If you spend any time in trading communities online, you already know the problem. Someone posts a screenshot showing a $50,000 green day, the comments flood with admiration, and nobody stops to ask whether any of it is real. Fabricated P&L screenshots have become the background noise of trading social media. It is exhausting, and it makes it genuinely hard to find traders worth learning from.
PNL Log is a free trading journal and social platform built to fix exactly that. You track every trade, review your stats across a solid set of analytics, and share your results publicly, building a performance profile that others can actually verify. It covers crypto, futures, forex, and options, all inside a clean dark interface that does not feel like a finance dashboard from 2009.
The project comes from co-founders Jacob Wallenburg and Roman Hinkley. Jacob is an engineering student and active trader who got tired of paying for overpriced journaling software while watching influencers post unverifiable wins, while Roman brings the product and startup execution needed to turn that frustration into a real platform. The product is early, but the core experience is already real and usable. With broker auto-import, auto-sync, and verified trade syncing now live, this is where it gets genuinely interesting.
Key Features of PNL Log
Trade Logging Across Multiple Asset Classes
You can log trades across crypto, futures, forex, and options inside separate trading books. Each entry captures entry and exit prices, quantities, and direction. The calendar view shows your daily P&L at a glance, with green and red cells mapping out your month visually. It is a fast way to spot patterns you might miss inside a spreadsheet.
Deep Performance Analytics
PNL Log surfaces the numbers that actually matter for improving your trading. Win rate, profit factor, equity curve, W/L ratio, average win, trade streaks, and a composite Trading Score out of 100 that weighs factors like risk management and consistency. Seeing a 73.1% win rate alongside a 2.69 profit factor on a single screen gives you context that a raw dollar figure never does.
Public Performance Feed and Leaderboards
This is the social layer. You can post your weekly or monthly results directly to a public feed, where other traders can see your full stats alongside the post, not just a cropped screenshot. Leaderboards let anyone discover top-performing traders on the platform. It shifts the dynamic from “trust me, bro” to something you can actually scrutinize.
Verified Trades via Broker Auto-Import
Broker auto-import is now live, with support for 95+ brokers including Binance, Bybit, NinjaTrader, and Robinhood. Trades synced directly from a broker can be marked as verified, creating a trust layer the trading space has been missing for years. You can still log trades manually, but connected broker accounts allow PNL Log to sync trades automatically and stamp them as real.
How Marcus Used PNL Log to Finally Audit His January
Marcus, a futures day trader based in Austin, had a habit of closing his trading platform at 4pm and moving on without reviewing the day. By the end of January 2026, he had a rough sense that the month was decent, but no clear picture of which setups were working or where his losses were clustering.
At 7pm on a Tuesday, he sat down with PNL Log and spent about forty minutes entering his January trades manually from his broker statements. The calendar heatmap filled in as he went, and the pattern became obvious fast: his losing days were almost all on Wednesdays, and his two worst trades were both MESM6 short positions he held past his usual stop level.
By the end of the session, Marcus had a documented month showing +$10,506.90 total P&L, a 73% win rate, and a clear note on a specific setup he needed to tighten. He posted his monthly summary to the PNL Log feed and received a follow from another futures trader within a couple of hours. That kind of accountability loop, logging, reviewing, sharing, is exactly what the platform is designed to create.
How PNL Log Works, Step by Step
Step 1: Create a Free Account
Sign up at pnllog.app or download PNL Log on the App Store. No credit card needed. You land on a clean dashboard with navigation across Journal, Feed, and Discover sections.
Step 2: Log Your Trades
Select your asset class, crypto, futures, forex, or options, then add trades manually with entry price, exit price, quantity, and direction. Trades populate your calendar and trading books automatically.
Step 3: Review Your Stats
Check your equity curve, win rate, profit factor, trade streaks, and Trading Score across any time period. The daily P&L heatmap gives you a year-at-a-glance view of green and red days.
Step 4: Share to the Performance Feed
Post a weekly or monthly summary directly to the public feed. Your full stats attach to the post automatically, so followers see the data behind the result, not just a number.
Who Should Try PNL Log
Active traders who want more than a private spreadsheet will get the most out of this. If you trade futures, crypto, or forex and want to build a credible public record over time, PNL Log already gives you the tools to do that. The free pricing removes any barrier to getting started. The platform is already live and usable right now, with broker-verified performance data available and an iOS app on the App Store. Try it at pnllog.app.
