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The Futures Trading Journal That Scores How You Trade

Log every contract, score your execution across 6 behavioral dimensions, and find the habits costing you ticks on ES, NQ, CL, and GC. Most journals track the trade. ExecutionIQ tracks the trader.

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A futures trading journal is a structured record of every contract you trade and the decisions behind it: the setup, your entry and exit, size, result, and the emotional state you were in. ExecutionIQ is a futures trading journal that goes one step further. It scores the quality of your execution on every trade, so you can see exactly where discipline breaks down before it drains your account.

Futures move fast and leverage is unforgiving. A single point on ES is worth fifty dollars, daily loss limits on a funded account can end your day in seconds, and one revenge trade after a stopout can undo a week of clean work. Tracking P&L alone will never show you why that happened. Scoring your behavior will.

Why futures traders need behavioral journaling

Leverage punishes small mistakes

Tick value and contract leverage mean an undisciplined entry or an oversized position turns a normal loss into an outsized one. ExecutionIQ scores position sizing on every trade so you can see when you size up out of emotion.

Funded accounts have hard limits

Prop and funded futures accounts enforce daily loss limits and trailing drawdowns. Revenge trades and rule breaks are the fastest way to fail an evaluation. ExecutionIQ flags those patterns before they cost you the account.

Session timing drives behavior

The way you trade the cash open is not the way you trade the afternoon chop. ExecutionIQ helps you see which sessions and products you execute well in, and which ones quietly bleed your score.

P&L hides the real problem

A green day with three rule breaks is a losing process. ExecutionIQ separates your results from your execution quality so a lucky day never masks a bad habit.

The 6 execution dimensions, scored for futures

01

Plan adherence

Did you trade your defined setup, or chase a move you never planned to take?

02

Entry quality

Was your entry at the level you mapped, or did you front run and pay worse price?

03

Stop discipline

Did your stop stay where you set it, or did you widen it to avoid taking the loss?

04

Emotional control

Were you calm and process driven, or revenge trading after a stopout?

05

Position sizing

Did you size by risk, or load up contracts to make back a loss?

06

Exit quality

Did you exit at your target and management plan, or bail early and cut a winner short?

Frequently asked questions

What is a futures trading journal?
A futures trading journal is a record of every contract you trade, including the setup, entry, exit, size, result, and your decision making and emotional state. ExecutionIQ adds an execution score on each trade so you can measure discipline, not just profit and loss.
Which futures products does ExecutionIQ support?
ExecutionIQ works for any futures product. Equity index futures like ES and NQ, energy like CL, metals like GC, and micros are all supported. You log the contract, size, and prices, and ExecutionIQ scores the execution.
Can ExecutionIQ help with a funded or prop account?
Yes. ExecutionIQ surfaces the behavioral patterns that fail evaluations, such as revenge trading after a loss, oversized positions, and breaking daily loss limits. Seeing those patterns early is how you protect a funded account.
Is ExecutionIQ free for futures traders?
Yes. The free tier includes 15 trades per month with execution scoring across 3 of the 6 dimensions and no credit card required. Pro and Elite unlock all 6 dimensions, unlimited trades, and AI behavioral pattern detection.
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