A crypto trading journal built for perps, not just spot
Live sync from Binance, Bybit, and major exchanges. Funding rate, leverage, liquidation distance, fees net of taker rebates. Read-only API keys. 14-day Pro trial, no credit card.
Most crypto journals were built for spot trading on three exchanges. Then perps blew up, leverage came in, funding rates started mattering, and the journals never caught up. People who trade BTC perps with 10x leverage end up using a Notion template or building a Google Sheet that breaks every time the funding cycle hits.
This one handles perps. Funding payments received and paid, tracked per position. Liquidation distance over the life of the trade. Cross-margin and isolated-margin accounts. Fees broken out maker vs taker. PnL net of all of it.
The 14-day Pro trial includes unlimited crypto connections. Standard ($30/mo) covers 2 live exchange connections, which is enough if you trade Binance and Bybit only.
What the journal tracks on crypto
- Spot and perp trades on Binance and Bybit, live-synced.
- Funding payments received and paid, attributed to the position they covered.
- Leverage at entry vs leverage at peak (because most traders add to losers and forget).
- Liquidation distance throughout the trade (closest approach to liquidation price).
- Maker vs taker fee breakdown.
- Cross-margin vs isolated-margin account handling.
- Multi-asset position correlation (so you can see when your "diversified" book is actually one BTC-correlated bet).
- Session and time-of-day analysis adjusted for crypto (which trades 24/7).
Setup: read-only API keys only
When you generate an API key at Binance or Bybit, you tick read permission only and skip the trade and withdrawal permissions. Paste the public key and secret into the journal, and the sync starts within a minute. We never get a key that could place trades or move funds.
The patterns crypto journals usually miss
- Funding rate as a hidden cost. Hold a long perp through a positive funding cycle and you pay shorts every 8 hours. Over a multi-day hold, funding can exceed your entire position P&L. Most journals do not surface this.
- The "add to losers" pattern. Crypto traders add to losing perp positions to "average down," which silently increases leverage. The journal flags positions where leverage at peak is more than 1.5x entry leverage.
- Correlated bets disguised as diversification. Long BTC, long ETH, long SOL, long a few alts. That is one trade, not four. The journal flags the correlated exposure on the dashboard so you see real risk, not symbol count.
- Fee impact on scalp strategies. A 0.1% taker fee on a 0.3% target is a third of your edge before slippage. The journal shows fees as a percentage of gross P&L, which usually surprises people.
Standard vs Pro for crypto traders
| Crypto capability | Standard ($30/mo) | Pro ($55/mo) |
|---|---|---|
| Live exchange connections | 2 | Unlimited |
| Spot trade sync | Yes | Yes |
| Perp and futures sync | Yes | Yes |
| Funding rate tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Leverage and liquidation tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-account dashboard | No | Yes |
| AI Coach on crypto trades | No | Yes |
If you only trade Binance and Bybit, Standard is enough. If you trade across 3+ exchanges (KuCoin for alts, Bybit for perps, Binance for spot), Pro removes the connection cap.
Crypto journaling options compared
| Approach | TraderDNA | Coinmarketman | Tradervue | Spreadsheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binance live sync | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Bybit live sync | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Funding rate tracked | Yes | Limited | No | Manual |
| Liquidation distance | Yes | No | No | Manual |
| Cross-asset correlation | Yes | No | No | No |
| No-card trial | Yes (14 days) | Yes (7 days) | Limited | N/A |
| Multi-asset (forex + crypto) | Yes | No (crypto only) | Yes | Manual |
The multi-asset angle matters if you trade XAUUSD or NAS100 in your morning session and BTC perps at night. Crypto-only journals make you keep a separate workflow for everything else.
Frequently asked
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See what funding is actually costing you
Connect Binance and Bybit with read-only keys. The journal shows funding, leverage, liquidation distance, and fees per trade. 14-day Pro trial, no credit card.
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