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DisciplineTrade

Free trading journal for stocks, futures and options

Trade your plan.
Not your mood.

DisciplineTrade puts your own rules in front of you before the market opens, flags revenge trades as they happen and scores your discipline. Never your profit.

No card needed. Read-only broker access. We never place orders.

DisciplineTrade Today page: net after charges, trades used against the daily limit, loss limit left, discipline score 48 of 100, trade cards with behaviour flags
Morning rule checkIf-then rulesPlan before entryPre-trade timestampRevenge-trade flagsNet after STT and chargesDiscipline scoreTiltmeterBlind reviewWeekly focus ruleZerodha and CSV importHindi and EnglishTelegram remindersGoogle Sheets export

The rule shows up before the mistake.

Price runs into resistance, the urge to take a fourth trade arrives, and your own rule is already on screen. That is the whole idea.

An index line moves between support and resistance and touches resistance, where a rule card appearsR1 resistanceS1 support

Rule 2 of 5

If I have taken 3 trades today, then I stop for the day.

Broken 4 times last month. Cost ₹9,200.

I'll follow this

Watch the flags appear.

Import your tradebook or add trades by hand. Every trade is checked against your rules: no plan, revenge after a loss, bigger size after a loss, trades after your cutoff. A win that broke your rules is marked as luck.

See every behaviour flag
Today, 4 tradesMax 3 a day
  • 09:42BANKNIFTY 52200 PE+₹2,034Plan firstA+ setup
  • 10:45NIFTY 25000 CE−₹1,191No plan
  • 11:03NIFTY 24950 PE−₹2,252Revenge?Size up after loss
  • 14:41BANKNIFTY 52300 CE+₹597After cutoffLucky win

Numbers about you, not the market.

Discipline score

Needs workRules kept, trades planned, no revenge. Profit never adds a point.

Tiltmeter: daily score over two weeks

Green 60 and above, amber 40 to 59, red under 40. Low days usually line up with the drawdowns.

Cost of mistakes, last 30 days

  • Revenge?−₹9,420
  • No plan−₹7,310
  • Over max trades−₹4,860
  • After cutoff−₹1,240

One trade, gross to pocket

Gross P&L
+₹2,130
Brokerage
−₹40
STT, exchange, SEBI
−₹45
GST and stamp duty
−₹11
In your pocket
+₹2,034

Illustrative demo numbers.

Built around the trading day, not the trade.

  1. 09:05

    Morning Gate

    A quick check-in, then each of your rules on its own card. The journal opens after the last one.

  2. Before entry

    Plan the trade

    Reason, stop, target and setup checklist, saved with a server timestamp before you click buy.

  3. During the day

    Flags, not tips

    Revenge trades, sizing up after a loss, trades after your cutoff. Flagged as they happen, never a trade call.

  4. 15:45

    Close and lock

    Net after every charge, a lesson, tomorrow's plan. The day locks, so hindsight cannot rewrite it.

See it in action.

Real screens from the app with demo data. No mock-ups.

Insights: weekly review with the most expensive mistake, a focus rule for next week, and the equity curve with the tiltmeter
Insights. Your most expensive mistake this week, one rule to focus on next week, equity with the tiltmeter.
Morning Gate on a phone: rule 1 of 5, if I have taken 3 trades today then I stop trading, broken 4 times last month
Morning Gate. Each rule on its own card, with what breaking it cost you last month.

93% of individual F&O traders lost money in FY22 to FY24.

That is SEBI's own finding, published in September 2024. A journal cannot change the market. It can change what you do after a loss, how many trades you take and whether you see the real cost of each one.

Read the study summary and source

What is a discipline journal?

A discipline journal records whether you followed your own process, not just whether a trade made money. It captures the reason for a trade before the outcome is known, checks each trade against your rules and scores the day on process. The aim is fewer avoidable mistakes, not more trades.

Profit-only journal compared with a discipline journal
QuestionProfit-only journalDiscipline journal
When is the reason written?Often after the tradeBefore entry, timestamped
What is scored?P&LRules followed and planning, not P&L
Lucky winsLook like skillLabelled when rules were broken
Past entriesEditableLocked, with dated notes

See every feature or how it works, step by step.

Questions

What is the Morning Gate and why can't I skip it?

The Morning Gate is a short routine before the market opens: a quick check-in, then each of your if-then rules on its own card. The journal opens after the last card. Re-reading your own rules every day is what makes them stick.

What does pre-trade verified mean?

You write your plan and the reason for the trade before you enter. The plan gets a server timestamp. If your broker's entry time is later than that timestamp, the trade is marked pre-trade verified, so your reasons cannot be rewritten with hindsight.

Why can't I edit a day after closing it?

Closing the day locks what you wrote, so later knowledge of the outcome cannot change it. You can still add dated notes under the original entry.

What is the discipline score and why can a no-trade day score 100?

The score from 0 to 100 measures process: finishing the Morning Gate on time, following your rules, planning trades before entry and avoiding behaviours like revenge trades. Profit never raises it, so a day with no trades and no broken rules can score 100.

Do you place orders on my broker account?

No. Broker connections use read-only data such as your tradebook. The app never places, changes or cancels orders.

What should a trading journal track?

At minimum: the instrument, side, size, entry and exit, the reason written before entry, the stop and target, charges, and how you felt. Tracking whether you followed your own rules matters as much as profit or loss.

Can I import trades from my broker?

Yes. You can upload a Zerodha tradebook or a CSV/XLSX file from other brokers and match its columns once. Imported trades are labelled self-reported.

Write your rules tonight. Read them at 09:05.

Free, in the browser on phone and desktop. No card needed.