Trading journal for IG: document your CFD and forex trades
IG gives you access to CFDs, forex and more. What IG does not handle for you is the honest review of your behaviour. That is exactly what FlowTrader is for: a disciplined journal that shows whether you trade according to plan.
Four steps from IG to your journal
Export your history from IG
IG provides a transaction and order history that you can export as a file. That gives you instrument, direction, entry and exit, and the result compactly in one place.
Review the data
Check the exported trades and choose the period you want to review. These facts form the basis of your journal.
Document in FlowTrader
Enter your trades in FlowTrader and add what no export knows: your setup, whether you stuck to it, and your state of mind. With leveraged CFD and forex trades in particular, this layer is decisive.
Review with the Discipline Score
FlowTrader rates your behaviour instead of just your result, and the AI Coach spots patterns across many trades, such as when you break your rules.
Why a journal makes sense for IG traders
Behaviour, not just P&L
IG shows you the result. FlowTrader shows you the behaviour behind it, which matters all the more with leveraged products in deciding success or failure.
Discipline made visible
The Discipline Score makes rule-based trading measurable. You see on which days you were disciplined and where things start to slip.
Recognise patterns
The AI Coach surfaces recurring mistakes that stay invisible in single CFD or forex trades and only become visible across many entries.
Risk in view
Because CFDs and forex are leveraged, disciplined risk and behaviour tracking matters especially. That is exactly what FlowTrader is built for.
Common questions about IG and FlowTrader
Can I bring my IG trades into FlowTrader?
IG lets you export your transaction and order history. You transfer that data into FlowTrader and add your setup and state of mind there. FlowTrader puts the focus on disciplined documenting and reviewing, not on a pure data transfer.
Why a separate journal when IG already has a history?
The IG history shows what happened. A discipline journal shows why it happened and whether you stuck to your plan. With leveraged products in particular, consistency is built on this behavioural layer, which no plain history captures.
Is FlowTrader suitable for CFD and forex trading?
Yes. FlowTrader documents your trades regardless of the instrument and puts the focus on discipline, risk and behaviour. With leveraged products like CFDs and forex, this focus is especially valuable, because mistakes get expensive faster there.