Gamification & Discipline Path | Tradris Product Guide

Tradris uses a gamification system built around one core principle: discipline makes you profitable. Every point you earn, every star a trade unlocks, every streak you keep going reflects real progress toward disciplined, framework-driven trading.

This guide covers the full system: Discipline Points, per-trade star ratings, streaks, levels, badges, and how it all fits together.

1. Discipline Points

Discipline Points (DP) are the foundation of your progression in Tradris. You earn them by doing the things that build real trading discipline — both the process before a trade and the execution that follows.

How You Earn Points

Per journal entry

Action	Points
Write a journal entry (any type)	+10

Per closed trade — process bonuses

Action	Points
Stop loss defined	+5
Target defined	+5
Loss within plan (or trade was profitable)	+10
Disciplined exit reason (stop loss / target / adjusted target)	+10
Outcome tagged after close	+10
Multi-stage journaling (3+ unique journal types on the trade)	+10

Per closed trade — outcome-quality bonuses

Action	Points
R-multiple ≥ 2 (let your winner run)	+15
R-multiple between 1 and 2 (profitable)	+5
Clean stop — loss kept within 1R	+5

Per month

Action	Points
Average R-multiple > 0 across the month (positive expectancy)	+25

Onboarding

Action	Points
Each of the four onboarding steps (risk limits, strategy, first trade, first journal)	+25

What this means in practice

A perfectly executed trade with full journaling + outcome tagging + a big winner can earn 80+ DP in a single close. A bare-minimum journal-only trade earns 10 DP. The system rewards both showing up and executing well.

Why both process and outcome?

The pure "did you do the work" bonuses (stop loss defined, journal entries) measure process. The R-multiple and clean-stop bonuses measure execution. We combine them in one metric because over time, both compound — disciplined process tends to produce disciplined outcomes.

2. Per-Trade Star Rating

Every closed trade in Tradris is rated from 1 to 5 stars based on how disciplined that trade was. Stars are the visual shorthand for the underlying discipline %; the % rolls up from the 5-pillar scoring system (see §6).

Star Bands

Stars	Discipline Score	What it means
⭐	0–30%	Most of the process was missing
⭐⭐	30–50%	Some structure, lots of room to improve
⭐⭐⭐	50–70%	Solid baseline discipline
⭐⭐⭐⭐	70–85%	Strong execution, minor gaps
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	85%+	Near-perfect process — and every pillar above 80%

The 5-star bar is intentionally hard to clear: it requires the overall score above 85% and every pillar above 80% on its own. One weak pillar caps you at 4 stars.

Both winners and losers can be 5-star. A perfectly managed losing trade — clean stop hit, all journals, outcome tagged — can earn 5 stars. The thesis is discipline → eventual performance; rewarding well-managed losses is part of that.

Where you see stars

Trade card (journal page) — overall star rating at the top
Trade history table — sortable star column
Trade-close popup — animated star reveal when a trade closes
Performance tab — Monthly Performance Details table includes stars per month

3. Streaks

Streaks track consecutive achievements over time. Tradris surfaces the most motivating active streaks based on your data — you don't see every possible streak, just the ones that are alive or close to a personal best.

Streak Types

Streak	What it tracks
Daily journaling	Consecutive days with at least one journal entry
5⭐ consecutive	Consecutive trades earning 5 stars
4⭐ or better	Consecutive trades ≥ 4 stars
3⭐ or better	Consecutive trades ≥ 3 stars
2⭐ or better	Consecutive trades ≥ 2 stars

For the star-based streaks, Tradris only shows the highest active tier. If your "4⭐ or better" streak is alive at 6 trades, you don't also see "3⭐ or better" (which would mathematically be the same or higher). The progression unlocks naturally — once you string together five 4-star trades, you can start chasing the 5-star streak.

Visualization

Streaks are shown as a row of green check marks — one tick per trade in the streak — capped at 12-15 visible with a "+N" overflow indicator. This gives both the count and the visceral feel of the run.

Alongside the streak rows, you'll see your last 20 trades as green/red dots — a quick W/L snapshot independent of discipline.

Why streaks matter

Behavioral research shows habits form through repetition, not intensity. Tradris's streak system rewards consistency. Breaking a streak doesn't punish you — instead, your personal best stays recorded, and you start working toward beating it.

4. Levels

Your cumulative Discipline Points determine your level. Levels are slower-moving than star ratings — they reflect long-term commitment.

Level	Name	DP Required	Description
0	First Steps	0	Set up your framework and log your first trades
1	Building the Habit	50	Showing up — keep journaling entries, exits, and reviews
2	Consistent Journaler	200	You journal enough that patterns are starting to surface
3	30-Day Discipline	1,000	A full month of structured reflection — most traders never get here
4	Quarterly Reflector	2,500	Three months of journaled trades — your edge is your discipline
5	Master Journaler	5,000	Hundreds of reflections deep — few traders ever reach this
6	Discipline Sage	10,000	Trading discipline as second nature — invited to the founder community

5. Badges

Badges mark specific milestones — earned by a single concrete achievement, not point accumulation.

Onboarding & Journaling badges

Badge	How to unlock
Framework Ready	Complete all four onboarding steps
Discipline Begins	Write your first journal entry
Building Habits	Write 10 journal entries
Disciplined Trader	Write 50 journal entries

Star-based achievement badges

Badge	How to unlock
🏆 First 5-Star Trade	Earn your first ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on a closed trade
🏅 Triple Crown	Three consecutive 5-star trades — elite consistency
📅 5-Star Week	Every closed trade in a calendar week earns 4 stars or better
💯 Century Club	100 cumulative trades at 3 stars or better
🛡️ Iron Discipline	50 consecutive trades without dropping to 2 stars or below

Badges are awarded automatically when their criteria are met. They appear in your TradrisAI pane and on the rewards page.

6. Under the hood — the 5-pillar discipline score

Stars are the visible metric, but each trade also has a precise discipline score (0–100%) computed from five pillars. Each pillar tracks one stage of the trade lifecycle.

The Five Pillars

Pillar	What it scores	Locked when
Setup	Stop loss, target, R:R defined	Always active
Entry Quality	Strategy linked, within risk appetite, entry price planned, entry journal	Always active
Trade Mgmt	Plan changes journaled, in-trade journaling, position-size adjustments documented, stops trailed with reasoning	Locked for IDEA trades
Exit Execution	Exit followed plan, loss within plan, exit journal	Locked until CLOSED
Post-Trade Review	Outcome tagged, journal entries logged, multi-stage journaling	Locked until CLOSED

How the score becomes stars

The discipline % is the sum of earned points across active (non-locked) pillars, divided by the max possible. This % then maps to stars using the bands in §2.

Locked pillars don't count against you. An IDEA-stage trade with full Setup + Entry can still earn 5 stars, because Mgmt/Exit/Review are excluded from the denominator until they unlock.

How it all fits together

The gamification system in Tradris is not about making trading feel like a game. It is about making the invisible work of discipline visible.

Discipline Points reward both daily reflection and disciplined execution
Star ratings give every trade a clear, actionable grade
Streaks keep you accountable to consistency
Levels show your long-term commitment to the process
Badges mark milestones worth being proud of

Together, these create a feedback loop: trade with discipline, earn points and stars, build streaks, level up, and over time watch your trading results improve because your process improved first.