Can You Outperform The Crowd?

Log Your Trades, Track Your Progress and Climb the Ranks.

Who Are We?

First Motus is a trading journal designed for discipline and trading improvement, surrounded by a live community that highlights the top traders every day. Each morning before the U.S. market opens, you log just one trade. Pick a stock or options contract, choose Buy or Sell, add an optional note, and lock it in before 9:30 AM ET.
When the market opens, your move is recorded at the official opening price, no edits, no second-guessing, and no trades during market hours. This rule keeps everyone limited to the same number of trades per day, making trader rankings truly transparent.
You can submit one stock move and one options move per day. Every move is scored as a Win or Loss based on real market prices, giving you honest, objective feedback. To keep things clear and skill-focused, First Motus only allows three trade durations:
• Short-Term: 2 days
• Swing: 2 weeks
• Long-Term: 2 months
No custom timeframes or overtrading. Pick your style and build consistency. No charts, no portfolios, and no distractions.

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The Community

What really sets First Motus apart is the Community Feed. A live leaderboard where you can see the top traders, view real trade histories, and learn from what works and what doesn’t. All moves on First Motus are public by default, creating a transparent, hype-free environment where top traders are ranked purely by actual win/loss performance. Every trader has a public profile showing their full move history. There are no screenshots, no likes, just results. Log your moves, compare strategies, and get inspired alongside other serious traders. Built by a trader, for traders.

How It Works

Submit Your Move Before the Bell

Submit Move: You can submit one stock move and one options move each trading day before 9:30 AM ET. Or after 4:30 PM ET.
How to Enter: Choose your stock or options contract, select Buy or Sell, pick your trade duration (Short-Term, Swing, or Long-Term), and optionally add a note.
Locked In: Once submitted, your moves are locked and cannot be edited.

Market Open: Entry Price Locked

Official Entry Price: At 9:30 AM ET, your entry price is automatically recorded at the market open.
No Edits During Market Hours: You cannot change your move or submit new trades during market hours.
Fair Play: All traders are locked in at the same time to keep things fair.

Track Your Results

Scoring: Each move is scored as a Win or Loss after your selected duration, using real market data.
Performance: Veiw your trade stats with in-depth P/L statistics.
Automatic Stats: Your trading stats and W/L record update automatically.
Full Move History: Easily review your complete move history to spot patterns and improve your strategy.

Top Traders Feed

Live Leaderboard: See the top traders and their exact trades in real time.
Study The Best: Veiw top traders based off their real P/L trade data.
Climb The Ranks: Make a move to earn a spot on the leaderboard. Let the trades speak for themselves.

The Motus Method

Premarket & after hours only: Submit moves when the market is closed. Locked during market hours (9:30–4:30 ET, plus 30 min for evaluation).
One move per category: Log one stock move and one options move per day. Each is tracked separately.
Objective Logging: Results are calculated using real entry and exit prices at your selected duration. No self-reported outcomes.
Performance stats: Track your win/loss rate, see move history by month and year, and export data as CSV.
Community leaderboard: The Feed ranks top traders by actual win rate (not social likes or upvotes). All moves are public and verifiable.
Profile pages: Every trader has a public profile showing their move history, win/loss stats, and recent performance.
No noise: No comment sections, or hype. Just your predictions, your track record, and a transparent trader community.

Why First Motus?

Most trading platforms are noisy, complicated, and full of distractions not accountability. First Motus strips away everything but the core question: Can you make one good call each day? By focusing on a single move (in each category), you develop discipline, reduce second-guessing, and build a track record you can actually learn from.

Builds daily trading discipline and intentionality
Reduces impulsive trades and overtrading
Helps you see your real strengths and weaknesses over time
Promotes transparency and honest self-improvement

Our Philosophy

We believe trading is a craft, not a gamble. First Motus helps you build discipline through daily journaling, track your real outcomes, and remove emotion from your process. “Today’s Plan, Tomorrow’s Proof.”

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First Motus is not a brokerage, financial advisor, or provider of financial services. This platform is strictly for journaling and educational purposes only. Nothing here should be interpreted as financial advice.