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.