Crypto trading journal guides, exchange by exchange

RB Trading 8 October 2026 4 min read

A crypto journal has to solve three problems a stock or forex journal does not: every exchange exports history differently, perpetual futures charge funding that rarely appears in the trade file, and leverage makes percentage returns meaningless. These guides cover each major exchange’s real export path and the maths for measuring every trade in R, net of costs.

Last checked: 8 October 2026. Exchange menus, fees and rules change, so confirm on the exchange’s own site before you rely on them.

Start with the concepts

How to journal crypto futuresSize from risk, keep leverage out of R, subtract fees and funding. A 2.50R trade becomes 2.40R. Funding rates explainedWho pays whom, every exchange’s interval, and a hold that cost 0.75R in funding. Liquidation versus stop lossEstimate the liquidation price and the most leverage a stop allows.

Exchange guides

BinanceSpot statements, futures order export, and fees paid in BNB. BybitThe Data Export page, Closed P&L and funding in the transaction log. CoinbaseCustom statements, cleaning the CSV, recurring buys and hourly perp funding. KrakenTrades versus ledgers, the fee-currency trap, and the derivatives log. OKXThree downloads, and why Position history is the one for swaps. BitgetWebsite exports, monthly limits and UTC+8 funding times. KuCoinOrder Center export, sub-accounts and a monthly futures routine. MEXCPosition history, Capital Flow funding and zero maker fees in R. HyperliquidCSV and API exports, Open Long to buy and sell, hourly funding. DeribitThe transaction log, inverse R in BTC versus USD, and options.

Where each exchange keeps the three files you need

To journal a crypto trade fully you want the fills (exact prices and fees), the realised result per position, and the funding. Here is where each one lives.

Exchange	Fills or orders	Closed result	Funding
Binance	Spot Trade History export	Futures Transaction History	Futures Transaction History
Bybit	Data Export, order and trade history	Data Export, Closed P&L	Transaction Log
Coinbase	Custom statement (CSV)	Derivatives statement	Funding column on positions
Kraken	Documents, Trades	Derivatives account log	Derivatives account log
OKX	Trading history	Position history	Position history
Bitget	Order history download	Order history download	Futures transaction history
KuCoin	Order Center export (spot)	Futures PnL History	Futures positions history
MEXC	Futures order export	Position history export	Capital Flow
Hyperliquid	Trade History CSV or API	Closed P&L on fills	Funding History or API
Deribit	Transaction log	Transaction log	Settlement rows in the log

What the RB Trading journal does with crypto

Import Trades screen in the RB Trading journal, where a crypto exchange history file is dropped in — The Import Trades screen: drop a CSV, XLSX, HTM or PDF statement, or paste raw CSV text.

Imports by file. Binance and Bybit exports are recognised by their headers. Every other exchange imports through the generic CSV mapper once the columns are named Symbol, Side, Quantity and Price. Excel files work too.
Pairs fills into trades. One row per execution becomes one trade per round trip, first in, first out. Unmatched fills show as open positions.
Costs crypto trades realistically. Each account has a crypto cost preset: perp taker plus funding, spot, zero-fee, or your own custom rates.
Measures in R. Scale-ins and partial exits fold into one trade, with R weighted by size on the risk taken at entry.

Crypto exchanges are not live-synced. Live sync in the journal covers MT4, MT5 and cTrader. Everything here comes in by import.

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Journal crypto in R, net of fees and funding

Import your exchange CSV, let the journal pair the fills, and see what your edge looks like after costs.

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