I’m a father, a worker, and—like many others—someone who decided to take trading seriously.
From the very beginning, I felt the need for structure: a place to record my trades, track my progress, and most of all, keep my head clear in the middle of the daily noise of the markets.
At first, I started writing things down by hand. But soon, my notebooks and random screenshots turned into a mess. I couldn’t analyze anything — it was just chaos on paper.
Then I moved to Excel. For a while, it felt like progress: I could calculate profits and losses, add formulas, build some charts. But in the end, it became another monster: too many sheets, formulas breaking, everything manual.
Finally, I discovered Notion. It was beautiful, flexible, and I thought I had found the perfect place for my trading journal. But when I started asking deeper questions about efficiency, drawdowns, mindset — I hit its limits.
Then I found Coda.io.
What I saw wasn’t just a note-taking app—it was a building block for creating my own software.
Here, I could finally connect tables, create smart filters, build automations, and design dashboards that updated themselves.
The first time I watched my PnL chart update automatically, I felt a switch inside me: this was the missing piece.
Trading isn’t only about charts and strategies—it’s about mindset.
The journal became my mirror.
It showed me not just numbers, but patterns in my own behavior:
The fear that made me exit too early.
The revenge trades after a loss.
The euphoria that led to overexposure.
With my Coda journal, I wasn’t just tracking trades—I was tracking myself.
It gave me discipline, clarity, and a way to rebuild confidence day after day.
With my Coda journal, I wasn’t just tracking trades—I was tracking myself.
It gave me discipline, clarity, and a way to rebuild confidence day after day.
But if you’re reading this, maybe you need it too.
If you’re tired of scattered notes, rigid templates, and the feeling that your tools don’t really understand trading—take a look at my Trading Journal for Coda.
It’s the system I wish I had when I started.