# About DT Terminal · Verified Trading Records > DT Terminal is a trading verification platform for transparency and credibility in trading, with a journal and backtester that show how a trader improves. About DT Terminal · 2026 # Trading records you can verify. DT Terminal is a trading verification platform built to improve transparency and credibility in the trading industry. We also use that verification system to show a trader's improvement over time through a trading journal, a backtester, and other features. Core · Principle · 00 Verification shows what a trader actually did. Improving on it is built around one principle: ## Results come from process, not outcomes. Most traders focus on P&L. But outcomes are delayed and noisy. They don't explain what to improve, and they don't help in the moments decisions matter. Framework · 04 · Pillars ## We shift the focus to behaviour, execution, and habits. Instead of teaching trading through theory, DT Terminal teaches through workflow. Four structured surfaces, each pointed at one part of the process. Pillar · 01 ### Goals are structured around doing the right things consistently, not chasing a P&L target. Pillar · 02 ### Trades are logged to evaluate decision quality, not just results. Every entry has a "why." Pillar · 03 ### Pulses capture emotions and intent during the trade, not after. Honest, in the moment. Pillar · 04 ### Reflections guide learning around what you controlled. Patterns surface; habits compound. The Loop · 04 · Acts ## Close the loop. A journal alone reviews the past. Improvement runs on a cycle, and the cycle has four acts: learn it, execute it, assess the decision, prove it on a verified record. Miss one and the other three stop compounding. 1. Learn Rehearse the setup in replay until you know its shape cold. 2. Execute Take the trade for real, and log why you took it. 3. Assess Grade the decision you made, not the number it printed. 4. Prove Let the broker record show the edge, not a screenshot of it. Then back to Learn, with better information Systems · 03 · Carry the acts System · 01 ActProve Verification ### Records, not claims. Connect a broker and DT Terminal reads the trade history from it, so the record is what the broker reported, not what anyone typed in. Broker-synced trades earn a verified seal, and your public Passport and the Rankings show verified records only. A screenshot is a claim. A verified record is something a stranger can check. Seal broker-synced trades Public Passport · Rankings System · 02 ActLearn Backtester ### Rehearse before risk. Replay historical sessions candle-by-candle, mark entries and exits exactly the way you would live, and review your decisions with the same journal structure as real trades. Run a setup a hundred times before risking a dollar. Then watch what your edge actually looks like, not what you think it looks like. Replay tick · 1m · 5m Sessions 2 free · Pro unlimited System · 03 ActAssess Edge AI ### A coach in the corner. Edge reads your journal, your trades, and your strategy, then asks the questions you would ask yourself if you had the perspective. Drop in a screenshot for a structured trade breakdown. Brainstorm a new setup. Get a weekly focus pulled from your behavioural patterns. Not a signal bot, a sparring partner. Surfaces chat · screenshot · weekly Reads your journal · your trades Verification proves the record. Replay builds the pattern. Edge keeps you honest about both. Start the loop ### Run all four acts on your own trades. Free on everything that builds the habit. No card, nothing to install. Principles · Opinionated ## Opinionated by design. Three trade-offs we made on purpose, baked into every screen. Principle · 01 ### Process over Profit A good outcome from a bad process is still a bad process. We grade the process. Principle · 02 ### Habits over Motivation Motivation is a feeling, fragile and noisy. Habits run on rails when motivation is gone. Principle · 03 ### Awareness over Automation We don't want to think for you. We want you to see clearly enough to think for yourself. Because discipline isn't something you "feel". It's something you build. Transmission · Founder I've always wanted to help traders become profitable, but I never believed the answer was teaching one perfect strategy or forcing everyone to trade the same way. What actually holds most traders back isn't knowledge. It's consistency, awareness, and discipline in the moments that matter. DT Terminal was built from that belief. Every part of it, from trade logging to daily journals, is designed to guide you through the process, not just record outcomes. It helps you slow down, reflect, and build habits that compound over time, while still giving you the freedom to think and trade your own way. D Dale Founder · DT Terminal ## Build a process you can trust. Review what changes. Track your decisions, review your results, and test what to change next. Trading outcomes remain uncertain. Free plan, no card · 14-day Pro trial on annual --- This is the Markdown version of https://www.thedtterminal.com/about. [Home](https://www.thedtterminal.com/) · [Verification](https://www.thedtterminal.com/verification) · [Pricing](https://www.thedtterminal.com/pricing) · [Supported brokers](https://www.thedtterminal.com/supported-brokers) · [Rankings](https://www.thedtterminal.com/rankings) · [About](https://www.thedtterminal.com/about) · [llms.txt](https://www.thedtterminal.com/llms.txt)