It reminds you: rules on top of everything Premium
The Rules pin floats over NinjaTrader with trades used, your day in R and losses in a row, live. Note the trade you are in; when it closes, one click says you kept your rules.
Trade the plan, not the tilt.
Kiritsu, Japanese for discipline, is a trading journal that keeps your rules over your charts, pauses you after a loss and tells you to stop when you break one.
Built for traders still learning to keep their rules.
Kiritsu is a Windows app: open this page on your PC to download it.
Watch it hold a sessionFree, with 14 days of Premium. Windows 10 and 11. Your trades never leave your PC.
My rules
3/3 trades NY AM
−1.0R today
2/2 losses in a row
- If I have taken 3 trades this session, then I close the platform and write my review.
- If I am down 2R on the day, then I stop and step away from the screen.
- If I take 2 losses in a row, then I am done for the day.
It holds you, step by step.
Other journals tell you what went wrong once the week is over. Kiritsu works during the session, on rules you wrote: it reminds you, pauses you, then stops you. Features marked Premium are in Premium; everything else is free.
It pauses you: a loss starts a cooldown Premium
A loss starts a timer: step away, then write one line on how you feel. Turn on the cooldown window and "You're in cooldown" stays pinned over your screen with the time left. The revenge trade comes in the next two minutes, and this is where Kiritsu earns its keep.
It stops you: the day is done Premium
Hit your trade limit, losses in a row or daily loss, or break a rule, and the stop window asks you to stop for the session, naming the rule. One click closes it, or it closes itself after 30 seconds.
Every prop account at a glance
Apex, Lucid, MyFundedFutures and FundedNext rules built in: end-of-day and intraday trailing drawdown, trail then lock, daily loss and consistency. See each floor and the R of room left. Firms change rules, so check your firm's dashboard.
My rules
0/3 trades NY AM
+0.0R today
0/2 losses in a row
- If I have taken 3 trades this session, then I close the platform and write my review.
- If I am down 2R on the day, then I stop and step away from the screen.
- If I take 2 losses in a row, then I am done for the day.
In orbit: you may trade.
A working copy of the Rules pin. A win keeps the trade in orbit; a loss pulls it closer. The cooldown takes seconds here, not your 10 minutes.
Break a rule, and it tells you to stop Premium
Hit a limit or break a rule, and a calm window asks you to stop trading this session.
It names the rule you broke. One click closes it, or it closes itself after 30 seconds, so your chart is never out of reach. It never takes your keyboard or touches your orders.
What breaking rules costs Premium
Kiritsu replays every trade against the rules live when you took it, and prices the ones you broke.
- After a limit was hit4 trades−$480
- During a cooldown1 trade−$90
- With a checklist rule broken5 trades−$562
Rule-following trades made +$4,378 that month. The broken ones cost −$1,036.
An example month; one trade can break several rules. Only Kiritsu knows which rules were live: it was there.
Findings in plain words
The trade right after a loss is your weakest: −0.46R on average. A pause before it pays.
After 20 trades Kiritsu says what your numbers show: your best and worst day, which setup pays, the trade after a loss, what sizing up does. All worked out on your PC.
And a journal that proves it
- Plan the day
- Write your plan and mark if-then levels. Add entry, stop and target for the planned R, the size and the price not to chase past. The Plan pin keeps it by your chart.
- Day type
- Balance, trend or unclear, set after the initial balance, with the setups each allows. Half size when unclear.
- Confluences that pay
- Name your own, from CVD divergence to absorption, tick them per trade, and see what each is worth alone and stacked.
- Trading days
- A day runs 6 PM to 5 PM New York, like the exchange, never split at your midnight.
- A page for every day
- The result in money or R, trades by session, how the day felt, an A to D process grade, your plan, your review and one lesson.
- Trades that log themselves Premium
- NinjaTrader 8 syncs live, with a chart of every trade. Tradovate, Rithmic, TopstepX, Quantower and any broker CSV log as you save an export.
- Review in one click
- Each synced trade asks one question: did you keep your rules? Click Kept all on the pin, or press K in the journal. Broke one opens the trade to mark which.
- Copy trades and emotions
- One idea on five accounts counts once. Tag a trade or a day with how it felt, and how strongly.
Works with your platform and your firm
Live sync Premium
An add-on on your PC sends each fill as it happens. No API fees, no broker login, nothing online.
- NinjaTrader 8
- Quantower new
NinjaTrader covers any broker or firm you connect through it: Tradovate, Rithmic, CQG. Quantower covers Rithmic firms.
Import a file
Save an export and the Trade Stalker Premium logs it, or import it by hand for free.
- Tradovate
- Rithmic R|Trader
- TopstepX
- NinjaTrader
- Quantower
- Any broker CSV
Prop-firm rules built in
Pick your firm and size: drawdown, daily limit, target, consistency and contracts fill in.
- Topstep
- Apex
- Take Profit Trader
- Tradeify
- Lucid
- MyFundedFutures
- Bulenox
- Alpha Futures
- FundedNext
Your trades stay on your PC
No cloud, no broker password, no account to make. Kiritsu backs up every time it starts, and your journal exports to a file you own.
- Works offlinethrough the whole session
- Backupson every launch, restore in two clicks
- Exportto CSV or a full backup file
- No signalsand no advice: your rules, kept
Why I built Kiritsu
I'm Tom, a Vietnamese university student in the Netherlands and a day trader.
Like many traders, my biggest struggle was discipline: knowing my rules, but not following through. So I made Kiritsu.
It's made for beginners: your rules, plan and strategy pinned on your screen, where they never leave.
Tom, Creator of Kiritsu
Pricing
Your price is locked for as long as you stay subscribed.
Free
$0 forever
Starts with 14 days of Premium.
- Journal, calendar and day pages
- The daily trade plan with if-then levels, and the Plan pin
- Your own confluence tags, and what each one is worth
- The entry checklist pin
- Limits per session and per day, sessions and prop-firm rules
- Stats, findings, weekly review and what breaking rules cost you
- CSV import, backups and export
- Up to 2 accounts
Premium
$49.99 a year
The launch price, yours for life when you join in 2026. From 1 January 2027 Premium is $69.99 a year.
Or $10 a month, cancel any time.
- Everything in Free
- The Rules pin, with cooldowns, timers and trade notes
- The stop window when a rule breaks
- The cooldown window: "You're in cooldown" pinned after a loss
- NinjaTrader live sync
- Trades that log themselves as you save exports
- Exit analysis and a chart on every trade
- The cost of breaking rules by reason, and emotion analysis
- Setup playbooks on the entry pin
- Unlimited accounts
Including VAT. 14 days of Premium free on every new install, no card. After paying, 14 days to change your mind for a full refund.
Download Kiritsu
Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. Premium is on for your first 14 days; then Kiritsu stays free, and your licence key keeps Premium on.
Download for WindowsKiritsu is a Windows app: open this page on your PC to download it.
- NinjaTrader 8 live sync
- Tradovate
- Rithmic R|Trader
- TopstepX
- Quantower
- Any broker CSV
Questions
Does Kiritsu touch my orders?
Never. It does not place, change, cancel or close orders. It shows your rules, tracks your limits and, with Premium, asks you to stop when you break one. Stopping is your call.
My broker already has a daily loss limit. Why Kiritsu?
Keep it on: it locks the account once the day is lost, and Kiritsu links you to that setting. Kiritsu acts before that: a cooldown after each loss, trade limits per session, losses in a row and session hours, with your rules on screen.
Is this financial advice?
No. Kiritsu keeps the rules you write. It gives no trade signals and no advice.
Which platforms does it work with?
NinjaTrader 8 syncs live. Tradovate, Rithmic R|Trader, TopstepX, Quantower and most broker CSVs log as you save them, or via Journal → Import CSV.
Can I change my rules during the session?
Yes, any time. Each trade keeps the rules it was taken under, so the review still shows what you broke.
Is there a Mac version?
Not yet: Windows 10 and 11 for now. A Mac version is planned.
Where is my data?
On your PC, in your user folder, backed up on every launch and exportable any time. The payment store keeps your email and receipt; your trades are never sent anywhere.
Is there a free trial?
Yes: all of Premium for 14 days, with no card and no account. Then Kiritsu stays free with everything you logged, and a licence key turns Premium back on.
How does Premium unlock?
Buy Premium and paste the key from your purchase email into Kiritsu → Settings. It checks in now and then and works offline for 14 days.
What happens to my journal if I stop paying?
Nothing is deleted. Your journal and the free features stay; the Premium features pause until you subscribe again.
Does it slow NinjaTrader down?
No. Kiritsu is its own app. A small add-on in NinjaTrader writes your fills and stops to a file on your PC and, when asked, the 1-minute bars around a trade. It never touches your orders and sends nothing online.
Can I cancel or get a refund?
Cancel any time from your receipt email; Premium runs to the end of the year you paid for, and after your first year you get back the unused part. Within 14 days of your first payment you can withdraw from the contract for a full refund.