Best trading journal?

Hi,

Do you use a trading journal that gives you a real solid value over other journals? but really, I mean it. a clear and real edge, something that really improves your trading?

I mean, all journals give you basic stats, allow you to tag trades, adding screenshots, etc. all is important, no doubt. but I'm looking for unique feature(s) that you love about your journal.

If so, which journal is it and what is/are the special benefits it gives you?

Thanks
Yaniv

Hello,

I was using a simple Excel sheet. I have found that all these journals with stats, tags etc. are very complicated and don't help me at all. It's not a journal that will change your trading, it's the information you write into it. For me, the most important things in the journal were: 1. Screenshot 2. Comment why I entered the trade 3. How far trade would go.
The comments on why I entered the trade were very crucial. When you write the information, it's harder to lie to yourself. At the end of the month I was reviewing the trades I took and there were many trades with comments like "I think it will go up", "Looks good, price is going up" and so on. And most of these trades were losing trades. But there were trades with comments like "Trend is up, price broke the resistance that was touched 4 times" and these trades were profitable. The next time before entering a trade I would think, okay why I'm entering this trade, what would i write into comments. And if I didn't know what to write instead of "Trade looks good" than I knew that there was no need to open this trade.
Try it, write the comments immediately after taking a trade and after a few months you will be surprised how many dumb trades you took.