# Trading journal: log trades into Google Sheets with Telegram: n8n workflow

> Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Sheets and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to Gemini and Groq.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/trading-journal-log-trades-into-google-sheets-with-telegram (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Trading journal: log trades into Google Sheets with Telegram

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Sheets and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to Gemini and Groq. 15 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: Gemini, Groq

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**15 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 5 Logic 4 Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Telegram Trigger** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Google Gemini Chat Model1** Lm Chat Google Gemini *Model*
- 3 **Structured Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 4 **Groq Chat Model** Lm Chat Groq *Model*
- 5 **AI Agent (Extracts the Journal Entry)** Agent *Model*
- 6 **Agent Handles (If Trade Is Not Found)** Agent *Model*
- 7 **Extract Journal Entry Fields** Set *Logic*
- 8 **Sends Response Back To Telegram** Telegram *Service*
- 9 **If (Trade Found => True)** If *Logic*
- 10 **Existing Entry Update OR New Entry** If *Logic*
- 11 **Update the Sheet With Profit & Loss** Google Sheets *Service*
- 12 **Generate Unique Trade ID** Code *Logic*
- 13 **Send Response Back** Telegram *Service*
- 14 **Log The Trade In Google Sheets Journal** Google Sheets *Service*
- 15 **Send Trade ID to Telegram For Further Updates** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message
- **Steps:** 15, with 2 branches
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets, Telegram
- **Model:** Gemini, Groq

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets and Telegram accounts, and a key for Gemini and Groq. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an incoming Telegram message.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls Gemini and Groq. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 15 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Ftrading-journal-log-trades-into-google-sheets-with-telegram)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Telegram#library)

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