ExpectancyIQ
The trading journal that understands how trade works
Been heads down on ExpectancyIQ since the last update. Biggest addition: the journal now understands futures contract math natively — tick values, CME session timing, exact FIFO commissions — instead of forcing every asset class through the same generic P&L calculation most journals use.
Also shipped a rule engine for prop firm accounts that tracks drawdown limits and payout eligibility against the actual rules of the firm you're trading for, not a generic equity curve.
Still solo-building this. If you trade futures or a funded account and have been fighting your journal to get real numbers, I'd love feedback — link in the product page.
Hey Folks — first post here, long-time lurker.
I've been building ExpectancyIQ, a trading journal for futures and prop-firm traders, over the last couple months. Wanted to share what got me into it and a few things I learned along the way, in case it's useful to anyone else building in fintech/trading tools.
The gap I kept running into: every trading journal I tried treated futures like an afterthought — approximate P&L math, no sense of session timing (CME/Globex hours), commission estimated as a flat rate instead of actual fills-based FIFO cost. If you trade futures seriously, especially in a prop-firm eval, those approximations compound into numbers that don't match your real account.
What I ended up building:
- Auto-sync from Tradovate, NinjaTrader, cTrader, and Topstep (plus generic CSV import for anything else)
- Session-aware timing that actually understands the CME trading-day roll
- Exact FIFO commission per trade, not a guess
- A Monte Carlo risk simulator built specifically for prop-firm eval accounts — drawdown limits, consistency rules, the stuff that actually gets you disqualified
- A deposits/withdrawals ledger so your journal equity reconciles with your real broker statement
Honest limitation: it's futures/CFD/forex only right now — no stock or options broker integration. Didn't want to half-build that just to check a box.
It's free to start (1 account, 50 trades, no card required) — expectancyiq.com if anyone wants to poke at it. Genuinely curious to hear from anyone else who's built for a niche audience like this — did narrowing the focus help or hurt your early traction?
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1The niche-specific mechanics are the strongest part. Have futures/prop traders actually switched from existing journals because of the reconciliation accuracy, or is narrowing the audience still an untested bet?
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The futures-specific math is a real differentiation. Have traders actually changed how they size or evaluate trades because of the more accurate expectancy and prop-firm data?