The Viktury blog

Written for working traders.

Journaling techniques, crypto-specific accounting, and the questions your trade data can answer.

How to Journal Crypto Trades (the Right Way)

A practical guide to journaling crypto trades: what to record, how to handle funding and fees, and how to turn a trade log into an edge.

R-Multiples Explained for Crypto Traders

What R-multiples are, why they beat raw PnL for measuring your edge, and how to compute them correctly when funding and fees eat into crypto trades.

MAE & MFE: Reading Your Trade Excursions

Maximum Adverse and Maximum Favorable Excursion show how far trades move against and for you. They also reveal whether your stops and targets are in the right place.

TradeZella Alternative for Crypto Traders

TradeZella is a great journal for stocks and futures. If you trade crypto (perps, funding, inverse contracts), here's why a crypto-first journal fits better.

Funding-Rate-Aware PnL: Why Crypto Journals Get This Wrong

Perpetual swap funding payments can flip a winning trade into a loser. Most journals ignore them entirely. Here's how to account for funding correctly.