A trade is any buy or sell order you execute. In Singularity Trader, you record and manage all your trades in one place. This allows you to analyze your performance and learn from your trades.
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Manage Trades
Record, edit and organize trades
In this Chapter
1. The Basics
2. Record a New Trade
To manually record a trade: Click "Trades" in the navigation. Click the "New Trade" button. Fill out the form: Select your broker account, enter the symbol (e.g., AAPL), date, quantity, entry price, and exit price. Save the trade.
3. What is a "Position"?
A position is a summary of all trades for the same symbol in the same account. For example, if you buy 100 Apple shares and later sell 50, you have 1 position with 2 trades. The position shows you the remaining quantity (50) and current profit/loss.
4. Categorize Trades with Tags
Tags are labels for your trades. You can create tags like "Breakout", "Trend", "False Signal" and attach them to your trades. This helps you later find and analyze similar trades. For example: "Which of my breakout trades were successful?"
5. Add Notes to Trades
You can add notes to every trade. These are important for later analysis. Write, for example: "Bought because of breakout above 200-day MA", or "Exited too early, could have held longer". Later you can analyze these notes to learn.
6. Import Trades (Optional)
If you have many old trades, you can import them from an Excel file instead of entering them all manually. The file must have a specific format. Check the help on the Trades page for the exact format.
7. DTE Column for Options Trades
For options trades you'll see the DTE (Days to Expiry) column in the trade log — the days remaining until the option expires. Why does this matter?
• Short options (Cash-Secured Put, Covered Call, Iron Condor) — time value decays especially fast in the final 30 days (theta acceleration). Many traders roll or close at around 21 DTE.
• Long options — the fewer DTE, the less time for the desired move. Below 7 DTE, every small movement is amplified dramatically (high gamma).
• Wheel strategy — DTE shows you when the next roll date is coming up.
Color coding helps at a glance: green (> 30 DTE, relaxed), yellow (7–30 DTE, attention needed), red (< 7 DTE, action required).
• Short options (Cash-Secured Put, Covered Call, Iron Condor) — time value decays especially fast in the final 30 days (theta acceleration). Many traders roll or close at around 21 DTE.
• Long options — the fewer DTE, the less time for the desired move. Below 7 DTE, every small movement is amplified dramatically (high gamma).
• Wheel strategy — DTE shows you when the next roll date is coming up.
Color coding helps at a glance: green (> 30 DTE, relaxed), yellow (7–30 DTE, attention needed), red (< 7 DTE, action required).
8. The "Underlyings" Tab — All Your Markets at a Glance
In the trade log there is an Underlyings tab alongside the regular trade list. It shows aggregated metrics per traded market:
• Number of closed and open cycles
• Total P&L across all trades on this underlying
• Win rate per underlying
• Average holding period
• Tag cloud — which tags you've applied to trades on this market
• Strategies column — clickable; opens a modal with performance per strategy on this underlying
Ideal for identifying: Which markets do you trade successfully? Where do losses accumulate? Which strategy works best on which market?
• Number of closed and open cycles
• Total P&L across all trades on this underlying
• Win rate per underlying
• Average holding period
• Tag cloud — which tags you've applied to trades on this market
• Strategies column — clickable; opens a modal with performance per strategy on this underlying
Ideal for identifying: Which markets do you trade successfully? Where do losses accumulate? Which strategy works best on which market?