You've signed up for Thrive. Now what?
This guide walks you through everything: setting up your account, logging your first trades, understanding the analytics, interpreting AI coaching, and using market signals. By the end, you'll know how to extract maximum value from every feature.
Thrive isn't just a trade logger. It's an AI-powered intelligence platform that combines trade journaling, performance analytics, personalized coaching, and real-time market signals. Each piece works together to help you identify what's working, fix what isn't, and trade with better information.
Let's get you up to speed.
Head to thrive.fi and click "Get Started" or "Sign Up." You'll create an account with your email and choose your plan:
Pro ($99/month or $1,099/year)
- Trade journal with full features
- Top 20 assets (15-minute signal delay)
- Basic AI interpretation
- Daily email digest
- Watchlist up to 5 assets
Pro+ ($149/month or $1,699/year)
- Everything in Pro, plus:
- All 100+ crypto assets
- Real-time signals (no delay)
- Weekly AI Coach (personalized feedback)
- Smart Money Feed
- Divergence and Liquidation Heatmaps
- Whale Analytics
- Unlimited real-time alerts
- Watchlist up to 10 assets
Pro+ Lifetime ($999-1,499 one-time)
- Everything in Pro+, forever
- Limited to 100 total seats
For this guide, we'll cover all features. Pro users will see some features marked as Pro+ only.
After signup, complete your profile:
- Select your assets - Choose which assets you trade most
- Set up watchlist - Pick assets for focused signal monitoring
- Configure alerts - Choose which signal types you want notifications for
- Set timezone - Ensures analytics are accurate for your location
Take five minutes to configure properly. It affects everything downstream.
The core of the journal is trade logging. Here's how to add a trade:
Step 1: Navigate to Trade Journal
Click "Journal" in the navigation. You'll see your trade history (empty at first).
Step 2: Click "Add Trade"
Opens the trade entry form.
Step 3: Fill in trade details
| Field |
What to Enter |
| Asset |
Which crypto you traded (BTC, ETH, SOL, etc.) |
| Direction |
Long or Short |
| Entry Price |
Price you entered at |
| Exit Price |
Price you exited at (leave blank for open positions) |
| Quantity |
How much you bought/sold |
| Entry Date/Time |
When you opened the position |
| Exit Date/Time |
When you closed (leave blank if still open) |
| Fees |
Trading fees paid (optional but recommended) |
Step 4: Add context (crucial!)
| Field |
Purpose |
| Strategy |
What approach you used (breakout, reversal, trend follow) |
| Emotion |
How you felt (confident, uncertain, FOMO, calm) |
| Setup Quality |
Your rating of the setup (A, B, or C) |
| Notes |
Why you took the trade, what you observed |
Step 5: Save
Trade appears in your journal with P&L automatically calculated.
If you have trade history, import it:
- Click "Import Trades" in the Journal section
- Download the CSV template
- Fill in your historical trades
- Upload the completed CSV
- Review imported trades for accuracy
This seeds your analytics with historical data, making AI insights immediately useful.
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Log immediately: Don't wait until end of day. Log right after each trade while context is fresh.
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Be honest about emotions: Tag what you actually felt, not what you wish you felt. The data only helps if it's accurate.
Write real notes:
"Good trade" is useless. "Entered on funding rate flip confirmation, held through initial drawdown, exited at resistance" is useful.
Don't skip losses:
Tempting to "forget" embarrassing trades. Don't. Your biggest improvements come from analyzing mistakes.
Tags turn raw P&L data into actionable intelligence. Without tags, all you know is "I made money" or "I lost money." With tags, you know:
- "I make money when confident, lose when uncertain"
- "My breakout trades work, my reversal trades don't"
- "Morning trades outperform afternoon trades"
Thrive tracks emotional state to reveal psychology patterns.
Available emotion tags:
| Tag |
When to Use |
| Confident |
You felt conviction, clear thesis |
| Calm |
Neutral, executing plan without stress |
| Uncertain |
Unsure about the trade, taking it anyway |
| Anxious |
Worried about outcome, stressed |
| FOMO |
Fear of missing out, chasing |
| Revenge |
Trading to "get back" at the market |
| Greedy |
Oversizing or refusing to take profit |
| Patient |
Waited for proper setup, disciplined entry |
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How to choose: Tag the PRIMARY emotion. If you felt multiple emotions, pick the dominant one.
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What AI does with emotion data: Correlates emotional states with outcomes. You might discover:
"Trades tagged 'FOMO' have 28% win rate versus your baseline 54%. FOMO trades cost you approximately $2,100 last month."
This makes vague advice ("don't FOMO") into specific, quantified improvement.
Classify trades by the approach used.
Common strategy tags:
| Strategy |
Description |
| Breakout |
Trading price breaking through level |
| Reversal |
Trading price turning at level |
| Trend Follow |
Trading with established trend |
| Mean Reversion |
Trading back to average |
| Momentum |
Trading strong directional moves |
| Scalp |
Quick in-and-out trades |
| Swing |
Multi-day position trades |
| News |
Trading based on news catalyst |
| Signal |
Following Thrive signal |
- What AI does with strategy data: Shows which strategies actually generate profit:
"Your trend-following trades have 1.9 profit factor. Your reversal trades have 0.8 profit factor. Consider focusing on trend-following."
Grade each trade's setup quality:
| Grade |
Meaning |
| A+ |
Perfect setup, all criteria met |
| A |
Very good setup, minor issues |
| B |
Decent setup, some compromise |
| C |
Marginal setup, shouldn't have traded |
- Why this matters: You'll likely discover that your win rate varies dramatically by setup quality. This helps you become more selective.
When you log in, you see the main dashboard with:
Performance Summary:
- Total P&L (period selectable)
- Win rate
- Profit factor
- Total trades
Recent Activity:
- Latest trades
- Recent signals
- Alerts and notifications
Quick Stats:
- Best performing asset
- Current drawdown
- Streak (wins/losses in a row)
Navigate to "Performance" for detailed analytics:
Equity Curve:
Visual representation of your account value over time. Shows growth, drawdowns, and volatility.
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Win Rate Breakdown: Overall win rate plus segmented views:
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By asset
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By direction (long/short)
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By strategy
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By emotion
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By time period
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Profit Factor: Gross profits divided by gross losses. Above 1.0 is profitable. Above 1.5 is good. Above 2.0 is excellent.
R-Multiple Distribution:
Distribution of trade outcomes measured in R (risk units). Shows if you're letting winners run and cutting losers.
Navigate to "Signals" for market intelligence:
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Signal Feed: Real-time stream of market signals:
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Volume spikes
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Funding rate changes
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Open interest changes
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Liquidation events
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exchange flows
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Whale activity (Pro+)
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Signal Details: Click any signal to see:
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Raw data (what happened)
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AI interpretation (what it means)
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Historical context (similar past events)
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Suggested action (what to watch)
Filters:
- By asset (BTC, ETH, your watchlist)
- By signal type
- By time range
- By significance level
One of the most powerful analytics: your performance by time.
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What to check: Hour of day:
You might trade best at 10 AM and worst at 3 PM. Most traders have distinct patterns.
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Day of week: Many traders have significantly different results by day. Friday often underperforms.
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Session: Asian, European, US sessions have different characteristics. You might have edge in one.
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After events: Performance after wins vs. after losses reveals revenge trading patterns.
Your edge isn't uniform across assets. The analytics show:
| Asset |
Trades |
Win Rate |
Profit Factor |
| BTC |
47 |
62% |
1.89 |
| ETH |
32 |
54% |
1.32 |
| SOL |
28 |
58% |
1.61 |
| Altcoins |
41 |
38% |
0.72 |
Seeing data like this might lead you to eliminate altcoin trading entirely-a decision worth thousands.
- Analytics that reveal behavioral patterns: Holding time analysis:
- Average hold duration
- Win rate by hold duration
- Optimal holding period for you
Size analysis:
- Performance by position size
- Do larger positions perform differently?
- Are you sizing appropriately?
Frequency analysis:
- Trades per day/week
- Win rate vs. trade frequency
- Overtrading detection
Every week (requires Pro+ and 3+ closed trades), Thrive's AI analyzes your recent trading and delivers a personalized coaching report.
This isn't generic advice. It's analysis of YOUR specific trades, patterns, and behaviors.
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Performance Summary
Quick stats for the week: trades, wins, P&L, profit factor.
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What's Working
Positive patterns the AI identified:
"Your BTC long trades continue to outperform, with 8 of 11 wins this week. Your patience in waiting for confirmation entries is paying off-trades entered 30+ minutes after signal have 71% win rate."
- Top 3 Improvements
Specific changes to make, prioritized by impact:
"1. Reduce position size on 'conviction' plays. Your 4 largest positions had 25% win rate this week versus 64% for standard-sized positions. High conviction isn't translating to better accuracy-it's just increasing risk."
"2. Stop trading during US market open (9:30-10:30 AM). Your win rate during this hour is 31% versus 59% other times. The volatility doesn't match your strategy."
"3. Two trades this week had no pre-trade notes. Trades with notes have 67% win rate; trades without have 41%. The discipline of writing reasoning improves decision quality."
- One Behavior to Stop
The single most costly pattern:
"Stop trading altcoins. This is your fourth consecutive week with negative altcoin expectancy. You've lost $3,400 on altcoins this month. Focus on BTC/ETH where you have demonstrated edge."
- Performance Score
Objective rating from 0-100 based on:
- Process discipline
- Risk management
- Pattern adherence
- Improvement trajectory
- Focus for Next Week
One specific area to concentrate on.
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Read every report: Set a weekly reminder. The report is worthless if you don't read it.
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Pick ONE thing to implement: Don't try to fix everything. Choose the highest-impact item and focus on it for the full week.
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Track your implementation: Did you actually follow the recommendation? Note it in your trades.
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Review results: Next week's report will show if the change helped.
Thrive monitors markets 24/7 and alerts you to significant events:
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Volume Spikes: Unusual trading activity. Can indicate accumulation, distribution, or imminent volatility.
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Funding Rate Changes: Shifts in derivatives positioning. Extreme funding often precedes reversions.
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Open Interest Changes: Leverage entering or leaving the market. Rising OI with price = trend confirmation. Rising OI against price = potential squeeze.
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Liquidation Events: Forced position closures. Large liquidations often mark local extremes.
exchange flows:
Large deposits (potential selling) or withdrawals (accumulation).
Whale Activity (Pro+):
Significant wallet movements by known large holders.
- Each signal card contains: Header:
- Signal type icon
- Asset (BTC, ETH, etc.)
- Timestamp
- Severity/significance indicator
Body - What Happened:
Raw data description:
"BTC funding rate flipped from +0.015% to -0.008% across major exchanges"
- AI Interpretation: What it means:
"Funding flip indicates sentiment shift from bullish to bearish positioning. Shorts are now paying longs. Combined with the 4.2% price drop today, this suggests capitulation may be nearing completion. Historically, funding flips after >4% corrections mark local bottoms 68% of the time."
- Action Items: What to watch:
"Watch for price stabilization above $64,000 to confirm flush is complete. If price makes new lows despite negative funding, bears remain in control."
How to use signals in your trading:
- Alert triggers - You get notification of significant signal
- Review context - Read full signal card with AI interpretation
- Check alignment - Does this align with your analysis?
- Evaluate action - Is this actionable for your strategy?
- Iftrading - Log in journal with "Signal" strategy tag
- Track results - See how signal-based trades perform
Over time, your journal shows which signal types work best for you.
Step 1: Check overnight signals
Review any signals that fired while you slept. Prioritize high-significance events.
Step 2: Dashboard overview
Quick check of your current positions and recent P&L.
Step 3: Review watchlist
Check assets on your watchlist for significant developments.
Step 4: Set alerts
If you identified potential setups, set alerts for key levels.
Pre-trade:
- Identify potential trade
- Write reasoning in notes BEFORE entry
- Determine Position Size based on risk
- Set entry, stop loss, and target
Execution:
- Enter trade
- Log immediately in Thrive with emotion tag
- Set alerts for management levels
Exit:
- Close position
- Update trade in Thrive with exit details
- Add outcome notes
Review:
- Check day's P&L
- Ensure all trades are logged
- Add any missing notes
- Review if trades followed process
Reflection:
- Did I follow my rules?
- Did I trade based on emotion or plan?
- What could I do better tomorrow?
- AI Coach report: Read the weekly coaching report thoroughly.
Performance check:
Looking at overall win rate is often meaningless. Filter by setup quality:
- A+ setups: What's your win rate?
- C setups: What's your win rate?
If there's a big gap, you need to be more selective. Stop taking C setups.
Add notes about what the trade COULD have been:
"Exit at +$340. Unrealized best was +$720 (hit 3 hours after exit). Left money on table-consider holding longer next time on similar setups."
This data reveals if you're cutting winners too short or holding losers too long.
Tag trades that came from Thrive signals. Over time, analyze:
- Signal-based trades vs. independent trades
- Which signal types work best for you
- Whether you're interpreting signals correctly
Your notes become searchable data. Include consistent terminology:
- "CONFIRMATION: waited for..." - for patient entries
- "STOPPED OUT: by X%" - for stop hit analysis
- "THESIS WRONG:" - for directional mistakes
Later, you can search and analyze by these patterns.
Some traders find accountability helps. Thrive lets you share select analytics (not actual P&L) to stay accountable to improvement goals.
The AI coach report is valuable only if read. Set a calendar reminder every weekend to review.
Basic patterns emerge after 30-50 trades. Reliable patterns require 100+ trades. The more data you provide (emotions, strategies, notes), the faster insights become valuable.
Add it later. Late logging is better than no logging. Accuracy might suffer on emotion tags, but P&L data is still valuable.
Yes. Go to the trade in your journal and click "Edit." Update any fields and save. This is important for fixing errors.
Currently, Thrive consolidates all trades into one view. Tag trades by exchange in notes if you need to distinguish, or request this feature for future development.
Download your trade history CSV from the exchange. Use Thrive's import template to format correctly. Binance, Bybit, and major exchanges have straightforward exports.
Not currently (for security reasons). Manual logging or CSV import is required. This ensures you review every trade.
Depends on your trading style:
- Scalpers: Frequently (real-time alerts on)
- Day traders: Every few hours
- Swing traders: Daily
- Position traders: Weekly
Yes. Configure which assets and signal types trigger notifications. Set significance thresholds to filter noise.
Thrive gives you everything you need to become a better crypto trader:
- Trade logging that captures full context
- Analytics that reveal your actual patterns
- AI coaching that tells you exactly what to change
- Signals that keep you informed without information overload
The tool is powerful. But the power only manifests through consistent use.
Log every trade. Read every coaching report. Act on insights. Review results.
This cycle-track, analyze, improve, repeat-is how good traders become great traders.
You have the tool. Now use it.
Thrive combines everything you need in one platform:
✅ Trade Journal - Log every trade with emotion tracking and strategy tagging
✅ Performance Analytics - Win rates, profit factors, equity curves, and breakdowns by every dimension
✅ Weekly AI Coach - Personalized feedback identifying YOUR patterns and specific improvements
✅ Smart market signals - Real-time alerts on volume, funding, OI, liquidations, and flows
✅ AI Interpretation - Every signal explained with context and actionable insight
✅ 100+ Crypto Assets - Full market coverage for any asset you trade
Stop guessing about your trading. Start knowing.
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