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FAQ

Clear answers before you start journaling.

Straight answers about what VantageGrid does with your trades, what it never does, and what Free and Pro include.

Secure payments via Stripe

Checkout and billing management use Stripe's secure payment components inside VantageGrid.

Your trading data is private

Your journal exists to support your review process, not public sharing.

Journal-first product

VantageGrid is analysis software, not an execution venue.

Who is VantageGrid built for?

Futures and prop-firm traders who trade by rules and want to know what breaking them costs. If your platform exports your trades as a CSV, the free Trade Check shows in about a minute whether VantageGrid reads it.

What can I track in the journal?

Every closed trade with its entry, exit, size, fees and result, your notes, chart screenshots, its setup and playbook checklist, and daily notes for the session. Your saved rules are checked on every trade.

Can I name my own setups?

Yes. Record each trade's setup in your own words and keep its checklist as a playbook; Stats then shows your results setup by setup.

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What analytics are included?

The Rule Cost, what your rule breaks netted week by week and rule by rule, next to your results, equity and drawdown, the calendar, time of day, instruments, long and short, and setups, all from your own closed trades. These are review tools, not trading signals.

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Does VantageGrid place trades for me?

No. VantageGrid is a trading journal: it checks the trades you already closed against the rules you trade by and shows what breaking them cost. It does not execute orders, give signals or manage money.

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Is VantageGrid a broker?

No. VantageGrid is not a broker and never needs your broker login: it reads the export your platform already makes.

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Can I start for free?

Yes. Every new account starts with 21 days of Pro, with no card. After that, without a subscription, Free to keep keeps every trade you add and shows this week and last, with your rules checked on every trade and firm limits on one firm account. Pro keeps your whole history, every firm account and the Pro API. The Trade Check is free with no account, as often as you like.

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How are payments handled?

Paid checkout and billing management are handled through Stripe, including secure payment processing and invoices where available.

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Is my trading data private?

Yes. Your trades are scoped to your account, and other users never see them unless you choose to publish them. The free Trade Check reads your file in your browser and sends none of it.

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Can I cancel the paid plan?

Yes. Cancel from your billing page without an email or support ticket. You keep paid access until the end of the period already paid for, and you can undo a scheduled cancellation before then.

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Is there a free trial of Pro?

Yes. Every new account starts with 21 days of Pro once its email address is confirmed, with no card: it runs through the 21st day after that, until midnight your time. Subscribe during it and nothing is charged before it ends. One trial per account; an account with an earlier subscription is not eligible.

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How do I get my trades into VantageGrid?

Export your trade history as a CSV from NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TopstepX or another platform and drop it on the import page: the file is read in your browser, and the trades are saved when you press Save. You can also add a trade by hand, and Pro can send trades in through the Pro API.

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Does VantageGrid support prop-firm traders?

Yes. Enter your firm account's daily loss limit and each day's review shows the room left after your closed trades, beside the trades that used it. Its drawdown limit and style are saved with it too. Free to keep covers one firm account and Pro covers every one; your firm's own dashboard stays the source of truth.

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Can I connect my own AI tools?

Yes, on Pro. The Pro API gives your own tools and AI assistants a summary of your recent trading, and lets them send closed trades in and read them back, with API keys you create in Account settings.

Read the Pro API documentation
Who owns my trading data?

You do. Your trades, notes and screenshots are yours, and we do not sell personal or trade data. Export everything as CSV, Excel or JSON on any plan, and request deletion of your account, subject to legal retention requirements.

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What happens to my data if I cancel?

Your account becomes Free to keep and nothing is deleted: it keeps every trade you add and shows this week and last, and Pro shows your whole history again. You can export everything at any time.

Find out what breaking your own rules cost you.

Check last week's trades against your own rules, free and in your browser, then keep the review in a free journal to compare it with next week.