Log Trades in Seconds: Quick Mode and CSV Import Explained

The Two Biggest Reasons Traders Stop Journaling

Every trader knows they should keep a journal. Most of them stop within a month. The reason is almost always the same: it takes too long.

Stopping to record entry price, exit price, lot size, contract size, and timestamps after every trade is disruptive. And importing months of history from a broker CSV that looks nothing like your journal's fields? Most traders just don't bother.

TradingSFX now has two features that solve both of these problems directly.

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Quick Mode — Log a Trade in One Tap

Quick Mode strips the trade form down to what actually matters for most journaling use cases: did you win or lose?

How it works

1. Open the trade form and tap the ⚡ Quick button in the top-right corner
2. Tap Win or Loss — big, obvious buttons you can't miss
3. Optionally enter a dollar amount and R:R
4. Set the date (and time if you want) — then save

That's it. No entry price. No exit price. No lot size calculation. The whole process takes under 10 seconds.

What analytics still work?

Everything that doesn't depend on dollar amounts works perfectly in Quick Mode:

• Win rate — works, because you logged the outcome
• Streak tracking — works
• Confluence analysis — works, because you can still tag confluences
• R:R distribution — works if you enter the R:R value
• Session performance — works

If you skip the dollar amount, the trade is stored using R-multiples (your R:R for a win, -1R for a loss). Win rate, streaks, and confluence stats all work perfectly. The equity curve stays meaningful in R:R mode — if you mix Quick Mode trades with trades that have real dollar amounts and view the chart in dollar/profit mode, a warning will appear prompting you to switch to R:R view for an accurate picture.

When to use Quick Mode

• You're actively trading and don't want to break your focus
• You trade on a prop firm dashboard that only shows P&L, not price data
• You're logging trades after the fact from memory
• You want to build the journaling habit before adding price-level detail

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CSV Import — Bring Your Broker History In

If you've been trading for months without a journal, your broker has all the data. MT4, MT5, FTMO, IC Markets, and most other platforms let you export a trade history CSV. TradingSFX can now import it directly.

The column-mapping step

Every broker names columns differently. MT4 calls it "Open Price" and "Close Price." FTMO exports "Entry" and "Exit." TradingView uses its own format entirely.

The import wizard automatically suggests which CSV column maps to which TradingSFX field. You review the suggestions, adjust anything that's wrong, and proceed. Required fields are clearly marked — optional ones can be skipped.

Supported fields

TradingSFX Field	Common CSV Names
Symbol	Symbol, Instrument, Pair, Ticker
Direction	Type, Direction, Side, B/S
Entry Price	Open Price, Entry, Price Open
Exit Price	Close Price, Exit, Price Close
Lot Size	Volume, Lots, Qty, Size
Entry Date/Time	Open Time, Entry Date, Trade Date
P&L	Profit, P&L, Net Profit, Result
Strategy	Strategy, Setup, Tag, Comment

Combined datetime columns (like MT4's 2024.01.15 09:30:00) are automatically split into date and time.

Importing confluences

If your CSV has columns that represent confluence factors — for example, a column named "Order Block" with Yes/No values — you can map those columns to your existing confluence settings in Step 3 of the wizard.

For this to auto-map cleanly, name your CSV columns exactly as your confluences are named in TradingSFX. If they don't match, you can manually connect them in the wizard — no exact naming required.

Confluence value formats:

• Boolean confluences: Yes / No / True / False / 1 / 0
• Numeric confluences: any number
• Text confluences: any string

What about missing data?

• No exit price? Trade is imported as open. P&L will be null until you close it.
• No entry/exit price, but P&L column exists? The P&L value is used directly — same as Quick Mode.
• Unknown trade direction values? The wizard shows a mini-mapper: "What does OP_BUY mean?" and you assign it to Long or Short once for the whole import.

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Start Building Your Edge

The best trading journal is the one you actually use. Quick Mode removes the excuse of "I don't have time" and CSV import removes the excuse of "I'm starting too late."

Both features are available now. Open your dashboard, hit Import to bring in your broker history, or try the ⚡ Quick button the next time you take a trade.