Do scalpers bother keeping trade logs anymore?

Say, average of 20-40 trades per day.

I'm finding becoming cumbersome and almost trivial at this point.

 

I don't. never did. I do look at the aggregate results. But then, I'm not really a scalper.

 

Do you keep any logs?

Maybe just win percentage and net profits ?

 

I tend to look more at days than at individual trades. Win days vs. loss days, net win day %'s, gross win day %'s, etc. Everything is logged as far as transactions are concerned, and I can 'data mine' later if I like...however I tried that and it did what you might think: confirmed what I already knew.

I thought you meant 'journal', as in, 'why I took this trade.' I keep one going during the day, but not about each individual trade. Just about the general feel of things, a particularly good or bad fill, rants, etc.

 

I used to keep a log, but it got ridiculous. My trading software keeps track of all that if I really want to know.
This year I would rather not.

 

Yeah, i meant a log..

to me, it's an excel spreadsheet with:

date in
date out
symbol
long/short
price in
price out
commissions
net profits

thanks for the replies.