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title: 'Is there a trading journal?'
description: 'Yes. The Journal panel gathers the notes you write on your charts, and every paper trade keeps a chart snapshot and a note in the paper account History. Trades on a real account get no snapshot or note.'
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updatedAt: '2026-10-28'
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---

# Is there a trading journal?

**Yes, in two places.** The **Journal** panel gathers the notes you write on your charts, and every paper trade keeps a picture of the chart and a note of its own.

## The Journal panel: your chart notes

Open the **Panels** menu and pick **Journal** under **Yours**, or press `Alt+Shift+J`.

Every note you write on a chart with a text drawing tool, such as **Text**, **Note** or **Callout**, shows up here. Notes are grouped by day, and each one shows its time, symbol and interval.

- Click a note to take the chart to it.
- Use the search button to search notes, symbols and tags. Narrow the list to **Today**, **Week** or **Month**.
- Right-click a note in the panel for **Show on chart**, **Pin**, **Add tag**, **Copy text**, **Highlight** and **Delete note**.
- On the chart, right-click a note drawing and pick **Add tag** to tag it.

Journal notes are drawings, so they save with your account like your other drawings.

## Paper trades: a snapshot and a note for each fill

When a [paper trading](/learn/faq/trading-brokers/paper-trading) order fills, OpenMarket keeps a picture of the chart at that moment. To review it:

1. Press **Positions & orders** at the foot of the **Trade** panel, and open the **Portfolio** tab.
2. Under **History**, click a trade. It shows the chart snapshot, the fill price, the fee and the result.
3. Under **Note**, press **Edit**, write why you took the trade, and press **Save**.

The **Portfolio** tab also shows **Stats** for the paper account: win rate, profit factor, average win and loss, and max drawdown.

- A snapshot needs a chart of that market open in your layout when the order fills.
- Snapshots and notes stay in this browser. The last 500 fills keep their snapshot; older fills keep only their note.
- Resetting the paper account erases its notes and snapshots.

## Trades on a real account

Trades on a linked exchange account or on Hyperliquid are not journaled: they get no snapshot and no note. Their fills are listed in the **Trade history** tab of **Positions & orders**.