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Start Here

Complete the Setup below

Read the dashboard section → especially the part on the Requires Attention section and Evolving R

Skim the rest of this Page and reference back if you need help

Read the Instructions for the Portfolio Management section and the Positions section

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Portfolio Instructions⁠

(How to build your portfolio)

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Positions Instructions⁠

(How to open, modify & close trades)

Read the instructions for other sections if you want

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Tools Instructions⁠

(How to use the trade calculator and other tools)

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Stats Instructions⁠

(General overview of stats section)

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Backtesting Instructions⁠

(How to use the backtesting lab)

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Delete Sample Trade Data

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→ DELETE THIS BUTTON AFTER YOU CLICK IT (just incase)

Play around and if you need help or want to suggest another feature feel free to shoot me a dm or email

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Setup

1. Configure
`Settings`⁠
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Set options for the dashboard

Set options for Evolving R Thresholds

Set the threshold for a trade outcome to be considered “Even”

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2. Setup Your
`Trade Tags`⁠
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Tag Table

Purpose

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Context Tags⁠

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Context of an asset for a trade (ex. Trending)

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Risk Tags⁠

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Risks to a trade (ex. HTF Resistance)

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Confluence Tags⁠

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Confluence for a trade

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SL Tags⁠

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Trade Invalidation (ex. Swing Low)

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TP Tags⁠

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Trade Target (ex. Fib -0.27)

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Tag Categories⁠

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Used for color coding all the

Trade Tags⁠

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There are no rows in this table

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3. Add Your
`Setups`⁠
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Allows you to see statistics on particular trade strategies

ex. Range Breakout + Retest

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4. Add
`Reasons for Exit`⁠
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Simple tag for exit reasons

5. Add the
`Tokens`⁠
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Some are pre-populated

You can do this as you go as well

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6. Add
`Trade Idea Sources`⁠
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Lets you track the performance of trades you take based on particular people or groups

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7. Add
`Position Types`⁠
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If you want to change them

Ex. Swing, Intraday, Investment

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8. Set up Your
`Portfolios`⁠
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These are sub-portfolios that let you track metrics for a particular group of assets or strategies

You can plan your allocation between each sub-portfolio

You can also plan individual token category & token allocations within each portfolio (see below)

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9. Enter Your Existing
`Positions`⁠
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This can be done with the “Open Position” button at the top of the

Dashboard⁠

as well.

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10. Update Your Cash Balance

For each of your

Portfolio Management⁠

- you will have to add your initial cash balance after you put all your positions in

This will update on it’s own moving forward, but you can always re-enter the initial cash values if you are moving cash between sub-portfolios

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11. Set up Coingecko API

Head to

API Setup⁠

and follow the instructions for price syncing

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12. Start Trading

Enter and Exit positions as you trade

See below for more info on each section

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`Dashboard`⁠
Overview

1. Buttons at the Top

Button

Function

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Refresh Token Prices

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Fetch new prices from the Coingecko API

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Open Position

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Create a new position / trade

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Add New Token

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Add a new token to your

Tokens⁠

table

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New Journal Entry

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Make a copy of the

Journal Template - Date - Topic⁠

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Deposit Cash

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Add Cash - Useful to account for cash in your total portfolio value over time

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Withdraw Cash

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Subtract Cash - Useful to account for cash in your total portfolio value over time

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Transfer Cash

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Move cash between portfolio’s without having to update initial cash balance values in each

There are no rows in this table

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2. Useful Links

Just links to the pages I use most frequently - feel free to delete if you just want to use the sidebar

3. Biggest Gainers & Losers

Quick view of which of your positions gained and lost the most in the last 24Hr.

Can set the table size limit in

Settings⁠

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4. Requires Attention

A. Positions - Low Evolving R

Table that shows positions where the risk reward has reduced given the current price (Stop Loss Required).

The thresholds for a position to be included here can be changed in

Settings⁠

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Ex.

buy an asset at $10

Stop Loss at $9

Take Profit at $20

Initial R:R = 10:1 = 10

Price goes to $19

New/Evolving R:R = 1:10 = 0.1

A low evolving R:R suggests that it is more risky to see the position out to your Take Profit.

You can increase your R:R again by moving your stop loss closer to the current price, or by selling some of the position and taking some profit

B. Under SL

Positions that are invalidated with price under your stop loss

C. Over TP

Positions that have hit their Take Profit

D. Missing SL/TP

Positions you opened but didn’t specify a Stop Loss or Take Profit for

5. Metrics

Quick view of your portfolio metrics

Total Balance

Total Position Value

Total Cash

% Cash & % Invested

Number of open Positions

Unrealized P/L filtered by portfolio

You can hide your position & portfolio total balance numbers in

Settings⁠

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You can add the Realized P/L tables from

Extra P/L Tables⁠

if you would like (I prefer just the graphs)

6. Positions

A. Open Positions

Table showing all of your open positions and planned positions.

I use this to check my individual positions unrealized P/L, size and evolving R

Has buttons to Add/Subtract from each position and Close the position

B. Open Position Changes

All the additions to or subtractions from open positions

Useful to quickly edit an addition/subtraction if you make a mistake

7. Charts

Lifetime, Monthly & Weekly P/L Graphs for all assets and by portfolio

Must click the

Update Daily Metrics

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button to refresh this data and add new days to the graphs

You can add a yearly or quarterly P/L graph if you want, just copy the existing graphs and change the “Values” in the Chart Display options

See

P/L⁠

for period over period data

Total Portfolio Value Chart

Your total balance over time, taking into account cash deposited and withdrawn from your portfolio

Updated automatically

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`Portfolio Management`⁠
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Use cases

This section is for creating and managing your sub-portfolios

Best use case is to plan your sub-portfolio category and token allocations (see

Portfolio Instructions⁠

for the details)

Sections

Link

Purpose

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Portfolio Instructions⁠

How to use the tools to build out your portfolio

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Portfolios⁠

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Create or update sub-portfolios

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Portfolio Distribution⁠

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Manage your asset distribution between sub-portfolios

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Category Planner⁠

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Plan each sub-portfolio token category allocations

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Portfolio Builder⁠

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Plan each sub-portfolio token allocation

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How Much Cash I Got?⁠

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See how much cash is available in each sub-portfolio

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What Be in My Portfolios?⁠

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See sub-portfolio compositions in

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Cash Changes⁠

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Used to track cash additions and subtractions from your portfolio, as well as cash transfers between portfolio’s.

You don’t have to use this but it’s super helpful to make sure your increase in total assets is from trading and not just cash inflows

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Balance Over Time⁠

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Used for graphs. Populated automatically, you don’t need to go here.

There are no rows in this table

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`Positions`⁠
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Use Cases

This is mostly just where the position databases live. I primarily use the dashboard to add and close positions instead of these pages

Sections

Link

Purpose

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Positions Instructions⁠

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All the info about creating, changing and closing positions

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All Positions⁠

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The main positions table. Use this to add new positions or edit existing positions.

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Closed Positions⁠

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View to see your past positions

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Positions By Portfolio⁠

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See the positions for a specific sub-portfolio. Also shows open position metrics.

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New Positions⁠

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See all the positions OPENED in the last x number of days (specified with slider on the page)

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Position Changes⁠

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The main table that tracks additions and subtractions to positions

There are no rows in this table

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`Journal`⁠
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Use Case

For long form journal entries

Click the

New Journal Entry

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button on the

Dashboard⁠

Journal⁠

pages to make a copy of the journal template

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`Trade Review`⁠
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Use Case

Review and Re-Review your Trades

Each position can be marked for re-review so you will never lose the trades that teach good lessons

Sections

Link

Purpose

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To Review⁠

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All closed positions that haven’t been reviewed yet.

Check the Initial Review Done checkbox to mark each position as done.

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Re-Reviews⁠

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Review randomized positions that have the Mark for Re-Review checkbox check. This helps me remember lessons from old trades

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Trades With Lessons⁠

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All Positions⁠

where the Position - Lessons field is not blank

There are no rows in this table

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`Stats`⁠
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Use Cases

See P/L metrics

See Win, Loss & Expected Value metrics for specific

Tokens⁠

Setups⁠

Portfolios⁠

& other

Trade Tags⁠

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Sections

Link

Purpose

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P/L⁠

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See period over period Net Realized P/L results.

You have to click the

Apply Filters & Refresh Values

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button to generate apply the date ranges and generate new values for the charts.

Note: the day by day P/L curves are on the

Dashboard⁠

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Stats - Custom Filters⁠

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Table to see the Average P/L, Expected Value & Win/Loss Rate for positions based on custom filters

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Stats - By Portfolio⁠

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Average P/L, Expected Value & Win/Loss Rate for each

Portfolio⁠

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Stats - By Setup⁠

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Average P/L, Expected Value & Win/Loss Rate for each

Setup⁠

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There are no rows in this table

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`Backtesting Lab`⁠
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Use Cases

I use this to do manual backtesting on each of my trading strategies.

You can filter the “backtest trades” on many different factors to see what maximizes your Expected Value.

You can implement 4 different profit taking strategies at once to determine what maximizes your Expected Value.

Sections

Link

Purpose

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Backtesting Instructions⁠

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More details on how to use this section.

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Template⁠

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The backtesting template - make a copy of this for each strategy you want to test.

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Strategy Overview⁠

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Inside the

Template⁠

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Use to write out the details of your strategy.

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Backtest Trades & Metrics⁠

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Inside the

Template⁠

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Enter your trades and view your trade metrics here.

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Studies⁠

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Inside the

Template⁠

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Copies of the Backtesting Metrics Table → Use to split up trade comparisons between tables.

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Strategy Specific Tags⁠

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Inside the

Template⁠

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Tables to add Tags specific to the strategy so you can compare the Expected Value between them

There are no rows in this table

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`Other Tools`⁠
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Use Cases

One off tools to use in everyday trading

Includes:

Trade calculators

Hedge calculator

Table to determine how much leverage you should be using

Sections

Link

Purpose

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Portfolio Quick Risk Calc⁠

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Tells you your required position size if you want to risk a specific % of a portfolio with a given % stop loss.

I use this to quickly size positions based on risk.

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Trade Calculator⁠

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More complex than the Quick Risk Calc -

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Hedge Calculator⁠

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Calculator to determine the size and cost of a hedge needed to cover:

All your positions

A single portfolio

A single position

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How Much Leverage?⁠

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Calculator to determine what leverage you should use given:

The average loss of filtered closed positions

The number of simultaneous trades you wish to open

The expected % of your portfolio risked per trade

There are no rows in this table

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`Databases`⁠
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Don’t need to go here, but you can if you want

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Setup

1. Configure Settings

2. Setup YourTrade Tags

3. Add Your Setups

4. Add Reasons for Exit

5. Add the Tokens

6. Add Trade Idea Sources

7. Add Position Types

8. Set up Your Portfolios

9. Enter Your Existing Positions

10. Update Your Cash Balance

11. Set up Coingecko API

12. Start Trading

Dashboard Overview

1. Buttons at the Top

2. Useful Links

3. Biggest Gainers & Losers

4. Requires Attention

A. Positions - Low Evolving R

B. Open Position Changes

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Setup

1. Configure Settings⁠⁠

2. Setup YourTrade Tags⁠⁠

3. Add Your Setups⁠⁠

4. Add Reasons for Exit⁠⁠

5. Add the Tokens⁠⁠

6. Add Trade Idea Sources⁠⁠

7. Add Position Types⁠⁠

8. Set up Your Portfolios⁠⁠

9. Enter Your Existing Positions⁠⁠

10. Update Your Cash Balance

11. Set up Coingecko API

12. Start Trading

⁠Dashboard⁠ Overview

1. Buttons at the Top

2. Useful Links

3. Biggest Gainers & Losers

4. Requires Attention

A. Positions - Low Evolving R

B. Under SL

C. Over TP

D. Missing SL/TP

5. Metrics

6. Positions

A. Open Positions

B. Open Position Changes

7. Charts

⁠Portfolio Management⁠⁠

Use cases

Sections

⁠Positions⁠⁠

Use Cases

Sections

⁠Journal⁠⁠

Use Case

⁠Trade Review⁠⁠

Use Case

Sections

⁠Stats⁠⁠

Use Cases

Sections

⁠Backtesting Lab⁠⁠

Use Cases

Sections

⁠Other Tools⁠⁠

Use Cases

Sections

⁠Databases⁠⁠

1. Configure
`Settings`⁠
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2. Setup Your
`Trade Tags`⁠
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3. Add Your
`Setups`⁠
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4. Add
`Reasons for Exit`⁠
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5. Add the
`Tokens`⁠
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6. Add
`Trade Idea Sources`⁠
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7. Add
`Position Types`⁠
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8. Set up Your
`Portfolios`⁠
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9. Enter Your Existing
`Positions`⁠
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`Dashboard`⁠
Overview

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`Portfolio Management`⁠
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`Positions`⁠
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`Journal`⁠
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`Trade Review`⁠
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`Stats`⁠
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`Backtesting Lab`⁠
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`Other Tools`⁠
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`Databases`⁠
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