# Losing Money Trading? Find Where It Goes · DT Terminal > Most traders lose money, and most never find out exactly where. A verified record shows the setups, sessions and habits the losses come from, trade by trade. For traders who are losing money Trading verification · Unprofitable # Losing is common. Not knowing why is optional. Most retail traders lose money, and the losses rarely come from everywhere at once. A record the broker wrote shows which setups, which hours and which habits the money leaves through, so the next change is aimed rather than guessed. [Start free](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true&from=product_coach) [See the live demo](https://www.thedtterminal.com/tour/journal) By setup, session and instrument Leaks Your wins and losses in R Edge Shape Check-ins free 3 per day Edge chats free 20 / month Where the money goes, read from the record. ## Your week on DT Terminal One way a week runs, using the tools on this page. 1. Monday **Every trade in the record** Synced on Verified or Pro, or logged by hand and imported 2. Tuesday **Find where it leaks** The setup, session and instrument where results leak 3. Wednesday **Read the Edge Shape** Big losers or small winners, sorted by R 4. Thursday **Replay a loser** Bar by bar with your levels where they were, on Pro 5. Friday **Change one thing** Then let the record say whether it worked How it works 1. **Get every trade into the record** Sync the broker on Verified or Pro, or log by hand and import. A partial record hides the trades that hurt most. 2. **Find the leak** Analytics shows which setups, sessions and instruments lose, and the Edge Shape shows whether it is the losers that are too big or the winners too small. 3. **Change one thing, then check** Review the trades behind the leak, change one habit, and let the record say whether it worked. Analytics ## The losses are not spread evenly. Find where they sit. Strengths & Weaknesses reads your record and names where results are strong and where they leak: the setup, the session, the instrument. Behavioural Coaching points at the patterns in how you trade them. - Strengths and weaknesses from your own trades - Behavioural coaching on your patterns - Equity curve and drawdown from the record Edge Shape ## Big losers, or small winners? The Edge Shape sorts every trade by the R it made or lost. A tail of oversized losses and a pile of early exits are different problems with different fixes, and the chart shows which one is yours. - Every trade bucketed by R - Open any bucket to see its trades - Trade Replay tests other stops and targets on Pro Replay ## Watch the losing trade again. Trade Replay walks the market back through a trade bar by bar with your levels drawn where they were, and what-if exits show what a different stop or target would have done. It is the review the losing trade deserves. - Bar by bar replay of any logged trade - What-if exits against the real bars - On Pro, for any logged trade Habits ## The state you traded in, beside the result. A ten-second check-in before a session tags the state you traded in, and the record can then be read by it. Tilt, fatigue and revenge trades stop being guesses. - 3 per day pulse check-ins free - Daily journals with structure, free - A reviewed mark on every trade you review What is free ## Journal, check in and ask Edge for free. Journal sync and filtered stats start on Verified, $9 a month, and Trade Replay is Pro, $24. | Feature | Free | Verified | Pro | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Daily journals, structure included | Included | Included | Included | | Pulse check-ins | 3 per day | 3 per day | Unlimited | | AI chat with Edge | 20 / month | 20 / month | Unlimited | | Detailed filtered trade stats Analytics and Reports filters come with Verified and Pro. Trade Log filters are free | Not included | Included | Included | | Trade Replay Watch a real trade play out again on the chart, with what-if exits | Not included | Not included | Included | Full comparison on the [pricing page](https://www.thedtterminal.com/pricing). FAQ ### Will a trading journal make me profitable? No, and nothing honest can promise that. What it does is show you where the losses come from, trade by trade, so the change you make next is aimed at the actual problem. ### Is it normal to lose money trading? It is common. Most retail traders lose money. The traders who stop losing are usually the ones who found the specific leak rather than changing everything at once. ### What is the Edge Shape? A chart of every trade by the R it made or lost. It shows whether the problem is losses that run too far or wins cut too short, which need opposite fixes. ### Do I need to sync my broker? No. Manual logging and imports are free, and so is verifying one account. Sync into the journal on Verified and Pro makes the record complete, which matters most for the trades you would rather not write down. ### Can I see this without paying? Yes. The journal, daily reflections, check-ins, basic insights and Edge chats are free. Detailed filters and full strategy breakdowns start on Verified, and Trade Replay is Pro. ### Can I connect DT Terminal to Claude or ChatGPT? Yes. DT Terminal Connect is our MCP connector: Claude, ChatGPT and other AI apps can read and update your journal, backtests and synced accounts, with your consent per scope. It needs a paid plan: on Verified a connected app can read your account, and on Pro it can also write to your journal. Set it up in Settings, MCP. You choose what each app may do, see what it did, and can disconnect it there at any time. ## Find the leak before you change the strategy. Free to start. The record does the finding. [Start free](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true&from=product_coach) [See the live demo](https://www.thedtterminal.com/tour/journal) --- Risk disclosure: Futures, forex and options trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing one's financial security or lifestyle. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. [Read the full risk disclosure](https://www.thedtterminal.com/legal/risk-disclosure). This is the Markdown version of https://www.thedtterminal.com/losing-money-trading. 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