How to log your first trade manually

Add a trade by hand from the Trades page. Useful when you don't connect a platform or to record a trade that is missing.

Steps

Open Trades from the main menu and click + Add trade.
In Account choose the account. Choose Manual (new account) to create an account called Manual.
Pick the Symbol and the side (Buy / Long or Sell / Short).
Enter Quantity / lots and Entry price. The fields marked * are required.
Set the Open time. If the trade is closed, also enter Exit price and Close time.
Enter Gross P&L (negative for a loss) and, if you want, Commission and Swap.
Optionally add a rating, mindset, tags, notes and files.
Click Save trade.

Leave Close time empty if the trade is still open. Gross P&L is before commission.
Enter commission as a positive number. NovaTrade saves it as a cost.
You can also add a trade from a day on the Journal calendar. Manual trades can be edited and deleted any time.

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