Most trading journals just log trades and show P&L. ExpectancyIQ answers the question that actually matters: is your strategy profitable long-term, or are you breaking even with occasional lucky wins? It auto-syncs your trades (cTrader supported) and calculates win rate, average win/loss, and expectancy per trade — surfacing the patterns quietly costing you money before they wipe out an account. Built for traders who want to trade like a business, not a hobby.
Most trading journals lead with win rate and P&L. I built ExpectancyIQ around a different number expectancy per trade because win rate alone is misleading: you can win 70% of the time and still lose money if your losers are bigger than your winners.
Curious how others here think about measuring "edge" do you track expectancy, R-multiples, profit factor, or something else entirely?
Building ExpectancyIQ (a trading journal focused on expectancy + risk patterns, not just P&L logging) and want to hear from traders here what's the one thing your current journal doesn't do that you wish it did?
Happy to share what I've built so far too: https://expectancyiq.com/?utm_so...
Just shipped auto-sync for cTrader accounts trades land in your journal automatically, no CSV exports/imports needed. Tradovate, NinjaTrader, and Topstep are supported via CSV import today.
If you're on cTrader and journaling manually, would love your feedback: https://expectancyiq.com/?utm_so...
Hey 👋 I built ExpectancyIQ because I kept opening my broker's trade history and feeling like I was doing well, without ever knowing my actual expectancy — the one number that tells you if your edge is real.
Would love feedback from anyone here who trades or journals their trades — what do you currently use, and what's missing from it?