# OKX Trading Journal with Auto Sync · DT Terminal > Connect OKX with a read-only key and passphrase, and your fills, fees and funding sync into the journal. Edge shows which setups pay and which to drop. AI trading improvement · OKX # Improve your OKX trading from your own fills. Connect OKX with a read-only API key and your trades arrive with their fees and funding attached, pulled from the exchange instead of typed in. Edge reads the record so you find the setup that pays and drop the one that does not. [Start free](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true&from=product_sync) [See the live demo](https://www.thedtterminal.com/tour/journal) Read-only API key Set this way when you create the key in OKX - Read On - Trade Off - Withdraw Off Needs API key, secret and the passphrase you set Syncs Spot and perpetual fills, fees and funding Shows which pairs and hours to fix Edge Key cannot trade or withdraw Read-only Fees and funding on the trade Spot and perps Pro, per month $24 Synced fills land in the Trade Log with their fees. How it works 1. **Make a read-only key** In OKX, create an API key with Read permission only, leaving Trade and Withdraw off, and set a passphrase for it. OKX then shows you the key and its secret. 2. **Paste all three in** Pick OKX, paste the API key, the secret and the passphrase, and keep the environment on Live. Your recent fills start coming in. 3. **Read the record** Tag the setup, and win rate and expectancy break down by pair, hour and setup, with Edge pointing at what to fix. Results by hour ## Crypto never closes. See which hours pay you. Example Example data, not a real result: expectancy in R for each hour of the day, with fees and funding on the trade they belong to. Your own breakdown reads the fills your OKX key syncs. Verified ## Your OKX history, with proof it happened. A fill read from OKX through your key is marked verified on your record and your public page. A trade you type in is marked self-reported, so a reader can tell the two apart at a glance. - Seal on fills from a Live key - Typed trades labelled self-reported - One public record to link to Analytics ## Where the OKX account makes and loses money. Filter by pair, hour, weekday or setup and the numbers recompute. Fees and funding sit on the trade, so a perp held through funding shows what it really cost. - By pair, hour, weekday and setup - Fees converted into the quote currency - Funding matched to the perp that paid it Backtester ## Replay the setup before the next OKX trade. Step a BTC or ETH chart forward one bar at a time, place simulated entries and exits, and keep the results in the same journal as the synced trades. - Real historical candles - Entries, stops and targets on the replay - Unlimited sessions on Pro What is free ## Free syncs one OKX account into your journal hourly, and logging by hand or CSV is free too. More accounts start on Plus, $9 a month or $89 a year. | Feature | Free | Plus | Pro | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Manual and CSV logging | Included | Included | Included | | Broker auto-sync Into your journal: MT4, MT5, cTrader, TradeLocker, Tradovate and supported crypto exchanges. Free syncs its one account into your journal every hour | Into your journal, hourly | Into your journal | Into your journal | | Read-only broker connections We read your trades and can never place them | Included | Included | Included | | Verified accounts Free verifies and syncs one cTrader, TradeLocker, Tradovate or crypto account. Plus and Pro add more accounts, MT4 and MT5 | 1, not MT4 or MT5 | 3, 1 MT4 or MT5 | 10, 3 MT4 or MT5 | | Linked broker accounts Pro links 1 during the trial | 1 | 3 | 10 | Full comparison on the [pricing page](https://www.thedtterminal.com/pricing). FAQ ### Why does OKX need a passphrase as well as the key? OKX makes you set a passphrase whenever you create an API key, and it goes with the key and secret on every request. DT Terminal asks for all three and will not connect without the passphrase. It is the one you chose for the key, not your OKX login password. ### What comes across from OKX? Your fills, paired into trades, with the trading fee on each. Funding on perpetuals is matched to the trade it was paid on, and cash or stablecoin deposits and withdrawals are recorded on the account. Coin-margined contracts are not imported yet, and the sync tells you when it skips one. ### How is my OKX balance valued? In cash and stablecoins only, at face value. While the account holds a coin such as BTC, DT Terminal will not guess its price, so the balance stops syncing and the connection says why. Your trades keep syncing either way. ### Can I connect an OKX demo trading account? Yes. Choose Sandbox instead of Live when you connect, and use a key made in OKX demo trading. Those trades sync into the journal but do not carry the verified seal, because no real money was at stake. Only a Live key earns the seal. ### Do I need a paid plan to journal OKX trades? No. A free account can connect one OKX key and its trades sync into your journal hourly, with the verified seal on your public passport for a live key. It can also log OKX trades by hand or import them by CSV. More accounts and on-demand sync start on Plus at $9 a month or $89 a year. ## Three strings from OKX, and the journal fills itself. Key, secret and passphrase, read-only. Logging by hand stays free. [Start free](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true&from=product_sync) [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). 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