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Trading Journals and Performance Analytics

A trading journal imports your executions from your broker and turns them into statistics: win rate, average winner against average loser, performance by setup, time of day, holding period and ticker. The point is to find out what you are actually good at, which is rarely what you think.

  • 27 trading journals listed
  • 14 free or with a free tier
  • Reviewed

All trading journals

27 trading journals

  • Paid, free trial

    An AI-powered trading journal that auto-syncs trades from 500+ brokers and prop firms, then layers on backtesting, bar-by-bar trade replay and pattern insights from its 'Zella AI' assistant. It also tracks compliance against funded-account rules for prop traders. Suits traders who want journaling, backtesting and replay combined in one subscription rather than separate tools.

    Best for: Traders who want an all-in-one AI-powered journal with backtesting and replay

    • ai journaling
    • backtesting
    • trade replay
    • broker auto-sync
    • prop firm compliance tracking
    From $35/mo Web
  • Paid, free trial

    A trading journal offering automatic import from over 700 brokers, the widest broker coverage of the major journals, plus AI coaching through its 'Cypher' assistant on higher tiers. It covers detailed options analytics alongside stocks, futures, forex and crypto. Suits traders who trade through several different brokers and want everything imported automatically in one place.

    Best for: Active traders wanting the widest broker auto-import coverage

    • ai coaching
    • 700+ broker auto-sync
    • options analytics
    • trade replay
    From $29.95/mo Web · iOS · Android
  • A statistics-focused trading journal built around its 'Edge Finder' algorithm, which scans logged trades weekly to surface recurring strengths and mistakes, alongside deep psychology tracking, mistake logging and a trade simulator. It imports automatically from over 200 brokers across most asset classes. Suits traders who want rigorous self-analysis of their trading psychology and edge, not just P&L logging.

    Best for: Traders focused on psychology and deep statistical edge analysis

    • edge finder analytics
    • psychology tracking
    • 200+ broker imports
    • performance simulator
    $197/year Web
  • Free + paid plans

    One of the longer-running online trading journals, importing trades from 80+ broker platforms and generating profitability, timing and exit-performance reports. It offers a genuinely usable free tier for up to 100 stock trades a month, unusual among premium journals. Suits traders who want a straightforward journal and are willing to try before committing to a paid plan.

    Best for: Traders who want a straightforward journal with a free entry tier

    • 80+ broker integrations
    • performance reports
    • trade notes
    • free tier
    Web
  • Free + paid plans

    An analytics-heavy trading journal offering over 600 statistics, drag-and-drop custom dashboards, AI trade review, and built-in simulators for practicing on historical stock, futures, options, forex and crypto data. Auto-sync covers 70+ brokers with import support for 250+ in total. Suits data-driven traders who want to build their own custom performance dashboards rather than use fixed reports.

    Best for: Data-driven traders who want deep, customizable analytics dashboards

    • 600+ statistics
    • ai trade review
    • trading simulators
    • 70+ auto-sync brokers
    • custom dashboards
    From $19/mo (Pro) Web · iOS · Android
  • Paid, free trial

    A trading journal and multi-account portfolio tracker that imports from 40+ brokers and platforms, tracking profit factor, win rate and R-multiples alongside an AI assistant that generates journal entries and coaching notes. It includes a trading simulator and gamified challenge tracking for discipline. Suits traders who hold accounts at several brokers and want combined journaling and portfolio tracking.

    Best for: Traders who want portfolio tracking across multiple broker accounts plus journaling

    • 40+ broker integrations
    • ai journal assistant
    • trading simulator
    • challenge tracking
    Web
  • Free + paid plans

    A performance-tracking platform that verifies trading results through direct broker integration rather than self-reported numbers, combining a private journal with an optional social feed of verified traders to follow. Suits traders who want their track record independently verified, or who want to follow and be followed by other verified traders.

    Best for: Traders who want verified, shareable performance tracking with a social angle

    • broker-verified performance
    • social leaderboard
    • trading journal
    • trader following
    Web · iOS · Android
  • Free + paid plans

    A trading journal with a genuinely free plan covering unlimited trades and accounts, risk-rule compliance flagging and a calendar P&L heatmap, running as an offline-capable web app. A $10/month Pro tier adds an AI coach that answers questions against a trader's own logged history and CSV broker import. Suits cost-conscious traders who want a capable free journal before paying for anything.

    Best for: Cost-conscious traders who want a genuinely usable free journal

    • free unlimited journaling
    • ai coach (pro)
    • risk-rule compliance
    • offline-first pwa
    From $10/mo (Pro); free plan available Web
  • Free + paid plans

    A mobile-first automated trading journal that connects via read-only API to over 600 brokers and crypto/forex exchanges to auto-import trades, then surfaces win rates, risk-to-reward and best/worst trading days on a performance calendar. Trades can be replayed on TradingView charts. Suits mobile-first traders, and especially crypto or forex traders, who want automatic sync without manual entry.

    Best for: Mobile-first, crypto and forex traders wanting automatic broker sync

    • 600+ broker/exchange auto-sync
    • tradingview trade replay
    • performance calendar
    • unified multi-broker dashboard
    Web · iOS · Android
  • Paid, free trial

    A trading journal application, on the market since 2009, offering broker auto-import, position sizing and risk analysis, and detailed P&L reporting for stocks, options, futures and forex. Long a Windows desktop product, it recently added a web version. Suits traders who want a mature, deeply featured journal with a long track record rather than a newer startup tool.

    Best for: Traders wanting a mature, long-running journal application

    • broker auto-import
    • position sizing
    • risk analysis
    • pnl explanation reporting
    Desktop · Web
  • Paid, free trial

    An options-focused trade tracker that automatically imports fills from major brokerages, groups related legs, rolls and adjustments into a single position, and calculates real profit/loss including fees across multiple accounts. Suits options traders whose spreads get rolled or adjusted often and need tracking that reflects the full position history rather than each fill separately.

    Best for: Options traders who need accurate tracking of rolled and adjusted spreads

    • automatic options trade import
    • roll and adjustment grouping
    • profit target alerts
    • multi-account tracking
    Web
  • Paid, free trial

    Trader tax software that imports trade history from about 30 major brokers and applies IRS wash-sale rules across accounts to generate compliant capital gains reports and Form 8949 data. It is aimed specifically at reconciling broker 1099-B forms, which can misstate tax liability for active traders. Suits active traders who need accurate, audit-ready wash-sale-adjusted tax reporting rather than general journaling.

    Best for: Active traders who need accurate wash-sale-adjusted tax reporting

    • wash sale tracking
    • form 8949 generation
    • 30+ broker imports
    • irs-compliant reports
    Desktop
  • Free + paid plans

    A social trading journal and community where traders publicly share and verify their trades, including losses, and compare results on leaderboards across stocks, options, futures, forex and crypto. It has long been associated with day-trading educators sharing verified track records. Suits traders who want to showcase a public, verified trading history or study the logged trades of others.

    Best for: Traders who want to showcase and compare verified trade history publicly

    • public trade sharing
    • leaderboards
    • verified track records
    • community commentary
    Web · iOS · Android
  • Free + paid plans

    OptionStrat is a visual options strategy builder that lets traders model multi-leg spreads and see live payoff diagrams, breakevens and Greeks before placing a trade. It also includes a backtester and a real-time options flow feed. Free access covers basic strategy building, with paid tiers unlocking backtesting and flow.

    Best for: Traders who want fast, visual multi-leg strategy modeling

    • strategy builder
    • payoff diagrams
    • backtester
    • greeks
    Web
  • A free, widely used forex account analysis service that auto-syncs statements from MetaTrader and other platforms to produce shareable performance statistics, a currency strength heat map and community trader rankings. Suits forex traders who want a free, established way to track and publicly verify their account performance.

    Best for: Forex traders who want a free, widely-used verified track record tool

    • auto-synced account statements
    • community performance stats
    • currency strength meter
    • trade copier
    Free Web · iOS · Android
  • Free + paid plans

    A free forex analytics hub offering account analysis that turns uploaded statements into balance and performance visualizations, alongside a trading simulator, currency strength monitoring and an economic calendar. Suits forex traders who want free account analytics and a set of supporting trading tools in one place.

    Best for: Forex traders who want free account analytics and trade tools in one hub

    • account analysis
    • trading simulator
    • currency strength meter
    • economic calendar
    Web · Desktop
  • Paid, free trial

    A trading journal built specifically for futures traders, with automatic broker import and performance statistics geared toward futures accounts, including funded/combine-style prop accounts. Suits futures and prop-firm traders who want a journal designed around their asset class rather than a generalist tool.

    Best for: Futures and prop-firm traders wanting a journal built for their asset class

    • futures-focused journaling
    • broker auto-import
    • prop/combine account tracking
    • performance statistics
    Web
  • Paid, free trial

    A trading journal focused on visual trade review, letting traders annotate chart screenshots alongside logged trades and performance statistics, with broker import support. Suits day traders who want to review the chart context of each trade, not just the numbers, when journaling.

    Best for: Day traders who want visual, chart-based trade review

    • trade journaling
    • chart screenshot annotation
    • performance statistics
    • broker import
    Web
  • A web-based back-office reporting platform used by proprietary trading firms and their traders to track positions, profit and loss, commissions and payouts across many accounts from a central dashboard. It requires no local deployment and exports data to Excel. Suits prop trading firms and their traders who need centralized, firm-wide performance reporting rather than a single-user journal.

    Best for: Prop trading firms and their traders needing centralized performance reporting

    • multi-account back-office reporting
    • commission and payout tracking
    • performance comparison
    • excel export
    Web
  • TradeBench is a browser-based trading journal that has been free since 2011, with no paid plans and no trade limits; it is funded by sponsor links. Alongside the journal it has trade planning, position sizing, an open-trades dashboard, checklists and performance reports, and it works with any broker through manual entry.

    Best for: Traders who want a no-cost journal with planning and risk tools

    • free journal
    • trade planning
    • position sizing
    • checklists
    • performance reports
    Web
  • Paid, free trial

    Tradiry is an online trading journal for stocks, options, futures, forex and crypto that tracks several accounts at once. It offers statistics with filters, a strategy manager, profit and loss reporting and imports from MetaTrader 4 and 5 and cTrader. It is a paid subscription with a seven-day free trial that needs no card.

    Best for: Multi-market traders running several accounts

    • multi-account
    • strategy manager
    • metatrader import
    • statistics
    Web
  • Free + paid plans

    Deltalytix is a trading journal built for futures and prop-firm traders. It connects to supported brokers or imports trade files, then provides performance dashboards, detailed trade review and AI-assisted analysis. Teams can share and manage performance across several traders, which suits small prop groups.

    Best for: Futures traders working through prop-firm accounts

    • futures journal
    • prop firm accounts
    • ai analysis
    • team dashboards
    • broker sync
    Web
  • TradeNote is an open-source trading journal, released under the GPL v3 licence, that you host yourself with Docker and MongoDB. Your trade history stays on your own machine or server. It imports broker exports and provides a dashboard, daily views, notes and screenshots. It is maintained by a trader in his spare time.

    Best for: Technical traders who want their trade data on their own server

    • open source
    • self-hosted
    • docker
    • privacy
    • broker import
    Web
  • Free + paid plans

    TraderFyles is cloud tax software for active traders rather than a performance journal. It imports broker data, matches it against your 1099-B, handles wash sales and produces Form 8949 and Schedule D, with support for Section 475 mark-to-market accounting, options and crypto. There is a small free tier and annual paid plans.

    Best for: Active traders preparing their own tax forms

    • trader taxes
    • wash sales
    • form 8949
    • 1099-b matching
    • mark-to-market
    From $89/yr Web
  • Free + paid plans

    QuantWheel targets wheel and covered-call traders with a GEX dashboard, options screeners for buyers and sellers, a roll assistant and a broker-synced trading journal across a dozen supported brokers. Free calculators cover GEX, max pain and cost basis, with an AI workspace and copy trading available on paid plans.

    Best for: Wheel and covered-call traders wanting broker-synced journaling

    • options screener
    • gex dashboard
    • trading journal
    • broker sync
    Web
  • Paid, free trial

    PowerOptions uses a patented SmartSearchXL screening engine to scan nearly 6,000 optionable stocks and almost 2 million contracts for high-return trade setups, with multi-leg portfolio tracking, stress testing and a trading diary. One of the longer-established retail options screeners, it offers a 14-day free trial before a paid subscription.

    Best for: Income traders screening large numbers of covered-call and spread setups

    • options screener
    • portfolio tracking
    • stress testing
    • trading diary
    Web
  • An order-flow toolset for futures traders, built around its daytradr price ladder, footprint charts, tape reading, and volume profile, plus a companion trade-analytics tool called Journalytix. It plugs into existing platforms and data feeds such as NinjaTrader, Tradovate, and Rithmic rather than replacing them, suiting scalpers who already have a broker and want deeper order-flow visuals.

    Best for: Futures scalpers who want dedicated order-flow visualization

    • order flow
    • footprint charts
    • tape reading
    • volume profile
    • depth of market
    Desktop

Buying guide

How to choose

Spreadsheets work, but few people keep them up. Dedicated journals remove the friction with automatic broker import, chart snapshots of each trade and tagging, and that is what makes the habit stick.

  1. Broker import

    Confirm your broker is supported and whether import is automatic or a manual file upload. This decides whether you will still be using it in three months.

  2. Options support

    Multi-leg options, assignments, rolls and expirations are handled badly by many journals. Test with your own trade history if options are your main product.

  3. Analysis depth

    Look for reports by tag, setup, time and day, plus risk multiples (R) and maximum adverse excursion if you trade with defined stops.

  4. Privacy

    You are uploading your full trading history. Read how the data is stored and whether sharing features are opt-in.

Trading Journals: common questions

Why keep a trading journal?

A journal replaces memory with data. It shows which setups, times and position sizes produce your profits and which produce your losses, so you can do more of one and less of the other.

Is there a free trading journal?

Yes. Several journals have a free tier with a monthly cap on trades or limited reports, and a spreadsheet costs nothing. Paid plans typically add automatic import, unlimited trades and advanced reports.

Do trading journals handle taxes?

Most do not. Journals measure performance; trader tax software handles wash sales and Form 8949 reporting. A few products in this list are tax tools, and we say so in their descriptions.

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