u/GyngerGod

Big one today.

After a long stretch of polish passes, bug fixes, and "wait, let me fix one more thing" cycles, Vaultlog is in a state I'm genuinely happy calling done for launch. Every screen has been through multiple rounds of refinement — not just "does it work" but "does it feel right to use every day."

What's changed since the last update: the build is locked and going through EAS updates right now, which is the last technical step before this becomes an actual installable app instead of something running on my phone through a dev client. That part of the journey — the actual coding — is effectively behind me.

What's left is entirely the boring-but-necessary stuff: developer accounts. Apple Developer Program and Google Play Console both require their own signup, fees, and review process before you're even allowed to submit an app, separate from the app review itself. Getting both of those squared away this week, with the goal of submitting to both the App Store and Google Play at the same time — no Android-first soft launch, no iOS-first either. Same day, both platforms.

Feels different writing this one. Every update before this was "here's a new feature" or "here's what I fixed." This one's "the app part is done, now I have to go convince Apple and Google to let me publish it." Different kind of stressful.

Still keeping a running list of things for after launch — nothing that's holding this back, just stuff that didn't need to exist before real users start using it. That list stays for another post.

Thanks to everyone who's stuck around through the build-in-public stuff. Getting close now.

Free, no strings attached:

• Log, edit, and delete trades — Shares, Calls, Puts, Spreads, Covered Calls, Cash-Secured Puts, all with P/L math built for each type
• One journal to track everything in
• CSV import from your broker — yes, actually free, not a teaser locked behind a paywall
• Tags for setups and mistakes
• Deposit/withdrawal tracking with a starting balance
• Goals and rules on your Home Base screen
• Optional passcode or biometric lock on the app

Basically: the entire logging and journaling experience is free. You can use Vaultlog as a real daily trading journal and never pay a cent.

What's behind the one-time $9.99 unlock:

• Actually tapping into your Calendar — day details, trade popups, the works (calendar's visible for free, just not interactive)
• The whole Stats tab — win rate, R-multiple, equity curve, streaks, Daily/Weekly/Monthly/YTD breakdowns
• Multiple journals (paper vs. live, strategy A vs. strategy B, whatever split makes sense for you)
• CSV export

That's it. No subscription, no tiers above that, no "premium premium." Pay once, everything above unlocks forever, and it's yours.

The logic behind the split: free covers everything you need to build the actual habit of journaling. Paid is for once you want to start slicing that data up and learning something from it. Didn't want to gate the habit-forming part behind a paywall — that felt backwards for people who are just starting out.

Happy to answer questions on where any specific feature lands if I missed something.

Quick recap for anyone just tuning in: I'm an active options trader with zero coding background, teaching myself to build a mobile app from scratch and taking it all the way to the App Store / Play Store. No team, no funding, just me and a lot of late nights.

Been getting some DMs asking what this thing actually is, so here's a little more than I've let on so far — without spoiling the whole thing.

It's not just another spreadsheet with a UI slapped on it. Every trade you log builds toward a bigger picture of you as a trader — patterns in your wins, your losses, your bad habits, all surfaced automatically instead of buried in 40 columns you have to eyeball yourself. Think less "data entry," more "mirror."

I'm also building it around a problem I don't think anyone's solved well: most journaling apps assume you already have a system dialed in before you start tracking. Mine doesn't. The whole idea is you start journaling from trade #1, system or no system — the app helps you find the system as you go, not after.

And no, I'm not doing the subscription thing. One price, you own it, forever. That's non-negotiable for me — I'm tired of "journal" apps that nickel-and-dime traders who are already down money on a red day.

If you're an active trader and journaling feels like a chore right now, that's exactly the itch I'm building this to scratch. More soon 👀

I've been trading options for a while and kept trying to journal my trades. Every app I tried either auto-synced with my broker (fine, but I never actually looked at the data — it just sat there) or was built for people running a hedge fund, not someone trying to figure out why they keep revenge trading on red days.

So I built my own. It's called Vaultlog.

The one deliberate choice I made: entry is manual. No broker sync. I know that sounds like a missing feature, but it's actually the whole point. If I have to type in the trade myself, I have to actually think about it for the five seconds it takes — what the setup was, what I was thinking, whether I broke my own rule again. Auto-sync journals let you skip that part entirely, and skipping that part is why I never learned anything from them.

What it does right now:

* Trade entry for shares, calls, puts, spreads, covered calls, and cash-secured puts, with P/L math handled per type * Calendar view — green/red days, tap in to see what happened that day * Weekly/monthly/yearly stats: win rate, avg win vs avg loss, equity curve * Tags for setups and mistakes so patterns actually show up over time instead of staying invisible * R-multiple tracking, not just P/L * CSV import if you want to backfill history instead of typing years of trades by hand

Single-payment plan, no monthly membership fees, and NO ADS EVER

It's not trying to be Tradervue or TraderSync. It's for people who are early — new to options, new to journaling, or just want something that doesn't feel like it needs a manual to open.

Still working on it, would genuinely like feedback if anyone's tried journaling before and quit, or is currently using something and has opinions on what actually matters. Not trying to sell anything here, just want to know if the manual-entry logic actually lands with anyone else or if I'm the only one who thinks this way.

I've been trading options for a while and kept trying to journal my trades. Every app I tried either auto-synced with my broker (fine, but I never actually looked at the data — it just sat there) or was built for people running a hedge fund, not someone trying to figure out why they keep revenge trading on red days.

So I built my own. It's called Vaultlog.

The one deliberate choice I made: entry is manual. No broker sync. I know that sounds like a missing feature, but it's actually the whole point. If I have to type in the trade myself, I have to actually think about it for the five seconds it takes — what the setup was, what I was thinking, whether I broke my own rule again. Auto-sync journals let you skip that part entirely, and skipping that part is why I never learned anything from them.

What it does right now:

• Trade entry for shares, calls, puts, spreads, covered calls, and cash-secured puts, with P/L math handled per type
• Calendar view — green/red days, tap in to see what happened that day
• Weekly/monthly/yearly stats: win rate, avg win vs avg loss, equity curve
• Tags for setups and mistakes so patterns actually show up over time instead of staying invisible
• R-multiple tracking, not just P/L
• CSV import if you want to backfill history instead of typing years of trades by hand

Single-payment plan, no monthly membership fees, and NO ADS EVER

It's not trying to be Tradervue or TraderSync. It's for people who are early — new to options, new to journaling, or just want something that doesn't feel like it needs a manual to open.

Still working on it, would genuinely like feedback if anyone's tried journaling before and quit, or is currently using something and has opinions on what actually matters. Not trying to sell anything here, just want to know if the manual-entry logic actually lands with anyone else or if I'm the only one who thinks this way.

Been trading options for a while now, and I kept hearing the same advice everywhere: "journal your trades." Every journal app I looked at wanted $20-30/month, which felt insane for what's basically a glorified spreadsheet with some charts.

So I decided to build my own. No coding background — just got fed up enough to learn.

What it does so far:

• Log trades (shares, calls, puts, spreads, covered calls, CSPs) with proper P/L math for each type
• Calendar view color-coded green/red by daily P/L, tap any day to see what happened
• Stats broken down by Daily/Weekly/Monthly/YTD — win rate, R-multiple, win/loss streaks, equity curve
• Tag trades by setup or mistake so you can actually see patterns (which setups you overtrade, which mistakes keep costing you)
• Open positions tracked separately until you close them
• Multiple journals if you want to separate strategies or accounts

The plan is one-time purchase instead of a subscription — pay once, own it. Still building it out (multi-journal support, goals/rules tracking, CSV import are in progress), but wanted to start sharing progress since a lot of you probably have the same "why am I paying monthly for this" gripe I did.

Not live yet, but getting close. Happy to hear what you'd actually want in something like this — trying to build it for people just starting to take journaling seriously, not compete feature-for-feature with the established ones.