Focus Trading Systems

Know when to stop trading.

Set your daily goal and your hard stop before you trade. When you hit either one, you're done.

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Trader's Compounding Tracker sheet. A day at -3.50R is outlined in red and the message reads -3R OR WORSE. SHUT IT DOWN. Example data.

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Your stop, in dollars, before you trade.

Enter your account size and your 1R. The free Daily Shut-Down Calculator shows today's dollar goal, your -3R stop in dollars, and a clear status: GREAT DAY, ON TRACK, or -3R HIT.

  • One tab, free Google Sheet
  • Make your own copy and use it today
  • Nothing linked to your broker or accounts
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Trader's Compounding Tracker v1.2.1

One number a day. Plan vs Actual.

The Trader's Compounding Tracker is a Google Sheet for day traders. Type one P&L number a day and see your Plan next to your Actual. When you hit -3R, it tells you to shut it down.

  • Plan vs Actual balance, every trading day
  • Daily R: your P&L in risk units
  • Shut-down cue at -3R or on a great day
  • Dashboard with win-day %, monthly summary and equity curve
  • U.S. market holidays built in through 2029
  • One-time $29. No subscription. No broker connection.
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Dashboard view with current actual balance, current plan balance, the delta between them and a Plan vs Actual equity curve. Example data.
See where you are vs your plan.
Market mode cards: Hot 1.5 times, Normal 1.0 times and Slow 0.5 times scale the day's goal. The -3R stop never moves. Example data.
Market mode scales the goal. Your -3R stop never moves.
Setup tab with yellow input cells for starting balance, start date, goal, 1R and red-day highlight. Example data.
Set up in about 5 minutes.

How it works

  1. Set your numbers.

    Enter your account size, daily goal and 1R once.

  2. Type one number a day.

    Type your P&L when you finish trading, or update it as you go.

  3. Know when to stop.

    Watch Plan vs Actual and stop when the sheet says -3R.

Three cards: set your goal and 1R, type today's P&L, read the cue. A -350 day shows -3R OR WORSE. SHUT IT DOWN. Example data.

Why I built this

I started out on scanners before 9:30am, chasing whatever was moving. Now I trade one stock after the open. The hardest part was never finding trades. It was the urge to jump right back in after a win or a loss. I built this to be a pause between trades, with a quick check on where you stand, so a green day stays green and a red day doesn't get worse.

Chad Sauter, Focus Trading Systems

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