Options Trading Journal Essentials Template
Log options trades with contract details, premiums, and outcomes. Track strategy performance across puts, calls, and multi-leg positions.
What's Included
- Dashboard with options trading summary showing total premium collected, total premium paid, net P&L, and win rate
- Options log with underlying ticker, strike price, expiration date, contract type (put or call), and premium fields
- Premium and P&L tracking per contract with automatic calculations based on opening and closing premium prices
- Strategy type categorization for covered calls, cash-secured puts, spreads, straddles, and other option strategies
- Expiration and assignment tracking with color-coded status fields (open, closed, expired, or assigned)
- Works in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc with no setup required
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- Dashboard with options trading summary showing total premium collected, total premium paid, net P&L, and win rate
- Options log with underlying ticker, strike price, expiration date, contract type (put or call), and premium fields
- Premium and P&L tracking per contract with automatic calculations based on opening and closing premium prices
- Strategy type categorization for covered calls, cash-secured puts, spreads, straddles, and other option strategies
- Log up to 150 options trades with ticker, strategy, direction, expiration date, strike, premium, contracts, open and close dates, and P&L
- Dashboard with 6 KPI cards: total P&L, win rate, average win, average loss, premium collected, and open positions count
- Strategy Analysis showing win rate, average P&L, total P&L, and trade count per options strategy (Covered Call, CSP, Iron Condor, etc.)
- Monthly P&L sheet showing premium collected, premium paid, realized P&L, and win rate by month
- Greeks Tracker for open positions with Delta, Theta, Vega, and Gamma inputs and a portfolio-level Greeks summary
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How to Use This Options Trading Journal Template
Log each options trade
Enter the underlying ticker, strike price, expiration date, contract type (put or call), and premium for each trade.
Record strategy type
Classify the trade - covered call, cash-secured put, vertical spread, or other strategy - for performance analysis.
Update trade status
Mark each position as open, closed, expired, or assigned. Enter closing premium for completed trades.
Review performance
The dashboard shows total premium income, total paid, net P&L, and win rate across all options strategies.
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We use Claude AI to draft each template, after a deep research. Then our team steps in. We refine the layout, stress-test every formula, fix edge cases, and polish the design until it feels like something we would actually use ourselves. The AI gets us 80% there. The last 20% is all human judgment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it handle multi-leg positions?
Log each leg as a separate entry with the same underlying and expiration. Group them visually or add a position ID to link the legs.
How is premium P&L calculated?
P&L is the difference between opening premium and closing premium (or zero if expired worthless) multiplied by the contract multiplier.
Can I track assignment?
Yes. Mark the status as assigned when an option is exercised. Note the assignment price and any resulting stock position.
Does it separate income from speculation?
Use the strategy type field to categorize income strategies (covered calls, cash-secured puts) separately from directional or speculative trades.
How do I open this in Google Sheets?
Upload the .xlsx file to Google Drive, then open it with Google Sheets. All formulas and formatting will be preserved.
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