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Using TradeDNA

Every page of the product, in the order a new trader meets it. 8 modules, 33 lessons, 1h 23m.

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Getting started

3 lessons, 10 min
Your first login and platform tourThe whole product in six minutes, in the order you will use it.6:02Connecting your broker or trading platformSync a live or prop account so every fill lands in your journal on its own.1:57Importing your trading historyStatement imports for accounts that do not sync, and what to expect after the upload.2:04

Dashboard

5 lessons, 13 min
Your dashboard, account, and date filtersPick the account and the window every number on the dashboard answers to.4:24Understanding your performance metricsWin rate, expectancy, R and drawdown: what each one says about your trading.3:32Daily Edge, Market Pulse, and Edge WindowsThe three reads that tell you when your edge shows up and when it does not.2:43Your daily state and DNA readHow the day's state and your trading DNA frame what you see on the dashboard.1:27Generating and reading your trading reportGenerate a report for any window and read it section by section.1:14

Journal

4 lessons, 9 min
Completing your daily check-inSet your state before the session so the day's trades can be read against it.2:43Writing a useful journal entryWhat to write after a session so the entry is worth reading a month later.4:13Mood tags and reviewing previous daysTag the mood, then walk back through earlier days to see the pattern.1:19Understanding Mood Edge and building evidenceHow Mood Edge turns your check-ins into evidence about when you trade well.1:10

Trades

4 lessons, 6 min
Reading your trade logEvery column of the trade log and what it is telling you.1:07Finding and filtering tradesFilter by symbol, side, tag or outcome to find the trades you want to study.1:27Adding trades and setting a starting balanceAdd a trade by hand and set the balance your percentages are measured from.1:22Investigating performance through your statisticsUse the statistics view to find where the money is made and lost.1:36

Trade Desk

4 lessons, 8 min
Navigating the Trade DeskCharts, symbols, timeframes and your trades drawn on the price.1:37Understanding an individual candleClick any candle to see what was happening in the market at that moment.1:33Reviewing decisions with Market RewindReplay a trade with your journal and state beside the price action.1:06Position sizing and the backtest workflowSize a trade from the stop, then test the idea before you risk it.3:36

Fundamentals

6 lessons, 20 min
What moves markets?Rates, data, flows and sentiment: the forces behind the moves you trade.5:48Using News, Today's Brief, and your symbolsRead the day's brief and follow the news for the symbols you trade.1:19Reading the economic calendarWhich releases matter, when they land in your time zone, and how to read them.2:47Understanding COT reportsWhat the weekly positioning report says about who is long and who is short.2:58Understanding interest rate expectationsHow the market prices the next central bank decision, and why it moves currencies.4:52Building your pre-session market briefA five-minute routine before the session: calendar, news, positioning, plan.2:39

Playbooks

3 lessons, 10 min
What is a playbook? Building yoursTurn the way you trade into rules the product can grade every fill against.6:28Choosing a playbook and using My PlaysAdopt a playbook or a prop-firm challenge and keep it in My Play.2:23Reviewing your plan against account rulesSee where your plan and your account's rules agree, and where they do not.1:11

Helix

4 lessons, 7 min
Starting a conversation and understanding contextWhat Helix already knows about your trading when you ask the first question.1:58Investigating overtrading and emotional decisionsAsk Helix to find the days you overtraded and what was going on when you did.1:51Reviewing your last trade, day, and weekThree reviews worth running every week, and how to read the answers.1:51Uploading charts and reviewing trade ideasDrop a chart into the chat and get the idea graded before you take it.1:04
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