Grade and tag trades
Two of the most powerful habits in Tradestacker are grading your trades and tagging them. Together they turn a pile of trades into patterns you can learn from — which setups work, and which mistakes keep costing you.
Grading a trade
A grade is your honest assessment of how well you executed the trade — separate from whether it won or lost. A losing trade can still be an A if you followed your plan perfectly, and a winner can be a C if you got lucky breaking your rules.
You set a trade's grade in the trade editor. Once set, the grade appears in the Grade column of the Trade Log table so you can scan your discipline at a glance.
💡 Tip: Judge grades on process, not outcome. Over time, grading your execution honestly is what separates traders who improve from traders who just hope.
Tagging a trade
Tags are labels you attach to a trade to categorize it — by setup (your strategy or pattern) or by mistake (what went wrong). Add tags in the trade editor, or apply one to many trades at once with bulk actions.
Tags show in the Tags column of the table, and you can filter the Trade Log by tag to pull up every trade that shares one.
How grades and tags feed your analytics
Grades and tags aren't just labels — they make your data smarter:
- Tags let you filter the Trade Log to study a specific setup or mistake in isolation.
- They help you answer questions like "How do my breakout trades actually perform?" or "How much are my revenge trades costing me?"
- The richer your tagging, the more useful your reviews — and the more Nova has to work with when he analyzes your trading.