Track Your Mental State
Log your emotional condition before, during, and after each trade. Note stress levels, confidence, and external pressures so you can spot correlations between mood and performance.
Trading decisions driven by emotion often lead to inconsistent results. Mantis helps you build emotional awareness through structured journaling, so you can identify patterns in your psychology and develop discipline. By recording your mental state, triggers, and reactions to each trade, you create a private record—stored locally on your device—that reveals how fear, greed, and overconfidence shape your choices. Use these insights to refine your process and trade with greater intentionality.
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Why traders use Mantis
Review Trade Patterns
Analyze your journal entries to identify emotional triggers—revenge trading, FOMO, overconfidence—and see how often they appear in your trade history.
Local Privacy by Design
All your trading data and personal reflections stay on your device. No syncing to the cloud means your private journal remains entirely yours.
Built-in Stats & Metrics
Compare your emotional ratings against win rates and P&L to understand which mental states correlate with your best and worst decisions.
Actionable Review Habits
Structured prompts guide your post-trade reflection, making it easier to extract lessons and adjust your approach over time.
Frequently asked questions
How does journaling help with emotional control?
Journaling creates awareness. By documenting your feelings and thoughts in real time, you create distance between impulse and reflection. Over weeks and months, patterns emerge—you'll notice which emotions lead to your best trades and which lead to costly mistakes. That awareness is the first step to changing behavior.
What should I record in my journal entries?
Record your entry and exit logic, the price levels, your emotional state (calm, anxious, excited, frustrated), any external events that affected your mood, and your confidence level. After the trade closes, reflect on whether your emotions influenced your decision and what you'd do differently.
Is my trading journal data backed up or synced to the cloud?
No. Mantis stores all your trading data locally on your device only. There is no cloud backup or syncing. Your journal is private and remains entirely on your iPhone.
Can I export or review my emotional patterns over time?
Yes. Mantis lets you review your journal entries and stats by date range or tag. You can filter by emotional rating, symbol, or outcome to spot trends in your trading behavior and psychology.
How often should I journal?
Ideally, log an entry shortly after each trade closes—while the experience is fresh. Consistency matters more than volume. Even a few detailed reflections per week will reveal patterns faster than sporadic, lengthy entries.
Important: Mantis is a trading journal and analytics tool. This page is not investment advice, not financial advice, and not a recommendation to buy or sell any security or instrument. Trading involves risk; past performance does not guarantee future results. Consult a qualified professional before making financial decisions.