Should we record pending orders to trade journal?

Pending order, the unfilled order that the market price doesn't meet the entry price yet. So it's not a real trade yet.

My question: do you think if we should record pending order to trade journal? Or only record it when it gets filled?

I'm hesitate on it since I think it's both meaningful and meaningless to do it.

Meaningful: when we place a pending order, there is always some analysis and reason to do it, so it worth to record and remember it.
Meaningless: an order is nothing until it's filled.

Thoughts? Or what do you do?

I don't see the point.

It depends on how verbose you want your journal. A failed trade can still count in your statistics and you can draw conclusions from it. The same for cancelled trades.
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To me, pending order details are useful to record for the reason you mentioned, especially if accompanied by a screenshot of the chart in the timeframe you decided to base your pending order on.

Some might say, "why not just analyze the chart and note that analysis for the record?"

But for me, that's a cowardly analysis. Openly betting to put SOME skin in the game based on your analysis is a way of "committing" to the analysis and holds you accountable.

But that's just me.

Like KMidas says, it all depends on how much verbosity you require. For some (like me), the pending order and chart showing your TP target and your SL level is enough basic information to record, assuming you trade the same edge consistently.

If space is an issue, why not just open a Trading Journal thread on FF and dump your ideas (including pending orders and all) in there?

I think it do not need and useless..
Just trade and try to get more profit in trade