What is Tapebook?
Tapebook, the trading journal, is where you review your trading: your trades, a calendar of your days, cash flow and a weekly plan, in one app. It’s for looking back at what you did. Tapebook doesn’t give signals or advice and doesn’t place trades. It keeps your own record. You sign in with one account and open the same journal in your browser, on your computer and on your phone. There’s nothing to install.
Does Tapebook connect to my broker?
No. Import your trade history from MetaTrader 5, MetaTrader 4, cTrader or Match-Trader. From another platform, import a CSV or Excel file of closed trades and say once which column is which, or add trades by hand.
Can I back up my journal?
Yes. Download a backup saves your whole journal in one file: trades, screenshots and the rest. You can also export all your trades to CSV. Both are yours to download at any time.
Why are results shown in R?
R measures each result against the risk you took on that trade, so trades of different sizes and accounts in different currencies can be compared. Results are in R by default and you can switch to your account currency at any time. Balances, deposits, prices and risk always stay in your account currency.
What does “Within limits” mean?
It counts the days with trades on which you stayed inside the daily loss limit you set for the account, for example “Within limits 18 / 21 trading days”. Tapebook never blocks a trade. Its limits only inform you.
Can I keep several accounts?
Yes. Portfolio shows them side by side: how much of each account’s loss limits is used, and what needs your attention. Balances in different currencies are never added together. Tapebook includes up to 5 active trading accounts. An archived account doesn't count.
How much space do I have for screenshots?
1 GB of trade screenshots with Tapebook, 5 GB with Tapebook Pro. When it's full, delete the ones you no longer need to add new ones. Nothing is deleted for you.
Does Tapebook tell me what works?
Only when there’s enough to go on. It draws a conclusion when each side of a comparison has at least 20 trades with an R and the gap is too large to be chance; below that, it tells you how many more it needs.
Are the numbers on this page real?
No. Every journal, calendar and chart on this page uses demo data. None of it is a trading result.
How do I sign in?
With your email address and password. You can also turn on two-step sign-in, which asks for a code from an authenticator app.
Does Tapebook work on my phone?
Yes. Open it in your phone’s browser and add it to your home screen. It’s the same journal as on your computer.
What happens to my journal when my subscription ends?
It becomes read-only: you can open everything and export it, but you can’t save new entries. We email you before it’s deleted, and renewing before then keeps it.
How do I get Tapebook?
Create your account, then pick a plan and pay through Paddle. There’s nothing to download or install.
What is the difference between Tapebook and Tapebook Pro?
The journal is the same in both. They differ in what the mentor includes and in the limits.
Tapebook: Mentor Lite gives a short weekly review (one or two findings with your numbers) and up to 5 questions a day per account. Up to 5 active trading accounts and 1 GB of trade screenshots.
Tapebook Pro: Mentor Pro gives a full weekly review, a monthly review, a daily briefing before your session and up to 30 questions a day per account. It also keeps a profile of your trading that you can read and correct, reads chart screenshots you send it, checks each trade after you save it, and sets a trade idea against your own setup checklist and rules. Any number of trading accounts and 5 GB of screenshots.
The mentor is AI. Its answers can contain mistakes and are not investment advice.
What does the AI review do?
It reads your own journal and answers from the numbers Tapebook calculates: results in R and money, win rate, breakdowns by time, symbol and setup, your plan and risk rules. It never tells you to enter, not to enter or to wait, and it doesn't suggest a position size. If you ask, the app calculates lots from your own stop and risk rule. Its answers are written by AI and can be wrong. It's off until you turn it on in Settings > Journaling > Mentor. In Tapebook Pro the check of each trade you save is on from the start: you see a notice before the first check and can turn it off there.
What data does it send, and where?
When you ask, and in Tapebook Pro after each trade you save, Tapebook sends the numbers needed to our AI provider, Anthropic. Never your email, your name or your account names. Your notes and mood go only if you turn on “Let the mentor read my notes”. A chart screenshot goes only when you send it yourself. We don't store your conversations or reviews. With Tapebook Pro we also keep your trading profile and weekly summaries.
What is the trading profile in Tapebook Pro?
A short profile of your strategies, instruments, sessions, habits against your own rules and strengths, plus a summary of each week's conclusions for the last 12 weeks. It's written from your journal at your weekly and monthly reviews and never quotes your notes. You can read and correct it at any time, and it's included when you download your journal. Turning it off deletes the profile and the summaries.
Can I send a chart screenshot?
With Tapebook Pro, yes, one per conversation. You can ask which of your own rules it can see on the chart. The image goes through our server to Anthropic to be read, and we don't save it. Cover your account number and name first.
Can I switch between Tapebook and Tapebook Pro?
Yes, in Settings > Account and plan. Your billing period stays the same. Moving up, Paddle charges the difference for the rest of the period and Pro starts once it's paid. Moving down, Pro stops at once and the unused part is taken off your next payments. Changed your mind after moving up? Write to us within 14 days of that payment and we'll move you back and refund the difference. You can't switch between monthly and yearly during a subscription.
What happens if I move from Tapebook Pro to Tapebook?
Nothing is deleted. Your profile stays for you to read, download or delete. If you have more than 5 active trading accounts or more than 1 GB of screenshots, all of it stays in your journal, but you can't add an account or upload new screenshots until you're under the limit again.