Prop firm evaluations aren't just about hitting a profit target. Firms like Funding Traders are looking for traders who demonstrate a repeatable, disciplined process - consistent position sizing, controlled drawdown, trades that match a defined strategy. The traders who struggle in evaluations usually aren't short on ability; they're short on structure.
A proper trading journal is part of that structure. Documenting your trades, tagging your setups, reviewing your consistency week over week - these aren't extra work. They're how you build and verify the process that evaluators are looking for.
TraderInsight.pro gives you the tools to do it properly: performance reports that show consistency metrics, a tagging system for categorizing trades by setup and rule compliance, AI analysis to surface behavioral patterns, and a journaling layer to document your reasoning trade by trade.
What a Journal Actually Does for Prop Firm Traders
Most traders who struggle with evaluations have a data problem. Not enough data to know which setups to take, not enough review to notice the behavioral drift that happens when a run of losses turns into desperation trading.
Structured journaling with comparison reports makes these things visible before they cost you an account. Stacking your evaluation-phase performance against your funded phase performance, or your first week against your third, often reveals exactly where the consistency breaks down.
For traders running forex or stock strategies through Funding Traders, the Calendar view is particularly useful: it shows whether your trading is consistent across sessions or concentrated in specific windows that may not hold up under evaluation conditions.
How to Export Your Trade History from Funding Traders
Funding Traders prop accounts connect to trading platforms based on your account type. Here's how to export from the most common setups.
If your account uses MetaTrader 5:
- Open MT5 and log in to your Funding Traders account.
- Press Ctrl+T to open the Terminal panel and click the History tab.
- Right-click in the history panel and select All History to load the full range.
- Right-click again and choose Report to export your trade history.
For the cleanest MT5 export process, refer to the MetaTrader 5 import guide for format details.
If your account uses a web-based platform:
- Log into the trading platform connected to your Funding Traders account.
- Navigate to Trade History or Account Reports.
- Select your date range and click Export or Download CSV.
Check your Funding Traders account dashboard or welcome email at fundingtraders.com to confirm which platform your account is connected to.
Importing into TraderInsight.pro
- Go to the Import page.
- Select Funding Traders from the broker list.
- Drag and drop your file.
Building Your Evaluation-Ready Review Process
After import, structure your journaling around what the evaluation demands:
- Use tags to label every trade by setup and whether it followed your stated strategy rules. This is the foundation of proving your process is systematic and not reactive.
- Write brief session notes - even a few sentences about your pre-session plan and what deviated from it. Over weeks, these notes show you exactly where discipline breaks down.
- Check the Calendar view weekly to monitor consistency. Good evaluation traders have green days and flat days - not wide swings of emotion-driven size increases.
- If you're working with a mentor through the evaluation, use the sharing feature to give them journal access for structured feedback.
Questions?
If your export format isn't recognized at import, reach out to the team with your file. Platform variations across Funding Traders account types are handled quickly.
