Journaling options · stocks and options in one journal

An options trading journal that keeps spreads, rolls, and assignments whole

Most journals were built for single-leg equity trades and bolt options on afterwards. Import a four-leg iron condor and you get four rows that each look like a losing or winning trade on their own, none of which is the trade you actually put on. TickerReplay reconstructs the structure instead.

A spread is one trade, not four

Legs that were opened together import as a single connected trade with a net debit or credit, the quantity in spreads rather than contracts, and per-leg fills kept underneath so nothing is lost. Your win rate counts it once, which is the number you meant.

Rolls stay linked

Closing one expiry and opening the next is one decision, so the roll chain stays connected and the P&L carries across it. A journal that treats a roll as an unrelated close and open will tell you that you won four times and lost once on what was a single position you managed for a month.

Assignment ties back to the underlying

When a short leg is assigned, the resulting stock position is linked to the option that caused it, so the cost basis and the eventual P&L land on the same trade rather than appearing as a mystery share lot.

What it does not do

There is no live options chain, no greeks, and no pricing model. This is a post-trade journal: it tells you what happened, using only fills that actually occurred. If you want a position monitor or a strategy builder, this is not that, and your broker already ships one.

Stocks too

Equity trades sit in the same journal and the same reports. Most traders run both, and splitting them across two tools makes the portfolio-level numbers meaningless.

Common questions

Can I journal stocks and options in the same account?

Yes, and they share the same reports. Most traders run both, and splitting them across two tools makes portfolio-level win rate and drawdown meaningless.

Do I need a paid plan for the options handling?

No. Spreads importing as one trade, linked rolls, and assignment handling are how the engine works, not a tier feature. The free plan caps trade volume, not the way a trade is reconstructed.

Does it show an options chain or track greeks?

No. This is a post-trade journal, so it works only from fills that already happened. Your broker already has a chain and a position monitor; duplicating them badly would not help you.

Which brokers does it work with for options?

Any broker that exports a CSV of fills, plus auto-sync from 20+ brokerages. We have step-by-step export guides for tastytrade, Interactive Brokers, thinkorswim, and Robinhood.

TickerReplay is a journal for tracking your own trading. It is not financial advice, and past results don't predict future ones. SES Technology Ventures LLC.

New to the contracts themselves

If the mechanics are still fuzzy, start with calls versus puts, then what a covered call actually costs you. Both are plain language with worked examples. There is also a free options profit calculator for P&L at expiry.