The trade is closed, but it still hangs open in the journal
Press the "Repair" button in the My API keys section and wait for the key to reconnect — that re-reads the exchange history and closes trades whose closing fills arrived late or were missed.
If the trade is still open after the repair finishes, contact the support chat with the symbol and the closing date.
Old trades are not visible
The trades table is paginated — use the arrows in the lower right corner to move between pages.
If the trades are older than your history window, they are stored but not shown: the free plan displays trades opened in the last 31 days, Novice+ 6 months, and Trader and Pro unlimited history. Upgrading makes the stored trades visible again.
The profit (%) field is empty
Profit in percent is calculated against your account balance at the moment the trade was opened, and that balance is only known for trades opened after the API key was added to TMM.
Trades imported from before the connection therefore keep an empty percentage, while their absolute profit and loss is calculated normally.
MFE or MAE is not calculated
MFE and MAE need at least one minute of price history, because the calculation is based on the 1-minute chart. Trades that opened and closed inside a single minute have nothing to calculate from.
Positive MAE or negative MFE
MAE can be positive when the price never traded below your entry after you opened the trade. If you entered at 1000 and the price never went below 1000, the value reflects the smallest pullback after entry instead of a loss.
MFE can be negative when the price never traded above your entry. If you entered at 1000 and the price never went above 1000, the value reflects the largest move that still stayed below your entry.
How do I set up the table or remove columns?
Click "Trades table settings" in the upper right corner of the table, or open table settings.
There you can hide a column, reorder columns, choose a display style, and mark a column to be hidden in private mode (the eye icon to the right of the logo in the upper left corner of the site).
What does the lock icon on some columns mean?
The lock icon marks a column that is not included in your current plan.
How do I open a trade?
Click the expand icon in the first column of the table.
The trade can open full screen or expand inside the table — switch between the two with the control in the lower left corner of the table.
How do I change the category of a trade?
Select the trades with the checkbox on the left of the table, then move the selection to the category you want.
How do I merge trades?
Select the trades with the checkbox on the left of the table and click merge.
Trades can only be merged when they share the same ticker, the same direction (long or short) and the same API key.
How do I use filters?
Filters narrow the table to the trades you want to review — a single API key, a period, a symbol, a category and many other parameters.
They are also the fastest way to pick out a group of trades and assign a category to all of them at once.
How do entry and exit reasons work?
Entry reasons, exit reasons and conclusions are tag categories on every trade. Open the matching column on a trade and start typing — if nothing in the list matches, save what you typed as a new tag and it becomes available for your other trades.
You can create, edit, reorder and delete the tags of every category in tag category settings.
Can I create my own tag categories?
Yes. Besides the built-in entry reasons, exit reasons and conclusions, you can add custom tag categories in tag category settings — name one for whatever you track (mistakes, market conditions, emotions) and fill it with your own tags.
Each category becomes a column in the trades table — position it where you want in the table setup. In analytics, the "by tag" widgets (PnL by tag, win rate by tag, tag combinations) group results by these tags, and in a widget's settings you choose which tag category or categories it uses.
How do I add a description and a conclusion to a trade?
Click the expand icon in the first column of the table. The trade opens with its chart, and the description and conclusion fields are below the chart.