Journaling stocks · stocks and options in one journal

A stock trading journal that rebuilds each position from your fills

Scaling into a position is one decision and six fills. Journals that log what you type instead of what filled either make you work out the average by hand, or show six rows that each look like a separate trade. TickerReplay reconstructs the position from the executions, so the trade in your journal is the trade you actually held.

Scaling in is one trade, not six

Every fill on the same position rolls into one trade with a quantity-weighted average entry. Add to it tomorrow and the average moves; sell half and the rest stays open with the cost basis intact. The per-fill detail stays underneath, so you can still see exactly what you paid and when.

Shorts read the right way round

Direction comes from the fills rather than from a dropdown you have to remember, so a short that opens with a sell and closes with a buy is recognised as a short and its P&L is signed correctly. Nothing to set, nothing to get backwards at two in the morning.

The statistics come from executions

Win rate, expectancy, profit factor, R-multiples, drawdown, and calendar P&L are all computed from the same fills, which means every figure traces back to something that actually happened in your account. Where risk is unknown, the R-dependent numbers leave the trade out rather than inventing a stop you never set.

Options live in the same journal

Most people who trade stocks also trade options at some point, and keeping them in separate tools makes portfolio-level win rate and drawdown meaningless. Spreads, rolls, and assignments import as connected trades alongside the equity ones. See the

options journal page for how that side works.

What it does not do

No live quotes, no position monitor, and no tax output. It does not compute tax lots or wash sales and should not be filed from; export and hand that to your accountant. This is a record of what you did, read back to you honestly.

Common questions

What happens if I add to a position I already hold?

The trade is rebuilt from all of its fills, so the average entry recalculates and the quantity grows. It stays one trade rather than becoming a second one, which is what you meant when you scaled in.

Can I journal short trades?

Yes. Direction is derived from the fills themselves rather than asked for, so a short that opens with a sell and closes with a buy is read correctly and its P&L is signed the right way round.

Does it handle wash sales or tax lots?

No. This is not a tax tool and it does not compute tax lots, wash sales, or anything you should file from. Export your trades and executions as CSV or JSON and hand those to whoever does your taxes.

Can I keep separate accounts apart?

Yes. Trades belong to an account, so a cash account and a margin account stay separate in the journal and in reports, and you can look at either one or at everything together.

If you also trade options

The same journal keeps spreads, rolls, and assignments whole. If the contracts themselves are new, what options on stocks actually are is the plain version, and what to learn first is the order worth taking them in.

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