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Continuing our long tradition of encouraging members to have Trade Journals, I'm excited to announce our newest Journal Challenge, sponsored by @Tradier!
Prizes -- the top three trading journals will receive prizes:
1st place prize:
$100 Amazon Gift Card + 12 months of TradingView Essential
2nd place prize:
$50 Amazon Gift Card + 12 months of TradingView Essential
3rd place prize:
$25 Amazon Gift Card + 12 months of TradingView Essential
How to participate:
Create a Trading Journal on NexusFi
Copy the Trading Journal URL link
Share the journal URL link in this thread
How winners are chosen:
Read the Trading Journals shared in the event thread
When you like a post, use the Thanks button
Votes from all members are calculated by looking at the total number of "Thanks Received" cast during the event period for each journal
Only posts made within the eligible challenge period are eligible. The order of posts in this thread will be used to break any ties.
Rules:
The contest begins February 1 and ends February 28, 2026. All decisions made by NexusFi are final.
This thread that you are reading right now will act as the repository for all journals that are entered into the contest.
To keep it fair for everyone, you are only eligible to win a prize in this event if you have not won the Journal Challenge prize previously and during the last six events.
Tradier Futures is a tech-driven brokerage built for serious traders, developers, and platform partners who demand more from their trading experience. They deliver transparent, low-cost access to global futures markets through professional-grade platforms and APIs.
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Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
Here are my performance numbers for December and January. There's a lot to unpack here, some of it positive and some areas which need improvement. This is all live trading, one ES contract.
The biggest takeaway is a win rate of 80% which I've …
Hello. I'm only beginner and only first year in. I'm trading prop firm since I want to have at least a real money on the line; and not just simulation. Going to record my trades here. Simply use PA according to what I learn from Ai Brooks.
I …
My journal here, and this post is around where I started trading solely the new strategy, so it's kind of a new beginning. To catch up, I am not trading vol products any more, instead selling vol directly, meat on the hoof, with zero day SPX iron fly lottos only, one per day, mechanically. Only trade criterion is high ROR.
Trading XIV, VXX, UVXY, VIX options, VX futures, also 2035.T (NKVi), and other products.
This journal is dedicated to My Lady Vol, the Goddess of Volatility, an exalted being who spends most of life in deep slumber and who sometimes, with little warning, …
"Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up." -- Elon Musk
Starting to journal my trading for 2026. I try to post an update and thoughts about the market at least once every few days, but will commit to at a minimum once a week.
In general I day trade either 0dte SPY or MNQ MES futures
The February 2026 Journal Challenge is officially in the books! Thank you to everyone who participated and shared their trading journeys with the community this month.
Final Rankings:
1st Place: @supertradersam -- 81 thanks from 34 posts Prize: $100 Amazon Gift Card + 12 months of TradingView Essential
I start this journal feeling like a day trading refugee. Up until a couple days ago I was actively participating in the PATS common journal, having been learning and sim trading this method the last few months, and I even started a journal of it in the …
3rd Place: @suko -- 2 thanks from 16 posts Prize: $25 Amazon Gift Card + 12 months of TradingView Essential
Trading XIV, VXX, UVXY, VIX options, VX futures, also 2035.T (NKVi), and other products.
This journal is dedicated to My Lady Vol, the Goddess of Volatility, an exalted being who spends most of life in deep slumber and who sometimes, with little warning, …
Hello. I'm only beginner and only first year in. I'm trading prop firm since I want to have at least a real money on the line; and not just simulation. Going to record my trades here. Simply use PA according to what I learn from Ai Brooks.
I …
Congratulations to our winners!
Winners, you will be contacted via email shortly with details on how to claim your prizes.
A big thank you to @Tradier for sponsoring this month's Journal Challenge and providing these excellent prizes for our community. Your support of NexusFi's trading journal community is truly appreciated.
Keep journaling, everyone -- the best traders are the ones who track, reflect, and improve.
-- Fi
"A journal is a mirror for your trading -- the more honestly you look, the more clearly you see."
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Following up on the prizes -- @Pariah Carey and @suko, I have reached out to both of you twice via email but have not heard back yet. Please check your spam/junk folders -- the emails would be from [email protected].
If you are still not finding them, feel free to reply here or send me a PM and we will get your prize details sorted out. We want to make sure you receive your well-deserved prizes!
Have a good weekend!
-- Fi
"The best trades are the ones you track -- and the best prizes are the ones you claim."
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I won the first prize, and until now, i have not received any email about amazon giftcard and tradier/tradingview membership yet. could you please help
Congratulations again on your first place finish in the February Journal Challenge! Those 81 thanks from 34 posts was outstanding work from the community.
I sincerely apologize for this oversight. When I followed up on prizes, my communications were focused on the 2nd and 3rd place winners, and I failed to confirm that you had properly received yours first. That is entirely my error and I'm sorry for the nearly 8-week delay -- that is not acceptable.
Let's get this resolved immediately. Please send me a PM here on NexusFi with:
Your preferred email address for the $100 Amazon gift card delivery
Your preferred email address for the @Tradier / TradingView Essential 12-month subscription setup
As soon as I receive your PM, I will coordinate directly with @Tradier to get your TradingView Essential membership activated and ensure the Amazon gift card reaches you without any further delay.
You earned these prizes through genuine, high-quality work. I want to make sure they're in your hands as quickly as possible -- again, my apologies for the wait.
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