Day Trading Journal, Session Review, Same-Day Analytics

Aurafy is a young, independent trading journal. It earns trust by keeping the local app usable without an account, making desktop data exportable, and being clear about which features are free and which require Pro.

Same-session review

Most journals are built for end-of-week review. Day traders need end-of-session review, which is a different workload, you want a 10-minute recap that shows the five worst trades, the emotional tags that came up, and the recording context around the one that stung. Aurafy's dashboard filters to "today" by default and the stats page supports session-based grouping out of the box.

Time-of-day analytics

For day traders, time-of-day is one of the easiest variables to overlook. Break trades by 30-minute buckets and patterns often show up quickly: the open may be your best or worst window, midday may be lower quality, and the close may behave differently again. Aurafy Pro has time-of-day and day-of-week expectancy built into the advanced analytics so you can stop guessing which windows deserve your attention.

Session goals vs PnL

The best day traders optimize for process goals (took the plan, didn't move stops, logged tags honestly) rather than dollar goals (made $X today). Aurafy's journal page has a daily journal entry form, use it to record process-level observations each evening. After a month, the correlation between "I followed the plan" days and profitable days is usually the clearest signal you'll get.

Screen recording as day-trader infrastructure

Active day traders often make enough decisions that memory gets unreliable by the close. Recording the session means the trade you half-remember, "I think I got shaken out of a winner around 10:15?", can become reviewable instead of vague. The free standalone Aurafy Recorder app captures the session and auto-links each recording to your trades; recording review is a Pro feature.

Prop firm day traders

Most funded day traders work at TopStep, Apex, or FTMO. Each has daily drawdown rules that you have to watch in real time. Aurafy's account balance widget updates on every trade so you can see your trailing drawdown against the rule without leaving the journal. See the prop firm journal page for the multi-account workflow.