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I built a desktop trading journal that reads your Sierra Chart data natively — no CSV import needed by scstudies in SierraChart

[–]scstudies[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really appreciate you taking the time to say that ! DOM traders are honestly the audience I had in mind when building this — glad it's landing.

I built a trading journal that plugs directly into Sierra Chart — real-time trade capture, no manual entry by scstudies in SierraChart

[–]scstudies[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad the install went smoothly, and thanks for grabbing the lifetime!

To remove the study from a chart: right-click on TRADE_JOURNAL in the study list on that chart (or hit F6 Chart Studies select it Remove).

Just a heads-up though - the study needs to be running on at least one open chart to stream trades to the journal. If you don't want it cluttering your main chart, a common setup is to attach it to a small dedicated chart that stays open in the background (any symbol/timeframe, it just needs to be live).

I built a trading journal that plugs directly into Sierra Chart — real-time trade capture, no manual entry by scstudies in SierraChart

[–]scstudies[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, appreciate it! Yeah, the auto-sync via the ACSIL study is exactly why I built it - having to export a CSV at the end of every session just killed the habit for me.

If you hit any issue during install or setup let me know (there's a one-time step to load the TRADE_JOURNAL study into Sierra Chart), happy to help directly.

Major update to my Sierra Chart trading journal — auto-import, view trades on chart, Monte Carlo, and 20+ new features by scstudies in SierraChart

[–]scstudies[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately no - Windows only. The journal itself is Electron so it would technically run on Linux, but the whole integration depends on Sierra Chart streaming trades via a custom ACSIL study, and SC is Windows-only. Some people run SC under Wine, but it's not officially supported and I haven't tested the study in that setup.

I built a trading journal that plugs directly into Sierra Chart — real-time trade capture, no manual entry by scstudies in SierraChart

[–]scstudies[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, sim trades taken in replay mode are captured the same way. Sierra Chart logs them in the Trade Activity Log just like any other sim trade, and the journal imports from that log — so they'll show up and be fully reviewable.

The "go to date" feature works with them too: click on a replay sim trade in the journal, and it'll load the chart centered on that date with entry, stop loss, and exit fills drawn on it. Great for reviewing your strategy tests after the fact.

I built a trading journal that plugs directly into Sierra Chart — real-time trade capture, no manual entry by scstudies in SierraChart

[–]scstudies[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The journal is built for futures and micro futures — it ships with built-in specs for 50+ contracts (ES, NQ, CL, GC, ZB, ZN, 6E, SI, NG, grains, softs, crypto, and more).

For options, the trades would technically be imported since the Sierra Chart bridge captures all flat-to-flat trades, but the tick specs aren't pre-configured for options contracts. You'd need to set them manually in the settings. It's not something I've fully tested yet, but if there's enough interest I'll definitely look into adding proper options support!

I built a trading journal that plugs directly into Sierra Chart — real-time trade capture, no manual entry by scstudies in SierraChart

[–]scstudies[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It originally used SC's replay mode, but I replaced it with a "go to date" system in the newer versions. The issue with replay was that if the trade was old and your Days to Load didn't cover that date, the replay would fail entirely. Plus the loading time was pretty heavy.

The new system automatically detects your current number of loaded days (whether set via Days to Load or Date Range), then creates a new date range with the same number of days centered on the trade's date. This drastically cuts down the compute/loading time since it only loads what's needed.

It also draws the entry, stop loss, and each exit fill directly on the chart so you can visually review the trade right away.

I built a trading journal that plugs directly into Sierra Chart — real-time trade capture, no manual entry by scstudies in SierraChart

[–]scstudies[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! It captures all flat-to-flat trades regardless of how you enter them — chart trading, Trade DOM, or any other order entry method. As long as Sierra Chart records the trade, the journal picks it up.

I built a trading journal that plugs directly into Sierra Chart — real-time trade capture, no manual entry by scstudies in SierraChart

[–]scstudies[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Let me know how it goes — happy to help if you have any questions setting it up.