Question 1

What is Finotaur?

Accepted Answer

Finotaur is an AI-powered trading journal and market intelligence platform built futures-first for traders on Tradovate and other supported brokers. It automatically syncs your real trades, calculates R-multiples and P&L with futures-accurate math, and layers on AI features — including an AI trading coach (FINO), a Leak Detector, and a Revenge Radar — that turn your execution history into concrete, actionable feedback.

Question 2

Does Finotaur automatically import my trades?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Finotaur connects to your broker — including Tradovate via secure OAuth — and automatically imports your fills, orders, fees, and positions in the background, so there's no manual entry. Once connected, new trades keep syncing on their own, and you only add the context: tags, notes, screenshots, and post-trade reflections.

Question 3

Does Tradovate have a built-in trading journal?

Accepted Answer

No, Tradovate does not include a full trading journal — it's an execution platform, not an analytics tool. That's why serious Tradovate traders connect a dedicated journal like Finotaur, which syncs natively with Tradovate and turns raw fills into R-multiples, win rate, expectancy, and behavioral insights Tradovate itself doesn't calculate.

Question 4

What should a trading journal include?

Accepted Answer

A complete trading journal should include your setup or strategy, planned risk (stop and position size), entry and exit screenshots, the emotional state you traded in, the actual outcome in R-multiples and dollars, and a short post-trade review. Finotaur captures the trade data automatically from your broker and lets you add the rest.

Question 5

How often should I review my trading journal?

Accepted Answer

Review your trading journal daily and weekly. Daily, check it against your loss cap before and after each session to catch overtrading early. Weekly, do a deeper review of your R-multiples, win rate, and recurring mistakes across all trades to spot patterns a single day can't reveal.

Question 6

How many trades do I need before my stats are meaningful?

Accepted Answer

Most traders need at least 60 trades before win rate, expectancy, and profit factor become statistically meaningful rather than noise. Below that, a few lucky or unlucky trades can distort the numbers. Finotaur gates portfolio-level reports and deeper analytics until you cross roughly this threshold, so you're not drawing conclusions from too small a sample.

Question 7

What is a good win rate for day trading?

Accepted Answer

A win rate between 40% and 60% is a common benchmark among day traders and is entirely compatible with strong profitability. Win rate alone is not the goal — a 40% win rate with a large average winner can outperform a 70% win rate with a tiny average winner. Expectancy and profit factor matter more than win rate in isolation.

Question 8

What is profit factor and what's a good number?

Accepted Answer

Profit factor is your gross profit divided by your gross loss over a set of trades. A profit factor between 1.5 and 2.0 is generally considered good, and above 2.0 is excellent; below 1.0 means you're losing money overall. Finotaur calculates profit factor automatically from your synced trades.

Question 9

How is FINO different from pasting my trades into ChatGPT?

Accepted Answer

FINO reads your actual broker-synced positions — R-multiples, session timing, holding time, and behavioral patterns across your full trade history — not a one-off CSV paste with no context. Because FINO sees your real, ongoing data, it can flag recurring leaks and behavioral drift over time, something a single ChatGPT conversation about a screenshot can't do.

Question 10

Can AI really find where I'm losing money?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Finotaur's Leak Detector runs seven diagnostic families — covering things like session timing, oversized risk, and revenge trading — over your synced trade history and returns a specific dollar verdict for each leak it finds. Instead of a vague "trade less" suggestion, you get a named pattern and its real cost.

Question 11

How do I stop revenge trading?

Accepted Answer

Stopping revenge trading starts with a hard rule: a cooldown period and a firm daily loss limit that locks you out once you hit it, no exceptions. Journal every revenge episode — what triggered it and what it cost — so the pattern becomes visible instead of denied. Finotaur's Revenge Radar automatically flags real revenge sequences from your synced trade data, so you don't have to self-diagnose.

Question 12

Does Finotaur work with prop-firm (funded) accounts?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Finotaur is built futures-first with native support for prop-firm evaluation and funded accounts, alongside personal accounts, all trackable side by side in one journal. A dedicated prop risk dashboard tracks drawdown and daily loss limits against your specific firm's rules, so you can see how close you are to a violation before it happens.

Question 13

What is a trade copier?

Accepted Answer

A trade copier automatically mirrors trade executions from one account to one or more other accounts, so an order placed on a source account replicates on the connected accounts without manual re-entry. Finotaur includes a trade copier alongside its journal, letting you replicate executions across multiple funded, evaluation, or personal accounts.

Question 14

What's the difference between trailing and static drawdown?

Accepted Answer

Static drawdown sets a fixed dollar floor below your starting balance that never moves, even as your account grows. Trailing drawdown moves up as your account's peak balance rises, so your maximum allowed loss tightens the more you profit — until it locks at a fixed level, depending on the firm's rules.

Question 15

Is there a free plan?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Finotaur's free tier lets you try the journal with a 10-trade demo portfolio, no card required. It also includes 3 AI Stock Analyzer analyses per day and full access to analytics, strategies, and the Academy, so you can evaluate the platform before connecting a live broker.

Question 16

How much does Finotaur cost?

Accepted Answer

You can start free with a 10-trade demo portfolio and no card required. The Trader plan is $44.99/month with a 14-day free trial and adds unlimited trades, multiple broker connections, and the AI trading coach. See the pricing page for current plan details and any other tiers.

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