A Trading Journal for Topstep Traders — Track Your Eval Like a Pro

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.

Separate accounts, honest stats

The most common analytics mistake in eval trading is mixing everything into one P&L: practice sim, the current eval, last month's blown eval, the funded account. Aurafy gives each its own journal account with its own stats, so "how am I actually trading this eval?" has a real answer. Free covers one account; Pro unlocks unlimited — useful when you're running an eval and a funded account side by side.

Drawdown awareness without spreadsheet gymnastics

Whatever your account's loss limits are (check your dashboard at Topstep for the current rules — they're the source of truth), the journal's job is to keep your equity curve and worst-day numbers in front of you so the limit never arrives as a surprise. The free trailing drawdown calculator and trailing drawdown explainer cover how trailing limits move with your equity, and the daily loss limit calculator helps you pick a personal daily stop tighter than the firm's.

Import is automatic for Topstep's stack

Topstep accounts trade through platforms that export cleanly: Rithmic-routed front-ends export a Fill History CSV, and NinjaTrader exports the executions grid in four clicks. Both auto-detect on import — see the Rithmic export guide and the NinjaTrader export guide. Drop the file and your eval's win rate, expectancy, and equity curve are live in seconds.

What to actually review during an eval

Three things, weekly: (1) per-setup R expectancy — cut the setups that are negative over a real sample. (2) time-of-day expectancy — most eval failures concentrate in one window (often after a green morning). (3) emotion tags — if "revenge" or "FOMO" shows up on your biggest losers, that's the leak that ends evals. The journal makes these one-click views instead of a Sunday spreadsheet project.