TradeBBES, MES, NQ, CL: one futures trading journal, every point in dollars
Upload your trade history from Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Rithmic or CQG. TradeBB prices ES, MES, NQ and the rest in dollars, takes your fees out, and shows which hours and setups pay.
Platforms
Upload the right file the first time
From Tradovate, NinjaTrader and most futures platforms, you export your trade history and upload it. Several platforms offer an export that looks right and isn't — here's which file to pick.
- NinjaTrader: the Trade List — not the Performance Summary, which has no per-trade times
- TopstepX: the Trades tab — not Orders; Export sits at the bottom right
- Tradovate: Performance or Orders — either report works; use the one you already download
- TradeStation: six months a file — two years of history means four exports
Rithmic, CQG, ATAS and ProjectX: export your trade history and upload it. Anything else: upload the file and Any Broker (AI) reads it. Interactive Brokers syncs on its own. Step-by-step guides: Tradovate trading journal, NinjaTrader trading journal, Interactive Brokers trading journal.
One right file brings in the whole session. Nothing to type.
Point value
Every point priced in dollars, contract by contract
Two points on ES is $100 a contract. Two points on MES is $10. Same chart, ten times apart. TradeBB already knows what a point is worth on each contract, so every result is in dollars before you look.
- Minis and micros apart — ES and MES, NQ and MNQ are separate lines
- Contract months together — ESZ6 and ESH7 both report under ES
- Ticks priced too — one ES tick is $12.50; one MES tick is $1.25
- Check any trade — open it and see the point value used
- Open trades stay open — a position still running isn't counted as closed
Your win rate means little if the dollars behind it are off. These aren't. To price a single trade before you take it, try the futures calculator.
Costs
Commissions and fees, taken out of every trade
Futures are charged per contract, on the way in and on the way out. Trade ten contracts twenty times a day and fees become a real number. TradeBB takes the commissions and fees from your file and shows every result after costs.
- Charged as your platform charged — per contract, in and out, from your file
- Exchange fees too — wherever your export includes them
- Gross and net, side by side — see what fees took from each trade
- After costs everywhere — strategy, hour and account totals are all net
Micros make this sharper. One MES tick is $1.25. If your fees come to more than that per contract, in and out, a one-tick winner is a losing trade. On ES, the same fees are a small slice of a $12.50 tick. If you scalp micros, the net column is the one to watch.
Sessions
See which hours pay and which ones cost you
Futures trade nearly around the clock. TradeBB lays your results across every hour, in your own time zone.
See how often each hour wins
Win rate for every hour you traded, across the full futures day.
See how much each hour makes
Net profit by hour, after fees, in your own time zone.
Then filter by entry time and test a rule like "no trades after 11" on trades you've already taken.
Accounts
Evaluation, funded and personal accounts, kept apart
If you trade an evaluation, a funded account and your own money, each one has its own limits. Adding them together hides the one you're closest to breaking. TradeBB keeps every account on its own line.
- One account each — see them together, or one at a time
- Drawdown per account — the biggest drop and a daily curve, separately
- Resets and payouts left out — deposits and withdrawals never count as trading
- Same tags across accounts — see whether a setup works everywhere
Trading a Topstep account? See the Topstep trading journal. For daily loss limits and evaluation rules, see the prop firm trading journal.
Notes & tags
Tag the setup, then see if it pays
Every trade in TradeBB's trading journal gets a strategy, tags and notes. Then each label gets its own numbers.
Tag the trade while it's fresh
Strategy, habit tags and a note on why, all on the trade itself.
See what each tag costs
Every tag gets its own profit, win rate and fees across all trades.
Filter to trades without notes, and work through the list until it's empty.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is a futures trading journal?
Often just called a futures journal, it's more than a futures trading log: it records every futures trade you take — the contract, size, entry, exit, fees and result in dollars — plus your notes on why. TradeBB fills in the numbers from your platform's file; you add the why.
Which trading journal is best for futures trading?
The one that handles five things futures traders need: it prices each contract by its own point value, takes fees out per contract, brings in trades from your platform, keeps evaluation and funded accounts apart, and shows results across the whole futures day, not just New York hours. Check any journal against your own trades on those five. TradeBB does all five, bringing most futures platforms in by file upload.
Which futures platforms does TradeBB support?
Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Rithmic, CQG, TradeStation, ATAS, TopstepX, ProjectX and others import by file upload. Interactive Brokers syncs on its own. If your platform isn't listed, upload its trade history file and Any Broker (AI) reads it.
How do I bring in trades from Tradovate or NinjaTrader?
Export your trade history and upload it. On Tradovate, the Performance or Orders report both work. On NinjaTrader, export the Trade List, not the Performance Summary. One file brings in a whole session, or a whole month.
Does TradeBB know what a point is worth on each futures contract?
Yes. TradeBB prices each contract by its own point and tick value — ES at $50 a point and $12.50 a tick, MES at $5 and $1.25 — and shows the value used on every trade, so you can check it.
Are micro and mini contracts tracked separately?
Yes. MES and ES, MNQ and NQ are different symbols with different sizes, and they're reported as different lines.
Are commissions and fees included?
Yes, per contract, as your platform reports them, along with exchange fees where your export includes them. Every result is shown after costs.
Does TradeBB link futures contract months when I roll?
Yes. ESZ6 and ESH7 are grouped under ES in your reports, so the whole series shows as one line. Each trade keeps its own contract code, so you can still check a single month.
Can I track evaluation and funded accounts separately?
Yes. Each is its own account with its own drawdown, and resets, deposits and payouts stay out of your results. TradeBB doesn't guarantee you'll pass an evaluation, avoid a rule breach or receive a payout — it shows you your own numbers.
Does TradeBB give trading signals or market data?
No. It records and reviews trades you've already made. It doesn't provide market data, trading signals or investment advice.