I'm Tyler. I've been trading for almost 6 years now. Started with options, blew up more accounts than I'd like to admit, and eventually switched to futures where things finally started clicking.
I still remember the trade that should've been my wake-up call. About 4 years ago, I was on a small account, maybe $2K. Had a great day and was up around $500 on AAPL calls. Instead of taking the win, I held overnight. Greed. News dropped, the position opened red, and instead of cutting it, I added more size hoping it would come back.
That winner turned into a big loser. I was angry at myself for days.
But did I learn? Nope. I revenge traded, swept losses under the rug, refused to hold myself accountable. Blew up the rest of that account and honestly didn't even care. The first few years of trading were rough. I knew what I was supposed to do - journal, backtest, study, take care of myself outside of trading - but I was too stubborn to actually do any of it.
It took a while to realize that if I wanted to improve, I had to actually hold myself accountable.
I tried everything. Spreadsheets. Notion. Other trading journals. They all tracked the same stuff: entries, exits, P&L. But none of them focused on what actually mattered.
Why did I hold that trade overnight? What was I feeling? How much sleep did I get? Was I following my own rules or just winging it?
The tools I found either ignored psychology entirely or touched on it as an afterthought. So I built the journal I wished existed. One that tracks not just what I traded, but the version of me that showed up to trade.
Technical analysis is the easy part. Pushing buttons is the easy part.
Mastering your mind, following your rules when it's hard, knowing when to walk away... that's what separates traders who survive from traders who don't.
Psychology makes up 80-90% of trading success. MetriNote is built around that belief.
This isn't a "get rich quick" tool. I'm not going to show you screenshots of profits or promise you'll make money.
MetriNote is an honest mirror. It shows you your patterns, your mistakes, your tendencies. Sometimes that's uncomfortable. But growth usually is.
The goal isn't just to make you a better trader. It's to help you become more aware, more disciplined, more intentional. That stuff carries over outside of trading too.
I'm a solo founder building this while working part-time and trading myself. I use MetriNote for my own trading. If something's broken or missing, I want to know. I read every message.
I want MetriNote to be the name people think of when they think "trading journal." Not by being the loudest or flashiest, but by actually helping traders improve.
No fake guru nonsense. No profit flexing. Just process, psychology, and showing up better than yesterday.
If that resonates, welcome. Let's get to work.
– Tyler