PRE-TRADE GATES · COOLDOWNS · DISCIPLINE SCORE

The trading journal that stops bad trades before they happen.

Every other journal tells you what went wrong after you've paid for it. Trapper's Edge works upstream: your plan rules become pre-trade gates, a cooldown wall stops revenge trades after a losing streak, and a discipline score grades how well you followed your own rules — not just your P/L.

No sign-up required · local-first · built for Thinkorswim options, swing, and intraday traders
The Trapper's Edge Home cockpit for a signed-in trader: Edge Intelligence reads 'Don't trade — last 30 days down 33.5%, kill switch on' beside the headline stats, a win/loss trade calendar, and the weekly review prompt.
Not a mockup — the cockpit standing a trader down after a drawdown tripped the kill switch. Demo data, real product.
WHY IT'S DIFFERENT

Analytics look backward.
Discipline works forward.

Trapper's Edge is built around the moment before the order: does this trade fit your plan, is the spread clean, is the tape aligned, and is your recent form safe enough to size up?

01

Your plan becomes the gate

Write your own quality checklist in Plan, set regime risk, earnings distance, daily loss caps, and IV rules. The app enforces your rules; it never rates a stock for you.

02

Smart tickets, fewer mistakes

Paste TOS or ORB alert text to fill entry, stop, target, OR range, bid, ask, and spread. Size from the stop, then copy a ready-to-check OCO ticket into your broker.

03

Review the process, not just P/L

Fees, screenshots, rule breaks, spread drag, and end-of-day debriefs turn the journal into a feedback loop. Weekly focus and digest surface your costliest leak.

THE LOOP

Plan → Gate → Size → Log → Review

One closed loop, designed so yesterday's leaks change tomorrow's ticket before you can repeat them.

01

Plan

Set your checklist, regime risk, loss caps, stop defaults, and quality minimums.

02

Gate

Checklist, earnings, IV, spread, tape context, and daily loss budget all get checked.

03

Size

Position math comes from your stop distance, account, regime, and risk settings.

04

Log

Save the planned trade, import fills for review, or attach the trade record after execution.

05

Review

Edge Intelligence, devil's advocate, OCO copy, screenshots, fees, and debriefs close the loop.

THE DISCIPLINE LAYER

Enforcement, not just hindsight.

The features no analytics tool has, because they live in the moment before the order — and in the honest accounting after it. This is the part that changes behavior.

Cooldown wallAfter your set number of losses in a row — or one tap of "I need a break" — the trade flow pauses you with your own reset ritual. Override if you must; it's logged as a rule break.
Discipline ScoreOne 0–100 number that grades how well you followed your own rules across recent trades. Process only — your P/L plays no part in it.
Your playbook, your criteriaBuild setups with their own entry checklists. The flow turns each into YES/NO gates, then scores how often you actually took the setup fully met.
Quick logAlready sized it? Log the trade in one screen. It skips the guided steps — never the rules. Every gate, cap, and cooldown still applies.
Nothing hidesConnect your broker and any trade that reached the market without going through your plan gets flagged "skipped the plan" — the one leak a journal could never see.
Weekly review ritualA guided Sunday close-out: the week's numbers, what breaking the rules cost, and one focus for next week — building a review streak as you go.
EVERYTHING IN THE COCKPIT

Built like a cockpit, not a spreadsheet.

Fast, keyboard-first, installable, and offline-capable. The core journal starts local on your device, with cloud sync and broker import when you want them.

Plan-owned gatesCustom checklist gates live in Plan. SA Premium ratings are optional, not required.
TOS smart paste + OCOPaste alerts, auto-fill levels, size the trade, and copy a broker-ready OCO ticket from your numbers.
Execution IntelligenceBid/ask, spread drag, ORB/VWAP context, fill quality, and trade count of day all feed the read.
Real trade reviewAttach chart screenshots, track fees and commissions, edit exits, and see rule-break costs in dollars.
Weekly focus & digestAI weekly review, Sunday email digest, and focus missions keep one behavior in front of you.
Private by defaultUse it offline, import CSV from any broker, export JSON/CSV, then opt into sync or SnapTrade when ready.
AFTER THE TRADE

Edge Intelligence turns closed trades into next-trade rules.

Once a trade is closed, the app stops treating it like a row in a spreadsheet. It becomes evidence: what setup worked, what friction hurt, what rule broke, and what you should change before the next entry.

Setup scorecardsSee which setups, directions, and tickers are actually producing R, with early-sample warnings instead of fake conviction.
Rule-break costMoved stops, oversized trades, ignored gates, and revenge trades get translated into dollars lost, not vague discipline notes.
Execution frictionBid/ask spread, fill quality, ORB/VWAP context, and trade count of day show whether the idea failed or the execution did.
Rolling formThe Home read tracks your recent closed trades against the kill-switch floor so size responds to drawdown before tilt does.
Coach reviewOptional AI coach reads computed aggregates and your notes, then gives a grounded critique instead of guessing from raw rows.
Next focusWeekly review and digest compress the noise into one behavior to fix, so the lesson survives past the trade log.
PRICING

The discipline cockpit is free.
The leverage is Pro.

Manual journaling, cloud sync, Plan rules, smart tickets, guided sizing, gates, and debriefs are free. Pro adds automation, deeper analytics, and the AI coach.

FREE

$0
 
  • Plan rules, gates, cooldowns & discipline score
  • Playbook editor, quick log & guided sizing
  • Cloud sync, smart paste, OCO ticket & screenshots
  • Basic stats, CSV import, JSON export & offline PWA
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PRO

PRO

$19.99/mo
or $149/yr — save $90.88 vs monthly.
  • Advanced analytics, execution scorecards & the AI coach
  • Broker auto-import (SnapTrade) + needs-review inbox
  • Built-in AI (2.5 Pro) + AI weekly review & email digest
  • TOS backtest import, CSV export & weekly reports
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QUESTIONS

Fair questions, straight answers.

Where does my trading data live?

On your device first. Everything works without an account. If you turn on cloud sync, your journal is backed up under your sign-in and scoped to your account with row-level security. You can export JSON or CSV anytime.

Does it place trades for me?

No, and it never will. Trapper's Edge is a planning, sizing, and journaling tool. You execute every order in your own broker — the app's job is to make sure the order you place is the one your plan allows.

Which brokers can I import from?

Broker auto-import runs through SnapTrade and supports Schwab/Thinkorswim. Any broker can still be logged manually or imported from CSV; TOS strategy reports can be imported for backtest comparison.

I don't use Seeking Alpha — can I still use the gates?

Yes. The default gate is your own checklist from the Plan tab. If you have Seeking Alpha Premium, you can switch the gate to SA Quant and factor grades there. Missing research data does not block by default; values you enter are enforced.

What's the AI, and do you see my data?

AI features run on Google Gemini and power the setup builder, Edge Intelligence descriptions, coach reviews, weekly review, and the pre-trade devil's advocate. Pro includes built-in AI up to a monthly budget; Free accounts get a few reads a month. Anyone can instead add their own free API key for unlimited use — it stays in your browser and sends prompts straight to Google. Either way we never store your prompts or journal.

READY?

Your next bad trade is preventable.

Open the app, load the demo data, and watch the gates work. No sign-up, no card.

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