by session date, newest first
  • Filter by note type, or search across your entries
  • Counts show how many of your notes are tied to a trade
The journal registry listing twenty-one entries across seventeen sessions, grouped by date, with filters for all notes, trade notes and session notes.

The inspector

What this note is actually attached to

The inspector resolves a linked note down to the executions behind it. A trade that filled in two parts shows as one logical trade carrying both fills and its P&L — so a note about one decision stays attached to one decision, not to an arbitrary fill.

  • Linked trades resolved to their underlying executions
  • Several fills grouped into the single trade you actually took
  • Entry, exit and P&L for the trade the note describes
  • The mindset (1–5) and energy (1–3) you log, kept with the entry
The journal inspector: one linked COIN trade built from two fills with a total P&L of minus 301 dollars, and the mindset and energy recorded with the entry.

Plan availability

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Available on every plan, including Free.

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Common questions

How does linking a note to a trade work?
Pick the trade from the entry and it stays attached. If that trade filled in several parts, the inspector groups those executions into the one logical trade, so the note describes the decision rather than an individual fill.
How is the journal organised?
By session date, with a category on every entry — pre-session, after-session, hard lesson, market state, trade idea or a general journal note. Filter to trade notes or session notes, or search across your entries.
Do I have to write an entry for every trade?
No. The registry shows how many of your notes are tied to a trade, so you can see where you are documenting and where you are not — most traders journal the trades that taught them something.
Does Sage read my journal?
Yes. When Sage reviews your trading it draws on your recent journal entries alongside your playbooks and the trade data itself, so what you wrote at the time informs what it flags.
Can I use it for pre-market planning as well as review?
That is what the pre-session category is for. Plan before the open, review after the close, and the registry keeps both together under the trading day they belong to.

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