Swing Trading Journal

The Swing Trading Journal That Tracks Whether Your Thesis Was Right — Not Just Your P&L

Swing traders don't need time-of-day charts. They need to know: was my setup right? Did I manage the position correctly? Did I hold through the drawdown or fold too early? SuperTrader answers all three.

2–10 day holds
Setup tracking
Multi-broker
Free plan
Desktop
Open Positions
3
Avg Hold
5.2 days
Win Rate
62%
Avg Winner
+$840

Open swing positions

NVDADay 3AI earnings catalyst, target $950+$420
AAPLDay 1Support retest at $182 level$80
MSFTDay 7Breakout from 6-week base, target $445+$1,240

Win rate by holding period

Sweet spot: 5–10 days · 71% WR

NVDA — Day 4
Up +$620
Thesis intact
Target progress
$950 target
68% there
AI earnings catalyst thesis. Hold through $920 support.

The gap

Other journals were built for day traders. Swing traders need more.

What a basic journal shows for swing trades

  • Entry price and exit price
  • Final P&L
  • Win or loss
No setup context. No thesis tracking. No position management history. No holding-period analysis. You can't improve what you can't see.

What SuperTrader adds for swing traders

  • Setup quality rating at entry (1–5 stars)
  • Thesis documentation — why you entered, what had to happen
  • Position scaling log — every add and trim with reasoning
  • Target hit rate — did price reach your level?
  • Holding-period sweet spot — where is your edge strongest?
  • Win rate by setup type — breakout vs reversal vs catalyst
The differentiation between improving swing traders and stagnating ones isn't execution — it's thesis quality and position management. SuperTrader measures both.

Interactive demo

Filter by setup type and holding period. Find your sweet spot.

Select a setup and holding period to see win rate and average P&L. All data is pre-built for the demo.

app.supertrader.com/journal/swing

Setup type

Holding period

Win rate by holding period

Avg P&L by holding period

Your sweet spot: Breakout trades held 5–10 days · 71% WR · +$840 avg

Open positions

NVDADay 3Breakout from base
+$420

AI earnings catalyst, target $950

Target $950
68%
AAPLDay 1Support retest
$80

Support retest at $182

Target $196
12%
MSFTDay 7Breakout from base
+$1,240

Breakout from 6-week base

Target $445
84%

What swing traders discover first

Four insights every serious swing trader needs — but most journals can't show.

73%
of losing swing trades

Thesis tracking

Before you enter, log your thesis — why you're taking the trade, what you expect to happen, your target and stop. After you exit, review whether the thesis played out. This is the most important habit separating improving traders from stagnating ones.

had a thesis the trader abandoned mid-hold
68%
of swing traders improve

Holding period sweet spot

Are you cutting winners too early? Holding losers too long? SuperTrader shows your win rate at every holding duration — so you can see empirically whether holding longer helps or hurts your specific style.

after discovering their holding-period sweet spot
−18%
avg P&L impact

Position management log

Track every add and trim on a multi-day position. See whether your scaling decisions — adding at breakouts, trimming at targets — are improving or degrading your final P&L versus a hold-everything approach.

from scaling decisions made without a log
84%
of traders find

Setup quality vs outcome

Rate your setup quality at entry (1–5 stars). Over time, SuperTrader shows whether your high-quality setups are actually delivering better results — or whether your entry quality rating needs recalibration.

their 4–5 star setups outperform 1–3 star setups by 2× or more
Feature 1 of 2

Open Position Dashboard. Never lose track of why you're in a trade.

Every open swing trade shows days held, current P&L, distance to target, distance to stop, and thesis status — intact, weakening, or broken. Check in without opening your broker.

The most common swing trading mistake isn't a bad entry — it's forgetting your original thesis and overriding it emotionally on Day 4. SuperTrader keeps it visible every time you check.

Thesis status: intact / weakening / broken
Days held and current unrealized P&L
Target and stop distance as % and dollar
One-click position review and update

Open swing positions — May 5, 2026

NVDADay 3
Thesis intact+$420

AI catalyst thesis unchanged. Breaking above $880 is on track.

To target: 68%
To stop: -24%
AAPLDay 6
Thesis weakening$180

$182 support held, but momentum is fading. Re-evaluate before Day 8.

To target: 22%
To stop: -8%
GOOGLDay 1
Thesis intact+$40

Day 1. Thesis intact. Watching $164 breakout confirmation.

To target: 81%
To stop: -31%

Weekly swing review · Week of May 5–9, 2026

Week of May 5–9 review

Generated Sunday, May 11 · Auto-delivered

Positions closed
3
Winners
2
Thesis accuracy
67%
Avg hold
6.2 days
Net P&L
+$1,840
vs last week
+$420

SuperTrader insight

Your 2 winning trades this week were both held 5–7 days — consistent with your holding-period sweet spot. The loss (AAPL, −$180) was exited at Day 6 after thesis weakened. Exit was correct per your rules.

Next-week watchlist

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Feature 2 of 2

Weekly Swing Review. Every Sunday, automatically.

Every Sunday, SuperTrader generates your weekly swing review: positions closed last week, win rate, thesis accuracy, average hold, and next-week watchlist management.

Thesis accuracy — the percentage of your exits where your original thesis played out — is the most predictive metric for swing trader improvement. Most tools don't track it at all. SuperTrader makes it the centerpiece of your weekly review.

Auto-generated every Sunday morning
Thesis accuracy score for the week
Closed positions with hold time and P&L
Next-week watchlist — carry candidates forward
Trend vs prior week performance

Who it's built for

Three types of swing traders. One journal built for all of them.

Technical swing traders

Chart-based setups — breakouts, support tests, flags, and wedges. SuperTrader tracks your setup win rate by pattern type and tells you which patterns you execute well and which ones consistently disappoint. Stop trading setups that look good but don't perform in your hands.

Breakout from baseFlag patternSupport retestCup & handle

Fundamental / catalyst swing traders

Earnings plays, sector rotation, macro-driven catalyst trades. SuperTrader tracks your performance around catalysts — earnings, guidance changes, sector news — vs pure-technical plays. Know whether you have a genuine catalyst edge or whether you're just adding noise.

Earnings catalystSector rotationGuidance revisionAnalyst upgrade

ETF and sector rotation traders

Rotate between SPY, QQQ, IWM, and sector ETFs. SuperTrader shows your rotation timing accuracy — how often you enter the right sector at the right time — and whether your sector calls have positive expectancy over multiple rotation cycles.

SPYQQQSector ETFsIWM rotation

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Track your thesis.
Find your holding-period sweet spot.

Free to start. Works with every broker. First insight after 10 trades.

Free plan, no credit card
1,000+ brokers supported
Setup takes 2 minutes