Trading journal for cTrader and prop-firm traders
Pass the challenge.
Keep the account.
Propan syncs your cTrader trades, checks every one against your rules, and shows exactly how much room you have left before your prop firm's daily and maximum loss.
Free during early access · Invite only · Read-only cTrader access
50K Challenge · Phase 1
In progress+5.84% · 9 trading days3.8% left today
Fails at −10% of the starting balance
2.16% to go
Closed trades only; open positions are not counted.
- 9
- automatic rule checks on every trade
- 3
- prop-firm limits tracked per account
- < 1 min
- to review a trade
- Web + mobile
- one account, same journal
Why accounts get blown
It's rarely the strategy. It's the third trade after a loss.
Most journals tell you what happened. Propan tells you which of your own rules you broke, on every trade, whether it won or lost, so the habits that cost you money stop hiding behind the ones that make it.
The revenge trade
A loss, then a new position twenty minutes later to win it back. Propan flags any trade opened within your cooling-off period after a loss.
One trade too many
The fourth setup of the day is rarely the best one. Trades beyond your daily maximum are marked, per account.
Trading through the stop
Down 2% and still clicking. Every trade taken after you hit your own daily stop is caught, before your prop firm catches it for you.
Size creep
Risk drifts from 0.5% to 1.5% after a good week. Propan reads the stop on every synced trade and flags oversized risk.
Features
Everything a prop-firm trader checks, in one place
Built around the questions you actually ask: how much room do I have today, am I following my plan, and what is really making me money?
Prop-firm limits
Know your room before you click buy
Set your firm's numbers once. Every closed trade updates how much of today's loss allowance is gone, how far you are from the maximum loss, and how close you are to the target.
- ✓Daily loss used today, reset on your own timezone
- ✓Maximum loss, static or trailing until your starting balance
- ✓Progress to the profit target and every past breach, by date
- ✓Works for any firm: you type in the percentages
50K Challenge · Phase 1
In progress+5.84% · 9 trading days3.8% left today
Fails at −10% of the starting balance
2.16% to go
Closed trades only; open positions are not counted.
Automatic discipline checks
Your rules, checked on every single trade
Revenge trades, overtrading, trading through your daily stop, oversized risk, skipped checklist items, no stop loss, day trades held overnight. Propan checks all of them for you, with thresholds you control.
- ✓Rule breaks flagged on the trade itself, with the reason
- ✓See the result of trades that broke each rule
- ✓One number to watch: the share of trades within your rules
Discipline
Checked automatically against your rules
| Trades | Win % | Net R | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Within your rules | 31 | 45 | +15.5 |
| Broke a rule | 9 | 11 | −6.5 |
Review queue
Review a trade in under a minute
Synced trades land in a queue. Open it, and Propan shows one trade at a time with its result, prices and any broken rules. Tick what was true, note what went wrong, Save & next.
- ✓Your own setup checklist and mistake list
- ✓Zone timeframe and lower-timeframe confirmation
- ✓Mindset and a one-line verdict to read back later
Insight
Find out what actually makes you money
Results are measured in R, so a 0.5% trade and a 1% trade compare fairly. Every tag you add becomes a breakdown: which checklist items pay, which mistakes cost, which pairs and weekdays to skip.
- ✓Equity curve, expectancy, profit factor and max drawdown
- ✓Breakdowns by checklist item, mistake, zone timeframe, mindset, pair, weekday and direction
- ✓Filter by account and style; archive old accounts to keep the view clean
By checklist item
Trades where the item was ticked
| Trades | Win % | Net R | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HTF bias aligned | 24 | 50 | +18 |
| Liquidity pool at zone | 17 | 47 | +11.5 |
| LTF close beyond last swing | 14 | 50 | +10.5 |
| DXY / correlation confluence | 6 | 17 | −1.5 |
Built for cTrader · mobile ready
Connect once. Your journal fills itself in.
Propan connects through cTrader's official Open API with read-only access, rebuilds each position from its deals, and imports it with net P/L, swap, commission, risk and holding time. The app goes wherever you trade.
- ✓Live and demo accounts, partial closes handled
- ✓Read-only: it can never place or change a trade
- ✓Not on cTrader? Log trades by hand and get the same analysis
Net P/L, swap, commission and risk included
Still journaling in a spreadsheet?
Stop maintaining formulas. Start reading the answers.
| Spreadsheet | Propan | |
|---|---|---|
| Trades entered automatically from cTrader | Copy and paste | ✓ Built in |
| Partial closes, swap and commission handled | By hand | ✓ Built in |
| Daily and maximum loss tracked against your firm's rules | — | ✓ Built in |
| Every trade checked against your own rules | — | ✓ Built in |
| R-multiples, expectancy, profit factor and drawdown | Formulas | ✓ Built in |
| What each setup, mistake, pair and weekday is worth | Pivot tables | ✓ Built in |
| Review queue so no trade goes unexamined | — | ✓ Built in |
| On your phone | Barely | ✓ Built in |
How it works
Set up in five minutes
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Create your account
Sign up with your email and the invite code you were given.
- 2
Connect cTrader
Approve read-only access and choose which accounts to sync. Or add trades by hand.
- 3
Set your limits and rules
Enter your firm's daily loss, maximum loss and target, and your own risk and trade-count rules.
- 4
Review, then improve
Clear the review queue after each session and let the breakdowns show you what to repeat.
Your data
Read-only by design. Private by default.
Can't touch your trades
cTrader access is read-only. Propan can never place, modify or close a position.
Encrypted credentials
cTrader access keys are encrypted at rest. Passwords are hashed with scrypt; we never see them.
Yours alone
Every journal is private to its owner. Disconnect cTrader or stop syncing an account whenever you like.
FAQ
Questions traders ask
Which platforms does Propan work with?+
Trades sync automatically from cTrader, live and demo, through cTrader's official Open API. Trading somewhere else? You can still log trades by hand and get the same checks, limits and breakdowns.
Which prop firms are supported?+
Any of them. Enter your firm's daily loss limit, maximum loss (static, or trailing until your starting balance) and profit target as percentages, and Propan tracks them for that account.
Can Propan place or close trades?+
No. It asks cTrader for read-only access, so it can read your history but never trade, change orders or move money. The access key is encrypted at rest and you can disconnect at any time.
What does it cost?+
Nothing during early access. Sign-up is by invite while we grow carefully.
Does it count open positions against my limits?+
Not yet. Limits are measured on closed trades, and the dashboard says so. Most firms include floating losses, so leave yourself a buffer.
Is there a mobile app?+
A companion app for iOS and Android is in early access, with the same dashboard, trade list, editor, accounts and rules, signed in with the same account. The website also works well on a phone.
Your next challenge deserves a better journal.
Free while in early access. Bring your invite code and connect your first account in minutes.