Why I Built The Trading Terminal

The Problem

I used to journal my trades in a spreadsheet. Every forex trader I know started that way. You make a few columns — date, pair, direction, entry, exit, P&L — and for a week or two it feels productive. Then you want to know which setup is actually making you money, or whether London session trades outperform New York, and the spreadsheet can't answer that without an hour of manual work.

So you look at the paid trading journals. Most are priced in US dollars and charge a monthly subscription from the first trade, and several are built mainly around US equities, which can make logging a gold or NAS100 trade awkward.

I wanted something that did three things:

1. Told me which setups and confluences are actually profitable — not in theory, but measured against my own trade data
2. See the net P&L of my tagged mistakes — not "you made mistakes this week" but "trades tagged revenge trading netted -$847 this month"
3. Worked for forex, gold, oil, crypto, indices — the instruments retail traders actually trade, not just US equities

Nothing I found did all three. So I built it.

What I Ended Up Building

The Trading Terminal is 16 modules in one platform. The core is a trade journal with 30+ fields per trade — but the journal is just the input. The output is what matters:

• 60+ analytics views that break down performance by setup, session, confluence, direction, timeframe, day of week and more
• Mistake Cost Analysis — tag mistakes on trades and the system adds up the net P&L of the trades carrying each mistake tag
• Trader DNA — a profiling system that shows where your edge actually comes from, broken down by nine dimensions
• Edge Score — a composite 0–100 rating from six weighted signals that tracks whether your edge is improving or deteriorating
• Risk Desk — daily risk budget, distance to breach, trailing drawdown tracking — works for live accounts, prop firm evaluations, or anything in between
• Do Not Trade a list of conditions that have historically lost you money
• Trade Lab — named strategies with automatic stat tracking, comparison tables, and danger-zone alerts

It connects to cTrader via one-click OAuth and to MT4/MT5 through a free Expert Advisor. Or you can import from any platform via CSV. Or just log manually — whatever works.

Why It's Free

The Free tier has no trial period. It's a real plan: trade journal, dashboard with equity curve and P&L calendar, accounts manager, position size calculator, economic calendar, market sessions, setups and confluences playbook, and prop firms guide. One account, 30 trades per month, 90 days of history. No card required.

Most traders need a journal. Not all of them need 60+ analytics views or strategy comparison tables. The free plan covers journaling. If the analytics prove themselves useful — and I think they will — upgrading should feel obvious, not forced.

Pro is A$19/month. It unlocks unlimited trades, full history, all analytics, Trader DNA, Edge Score, Trading Seasons and session performance. Elite is A$29/month and adds Trade Lab, Risk Desk, Do Not Trade, unlimited accounts and Connections (cTrader, MT4, MT5).

Who It's For

Every trader who takes data seriously. It doesn't matter what stage you're at:

• Live accounts — track real P&L, find your actual edge, stop guessing which setups work
• Prop firm evaluations — Risk Desk tracks drawdown from your closed trades, Do Not Trade danger zones list conditions where your own results have been negative
• Demo accounts — build the journaling habit before real money is on the line, and use analytics to prove whether your edge is real before funding
• Backtesting — import historical trades via CSV, let Trade Lab grade your strategy, then go live with data instead of hunches

If you trade forex, gold, oil, crypto or indices — whether you're on a live account, a funded challenge, a demo or backtesting a new strategy — The Trading Terminal is built for you.

What Makes This Different

Every trading journal says "track your trades." That's table stakes. The difference is what happens after you log the trade.

Most journals give you a P&L chart and call it analytics. The Trading Terminal gives you Mistake Cost Analysis that shows that trades tagged revenge trading netted -$1,200 last month. It gives you confluence win-rate charts that show your "OB + BOS" confluence combination wins 71% of the time while "FVG only" loses. It gives you setup performance ranking that proves your Asian session scalps are underwater while your London breakouts print.

That's not logging. That's diagnosing. And once you can see the diagnosis, the fix is usually obvious.

What's Next

The roadmap is driven by what traders actually ask for. Right now the product has 60+ analytics views, cTrader and MT4/MT5 connections, CSV import and a Free plan.

If you want a trading journal with a Free plan that handles the instruments you trade, give it a try. The Free plan needs no card. If it's useful, you'll know within a week.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who built The Trading Terminal?

Harrison Weaver built it. He started by journaling in a spreadsheet, found it could not answer which setups or sessions made money, and built the tool he could not find. He still logs his own trades in it.

Is The Trading Terminal free?

There is a Free plan with no trial period: the trade journal, dashboard, accounts manager and tools for 1 account, with up to 30 trades a month and 90 days of history, and no card required. Pro costs A$19 a month and Elite A$29 a month.

Who is The Trading Terminal for?

Traders who want to see their own data: live, demo, prop firm and backtest accounts in forex, gold, oil, crypto and indices, plus futures through CSV import. It is a journal and performance platform, not a broker or a source of signals.