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A swing trading journal built for Indian traders. Log multi-day trades, track holding periods, review setups, and find which patterns give you the best edge on NSE and BSE.

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What Is a Swing Trading Journal?

A swing trading journal is a structured record of every multi-day trade you take — capturing the setup that triggered your entry, your planned target and stop-loss, how the trade evolved over its holding period, and the final outcome.

Unlike intraday trading, swing trades can last days or weeks. Your journal needs to capture the original thesis, overnight risk, and whether you held according to your plan — or made emotional exits.

Over time, your journal reveals which setups, sectors, and market conditions give you the best expectancy as a swing trader.

What to Log in Every Swing Trade

  • Instrument & setup name
  • Entry date, price & quantity
  • Planned target & stop-loss
  • Exit date, price & actual P&L
  • Holding period (days/weeks)
  • Original trade thesis
  • Chart screenshot (before & after)
  • What you did right or wrong

Built for Swing Traders

TradeDiary has every field and analytics a swing trader needs to review performance systematically.

Holding Period Tracking

Log entry and exit dates. TradeDiary automatically calculates holding period and shows how it correlates with your P&L.

Setup Tagging

Tag every swing trade with the setup name (breakout, pullback, trend continuation, etc.) to see which patterns perform best.

Strategy Analytics

Compare win rate, average R:R, and total P&L across different swing setups and strategies over any time period.

Chart Screenshot Journal

Attach before-entry and after-exit chart screenshots to every trade for a visual record of your decisions.

Mistake Tracker

Tag exits made out of fear, targets that were cut short, or stop-losses that were moved. Know exactly what discipline errors cost you.

Broker Sync

Auto-import trades from Zerodha, Dhan, and Upstox so you never miss logging a swing trade.

Swing vs Intraday Journaling

Aspect Swing Trading Intraday Trading
Holding Period Days to weeks Minutes to hours
Key Log Fields Thesis, overnight risk Entry time, exit time
Review Frequency Weekly/monthly Daily
Screenshot Timing End of day charts Intraday charts
Key Mistakes Early exits, thesis drift Overtrading, chasing

TradeDiary supports both — log intraday and swing trades in the same account.

Swing Trading Journal Questions

A swing trading journal is a structured record of every multi-day or multi-week trade you take, including the setup that triggered the entry, your planned target and stop-loss, holding period, and the actual outcome. It helps you identify which setups have the best expectancy over time.
A swing trading journal tracks trades held for multiple days or weeks, so it needs to capture overnight risk, the original thesis, and how the trade evolved over time. TradeDiary supports both intraday and swing trade logging in the same platform.
Yes. TradeDiary lets you log and analyse both intraday and swing trades in the same account, with filters to see performance by trade type separately.
TradeDiary supports swing trade logging for NSE equities, BSE stocks, F&O (futures and options), and commodity markets. You can log any instrument with full customisation.

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