Your Trading Data Stays Private
Traders trust ProTradeJournal with their most sensitive performance data — real P&L numbers, strategy details, and hard-won trading edge. Protecting that information is not just a feature; it is a core responsibility we take seriously.
Your data
You own everything you create
ProTradeJournal is a tool that works for you, not a platform that profits from your data. Here is exactly what that means in practice.
You own your data
Every trade, position, and journal entry you create belongs to you. ProTradeJournal stores it on your behalf — we do not claim ownership or rights over it.
Never sold or shared
We do not sell, rent, licence, or share your trading data with advertisers, data brokers, financial institutions, or any other third party. Ever.
Export any time
You can download a full CSV export of all your trades and positions at any time from your account settings. No waiting, no support ticket required.
Permanent deletion on request
If you close your account, you can request permanent deletion of all your data. We remove your trades, positions, journal entries, and personal information from our systems.
Infrastructure
Security built into every layer
We follow industry best practices across the full stack — from how your password is stored to how our servers are configured.
HTTPS Everywhere
All data between your browser and our servers is encrypted using TLS. Nothing travels in plain text — not your trades, not your credentials, not your journal.
Secure Password Storage
Passwords are hashed using industry-standard algorithms before storage. We never store plain-text passwords, and we cannot recover them — only reset them.
Secure Cloud Infrastructure
We run on hardened cloud servers with automated security patches, strict firewall rules, and network isolation between services.
Per-User Access Controls
Strict server-side access controls ensure your data is only ever visible to you. Every API request is authenticated and scoped to your account.
Continuous Monitoring
Our infrastructure is monitored around the clock for anomalies. Security incidents trigger automated alerts and an immediate response process.
No Cross-User Data Access
Users are completely isolated from each other. No user can view, query, or interact with another user's trades, journal entries, or account settings.
File uploads
How we handle your broker files
Broker statements are processed securely and used only for trade analysis
When you upload a Trade Book or P&L Statement file, it is used solely to extract and normalise your trade data for analytics and journaling.
Purpose-limited processing
Uploaded files are read strictly for trade data extraction. They are not analysed, indexed, or used for any other purpose.
Automatic file deletion
Original broker files are deleted from our servers after a successful import wherever possible — only the normalised trade records are retained.
Minimal data retention
Only the trade fields required for your analytics — symbol, date, price, quantity, order ID — are stored. Raw file content is not kept.
No sharing with third parties
Your broker statement data is never forwarded to, shared with, or sold to any external service, partner, or analytics provider.
Broker Integrations
Read-Only Access — Always
ProTradeJournal imports your trading activity via file upload only. We do not connect to broker APIs or request any credentials that could allow account access.
Our commitments
What we promise, in plain English
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Straightforward answers to the questions traders ask most often about data security and privacy.
QCan ProTradeJournal see my trades?
Your trades are stored in your account so we can compute analytics for you. Only you can access your trades through your login. Our team does not browse individual user trading data, and no other user can ever access your account or its contents.
QDo you sell my trading data?
Never. We do not sell, rent, licence, or share your trading data with any third party, advertiser, financial institution, or data broker. Your trades are yours — they exist in your account only.
QCan you place trades from my broker account?
No. ProTradeJournal uses file-based imports only — you download a Trade Book file from your broker's back-office portal and upload it to us. We do not connect to broker APIs, so we physically cannot place orders, modify positions, or access funds under any circumstances.
QWhat happens when I delete my account?
When you request account deletion, all your data — trades, positions, journal entries, notes, chart attachments, and personal settings — is permanently removed from our systems. We may retain anonymised, non-identifying aggregate statistics for internal product analytics, but nothing that is tied to your identity or trading activity.
QWhere is my data stored?
Your data is stored in a secure PostgreSQL database on cloud infrastructure located in India. All data is encrypted in transit via TLS and protected at rest. We follow cloud security best practices including role-based access controls, automated patching, network isolation, and regular security reviews.
Built for Traders. Designed for Trust.
Your trades are your edge. ProTradeJournal is built to help you analyse and improve your trading performance — not to monetise your data. Your information remains under your control at all times.