Dhan trading journal: check reports and record decisions

You can keep a journal of Dhan trades in OneTradeJournal by entering the details yourself and adding the original plan, emotions and review notes. Dhan also provides its own reporting area, Journal by Dhan. Use the broker’s execution and statement records to check your entries; a separate reflection log should not replace those records or suggest a connection between the products.

Find the Dhan report that matches the period

Dhan’s profit-and-loss (P&L) download instructions, checked 15 October 2026, document this web route: Profile → Journal by Dhan → Statement & Reports → Profit & Loss. Choose the date range before reviewing the results. The help page offers Email Me, CSV and Excel copies on the web.

The same help page documents a different mobile route: Profile → All Statements → Profit & Loss, then Email Profit & Loss. Treat web and app instructions as separate routes. Refer to current Dhan help if the screen labels differ from the documented instructions.

Dhan's Journal versus a trading journal

The word "journal" means two different things here. Dhan's Journal is a reports area: Dhan's help page lists 11 reports there, including Portfolio Overview, Holdings, Past Trades, Realised P&L, Profit & Loss Report, Tax Report, Ledger Summary, Fund Summary and Contract Notes. A trading journal is a diary of decisions: why you entered, what you planned, how you felt and whether you followed your rules.

Use them together. The report is the proof of what happened, and the journal explains the choices behind it. OneTradeJournal does not connect to Dhan, so you enter each trade by hand. Our comparison with Dhan Journal sets the two side by side.

Use execution detail for the journal entry

Dhan support places the day’s executed-order details in Orders and past transactions in trade history. Use the matching record to check actual quantity and price. A period-level P&L total is useful for reconciliation, but it is insufficient to reconstruct an entry reason or a partial exit by itself.

The field guide develops the distinction. Keep costs labelled as estimated if the actual statement is still unavailable, and do not subtract them again from a broker figure that already reports a net result.

Which Dhan reports to use for which job

• Past Trades. Named in Dhan's report list. Use it as the starting point for your entry details, then confirm the fills against the execution record.
• Realised P&L. Dhan's help page says it summarises profit or loss from positions you have already exited and does not include open positions. It states the figure after transaction costs such as brokerage and taxes, so do not subtract your own cost estimate from it a second time.
• Profit & Loss Report. Named in the list. Use it for the period total after you have read what basis it uses.
• Tax Report. Named in the list. It is a filing aid, so keep it apart from your decision notes and check it with a CA.
• Contract Notes. Named in the list. The note is the document to compare with your journal's estimated charges.

A Realised P&L total tells you what closed. It cannot tell you why a trade closed early or whether it was planned. That context belongs in your own entry. Our guide to what to track in a trading journal lists the fields.

Worked loss entry with costs kept visible

This example is a fictional cash-share trade, with no claim about Dhan prices or charges. Assume 20 shares bought at ₹500 and fully sold at ₹496. Assume total costs of ₹18 for the completed trade.

• Gross loss: (₹500 − ₹496) × 20 = ₹80.
• Net loss including assumed costs: ₹80 + ₹18 = ₹98.
• Example review: “I reduced the position after changing my exit condition. Preserve that reason and compare it with the original plan.”

The ₹18 is an example assumption, not a Dhan tariff. In a real multi-fill trade, retain each execution and explain any allocation of statement costs. A daily amount cannot be charged in full to every row without overstating the period’s cost.

Review a strategy without hiding its other legs

For options, retain expiry, strike, call or put, side and actual units for every leg. A profitable long leg can coexist with a losing short leg. Keep the supporting execution detail even if the review note summarises the combined decision. The options record guide shows combined arithmetic without assuming a live lot size.

OneTradeJournal offers manual decision fields and calendar, equity, strategy and time reports based on what you enter. Its charge calculations are estimates, not Dhan contract notes. Use Dhan’s own reports alongside your decision notes when reviewing the same period.

As checked on 15 October 2026, the free OneTradeJournal allowance is one trade per day per market, free forever. The allowance guide helps you decide whether it covers your activity; the worksheet format can retain a complete external history and detailed fills.

A weekly review for Dhan traders

1. Match the week. Compare the count of trades and the total in your journal with the Realised P&L report for the same dates.
2. Sort by plan. Split the week into trades that followed the plan and trades that did not. Which group carries the losses?
3. Look at spreads whole. Review each multi-leg trade as one decision, not as separate wins and losses.
4. Check charges. See whether costs took a large share of small gains, using the charges guide.
5. Set one change. Write one action you can check next week. Our trade review guide and options journal guide help.

Privacy and phone logging

OneTradeJournal does not ask for your Dhan login. You type what you want to record, so keep passwords and client codes out of your notes. You can use a phone browser to log a trade right after it ends, which keeps your reason fresh.

Logging a Dhan options trade step by step

A spread has two or more legs (separate option positions). Log each leg on its own line, then add the combined result. Follow the same steps every time.

1. Write the underlying, expiry, strike, call or put, and buy or sell for each leg.
2. Record lots and units per leg. NSE's lot file lists 65 units for Nifty at the time of checking, but copy the quantity from your own order because lot sizes change.
3. Record the premium paid or received for each leg at entry and exit.
4. Write the plan for the whole position: the maximum loss you accept and the exit rule.
5. Add the emotion and any deviation, then compare the net result with Dhan's Realised P&L for the same period.

Made-up bull call spread: buy a call at a premium of ₹120 and sell a higher-strike call of the same expiry at ₹70. Net debit per unit = 120 − 70 = ₹50, so for 65 units the cost is 50 × 65 = ₹3,250.

Suppose the long call is later sold at ₹150 and the short call is bought back at ₹85. The long leg gains (150 − 120) × 65 = ₹1,950. The short leg loses (85 − 70) × 65 = ₹975. The net result is 1,950 − 975 = ₹975 before charges. A report that shows the legs separately can look like a winner and a loser, so write the combined idea in your note.

Sources

• Dhan Support: P&L report routes and copies. Checked 15 October 2026.
• Dhan Support: executed orders and trade history. Checked 15 October 2026.
• OneTradeJournal: manual entry and reports. Checked 15 October 2026.