Tradovate Trade Log with Auto-Capture

TradeRipper automatically logs every trade from your Tradovate account on TradingView. Every entry, exit, size, and P&L is captured in real-time — no manual logging, no CSV exports, no missed trades.

The difference between a trade log and a trading journal is context. A trade log records what happened: entry, exit, size, P&L. A trading journal records why it happened: your analysis, your emotional state, your decision-making process. Both are necessary, but most traders only do the easy part — if they do anything at all.

For Tradovate traders, the trade log should include: contract type (ES, MES, NQ, etc.), exact entry and exit prices, number of contracts, gross P&L, commissions paid, and net P&L. You can export this data from Tradovate directly as a CSV, or use TradingView-integrated tools to capture it automatically.

Commission tracking is especially important for futures traders. On Tradovate's per-contract plan, a round-trip on MES costs roughly $1.58 ($0.79 × 2 sides). If your average MES scalp nets $10 gross, commissions eat 15.8% of your profits. Across 500 trades per month, that's nearly $800 in commissions. Your trade log needs to show this clearly — otherwise your "profitable" strategy might actually be losing money.

The best trade logs are searchable and filterable. You should be able to ask: "Show me all MYM trades I took during the first hour of RTH in the last 30 days." If your log can answer that question, it's doing its job. If it can also show you that you were 65% accurate on those trades with an average gain of $15, even better.

Start your trade log today — even a simple Google Sheet with 8 columns (date, symbol, direction, entry, exit, size, gross P&L, commissions) is better than nothing. Upgrade to automated solutions when the manual process becomes a bottleneck.