Trading metrics
A crypto trading journal for wallet research
A useful crypto trading journal combines execution records with the reasoning, risk conditions and review rules present at the time. Wallet history supplies evidence about what happened; your journal records why you considered it and what you planned to check. Keep facts, assumptions and later outcomes distinct.
Record a reproducible observation
Begin each entry with the wallet address, network, observation time and chosen period. Record the source, metric basis and coverage warning. Add the market, direction, size, entry basis and relevant fees or funding when supported. These fields let you revisit the same evidence rather than relying on a remembered screenshot.
For your own account, group fills using a consistent trade definition. An order executing in ten pieces is not necessarily ten decisions. If the tracker changes its historical grouping or coverage, note that change instead of interpreting it as trader behaviour.
Write the thesis before the outcome
State the reason for the research or trade in one or two concrete sentences. Identify the evidence that supports it, what is unknown and what would invalidate it. Avoid retrospective explanations such as obviously bullish after the market has already risen.
For copy research, write why a leader made the shortlist, the reviewed drawdown, the capital and execution fit, and any concentration concern. A journal can be valuable even when you decide not to copy. A documented rejection helps preserve consistent criteria.
Review decisions and results separately
A profitable outcome can come from an unsupported decision, while a well-defined process can produce a loss. Review whether the evidence was current, the limits were understood and the execution matched the intended action. Then review the financial result on its own stated basis.
Hypothetical entry: the candidate had high recent returns but only a short, concentrated long record. The decision was to continue observing. A later rally does not make the original concern incorrect; it supplies another observation for the next review.
Keep the journal usable
Choose a regular review cadence that matches the strategy’s holding period. Summarize recurring mistakes or unanswered questions rather than collecting unlimited screenshots. WalletFollow can supply public profile observations, while the reasoning and personal decisions remain yours. Do not place API keys, seed phrases or other credentials in journal entries, exported files or AI summaries.
- Address, time, window and source.
- Observed metrics and coverage.
- Thesis and invalidation conditions.
- Risk and execution assumptions.
- Outcome and next review question.