Degen Pro vs TakeJournal
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Degen Pro compared with TakeJournal
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| What it does | A macOS app for Interactive Brokers that holds your stop, grades every trade on process, and locks the day at your loss limit
| Trading journal for futures, prop-firm and copy traders
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| Pricing model | Paid
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| Pricing | $19 per month or $228 per year
| Free: $0/month (1 account, no live sync); Trader: $29/month or $21.75/month billed yearly ($261/year); Pro: $49/month or $36.75/month billed yearly ($441/year); Fleet: $99/month or $74.25/month billed yearly ($891/year). Yearly plans include 3 months free.
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| Key features | - Hold stop loss that resets if widened beyond your rule
- Grade every trade on rule adherence, not profit
- Lock trading when daily loss limit is hit
- Exit hotkeys for taking profit while maintaining stop
- Daily report card tracking rule-keeping
- Sizing ladder that adjusts based on consistent rule-keeping
- Morning gate to delay trading start
- Options expiration handling
- Practice mode on paper trading accounts
- Integration with Trader Workstation or IB Gateway
| - Live sync from TopstepX, NinjaTrader 8, and MetaTrader
- Fold copier's trades on all prop accounts into one trade
- Economic calendar with FOMC, CPI, NFP releases
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| What makes it different | - Only holds long single options on SPX, SPY, QQQ or AAPL—prevents overtrading and complexity
- Stop held at real broker and checked every three seconds with automatic reset
- Grades trades on rule-keeping, not profit—separates process from luck
- Automatic account lockdown at daily loss limit prevents catastrophic losses
- No signals or entry suggestions—user retains full trading discretion
| - Never sends an order - read-only by design on any platform
- Folds trades across multiple accounts into one journaled decision
- Broker's own bars with 1-second data from TopstepX and NinjaTrader 8
- Copy audit finds missed copies, late fills, wrong sizes and early exits
- AI reads your journal and gives weekly reviews if you want one
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | Not checked yet ● no change since last check | Not checked yet ● no change since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 0 | 0 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 17 | 11 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 1 | 1 |
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