Best journal for forex traders. Journal personal capital and prop firm accounts, review your performance with filtered analytics, and practice setups on TradingView charts before risking your money.
Stack all your forex accounts together
Keep broker, prop firm, and personal forex accounts separate, follow performance per account, and archive finished challenges without losing trades or journal history.
An automatic forex journal built to make you a better trader
Forex generates a lot of trade data: many pairs, London/NY/Asia sessions, and often more than one account. Tradespad automatically journals those trades, helps you see what actually works, and lets you practice on TradingView charts, whether you trade your own capital or a prop firm.
Filtered analytics to understand what works
Filter performance by pair, session, and strategy so you stop averaging EURUSD London wins with quiet Asian losses. Spot the conditions where your edge shows up.
Journal notes, tags, and screenshots that stick
Capture the setup, confluence, and mistake on every trade. Automated stats matter, but the review habit after a live forex session is what changes the next one.
Sync the platforms forex traders use
Import or sync from MT5, cTrader, and TradeLocker on applicable plans. Keep personal broker accounts and prop evaluations separate, and archive finished challenges without losing history.
Practice forex setups before risking live capital
TradingView Charts backtesting is on the free plan. Replay markets, place simulated trades, and refine risk habits before the next live day or prop evaluation.
Journaling
An easy way to journal your trades.Connect your forex account or add trades manually.
Journal every metric of your forex trades
Automatic broker sync or manual import, add screenshots, notes, strategy confluences, risk-reward, and tags to journal every trade.
P&L Calendar to track your trading results
A visual and intuitive P&L calendar to check your daily, weekly, and monthly trading results, spot winning streaks, and review performance without opening a spreadsheet.
Analytics
Analytics to understand what works.You can't improve or fix what you don't measure.
From basic to advanced analytics for forex traders
Filtered analytics to understand what your trades have to say. Not long reports or spreadsheets, analytics shown in a visual, easy to understand way.
Your trading results displayed month by month, year by year
The most visual way to analyze your trading results, yearly view, monthly, daily and candle by candle with our TradingView chart widget journal.
Turn forex data into filtered insightsSee which pairs, sessions, and strategies drive your edge or your drawdowns
Backtesting
Go back in time with TradingView charts.Backtesting for forex, futures, stocks & crypto traders
NAS100Nasdaq Inc.4.745 days29,103.08
SP500S&P 500 Index4.745 days7,640.06
XAU/USDGold vs Dollar7.304 days4,342.79
BTC/USDBitcoin vs Dollar7.304 days77,401
GBP/USDPound vs Dollar7.304 days1.3514
EUR/USDEuro vs Dollar7.304 days1.1588
Backtest forex, crypto, indices, commodities and more.
Test your trading strategies across the major forex assets, analyze your results, and find out which setups actually have an edge.
Go to button
Automatically go to the next day/session or create custom values.
+24 years of market data available.
Replay historical markets, test your trading strategies, and see how they perform across different market conditions.
View moreThe best way to replay any forex marketReplay your favorite forex asset bar by bar
Backtest your sessions with a familiar workflowUse tools that you already use when you trade forex
Start for free
Draggable Stop Loss, Take Profit and Order Limit
The smoother experience to place and manage your backtesting trades, no more numbers and calculations.
Custom indicators
Use the pre-created indicators or create your own custom one
Customizable charts
You can select your preferred chart color, candles, lines and more. You can customize every inch, save layouts and use them again.
Journal your backtesting trades.Review your mistakes to refine your edge.
Start for freeIn-chart journaling workflow
Journal your trades without leaving the chart, then review them when the backtesting session is finished
The most intuitive way to journal your backtesting trades
Journal when the trade is opened or after closing it, then review it whenever you want in the backtesting journal.
Review your trades post-session
Access the backtesting journal to review your trades
Automatically generated entry and exit point
A visual way to remember your trades. Get automatically the real entry and exit point of your backtesting trades in a TradingView chart.
Integrations
Connect the platforms forex traders actually use Import or sync from stacks like MT5, cTrader, and TradeLocker on applicable plans. Whether you trade your own capital or a prop evaluation, confirm your broker or firm allows the connection method first.
What forex traders need to stay consistent
A clean journal plus analytics and chart practice for forex, whether you trade your own account, a prop firm, or both, without paying suite prices on day one.
Journal every trade across every forex account
Notes, screenshots, strategy tags, and a review loop you can finish after a London session or a prop evaluation day.
See risk and performance by pair and account
P&L calendars, win rate, expectancy, and filters so you can diagnose the pair or session that is failing, not an averaged mess.
Practice forex setups on TradingView charts
Replay markets, place simulated trades, and build confidence before you risk live capital or sit another evaluation.
Multi-account from day one
Stack personal, prop, and practice accounts as your desk grows. Archive finished ones without deleting data. Free to start; upgrade when you need more slots or auto-sync.
How forex traders use Tradespad
A simple loop from practice to live review, built for how forex traders actually work.
1. Practice before risking live capital
Use TradingView Charts backtesting on the free plan to rehearse forex setups, execution, and risk habits before you trade live pairs or pay for another prop evaluation.
2. Stack all your trading accounts in one place
Keep personal, prop, and practice accounts separate in the Accounts Center, so live forex P&L never blurs with evaluations or backtesting.
3. Keep track of your results and performance
Review P&L, win rate, and filtered analytics by pair, session, and strategy to see what actually pays you across London, NY, and Asia.
4. Keep the habit to get consistent results
Journal each session, tag process mistakes like FOMO entries or size creep, and build the review loop that keeps you consistent on personal and prop accounts.
Tradespad vs other journals for forex tradersSee why forex traders switch to Tradespad
Pricing
Fair and flexible pricing plans
for every need
A real free plan with no credit card needed. Paid plans unlock auto-sync, more account slots, longer backtesting sessions, and more
Free
$0/mo
No credit card needed
Journaling
- Up to 1 trading account
- Manual journaling
- Up to 1 strategy
- Limited Automatic Analytics
- Automatic journaling (+650 brokers)
Backtesting
- Up to 3 backtesting sessions
- Unlimited trades per session
- Up to 1 year of history
- Limited backtesting journaling
Basic
$19/mo
$0 billed every 6 months
Journaling
- Up to 3 trading accounts
- Manual journaling
- Automatic journaling (+650 brokers)
- Unlimited Automatic Analytics
- Up to 3 strategies
Backtesting
- Up to 5 backtesting sessions
- Unlimited trades per session
- Up to 10 years of history
- Backtesting Journal
Pro
$29/mo
$0 billed every 6 months
Journaling
- Unlimited trading accounts
- Manual journaling
- Automatic journaling (+650 brokers)
- Unlimited Automatic Analytics
- Unlimited strategies
Backtesting
- Unlimited backtesting sessions
- Unlimited trades per session
- Up to 23 years of history
- Backtesting Journal
Unlock the full Tradespad experience with our Pro plan and access every advanced feature. See full comparison
Why traders journal and backtestGuess less. Prove more. Improve faster.
Why journal your forex trades
A journal turns every session into feedback you can actually use.
- See which setups, sessions, and habits make you money — and which ones don't.
- Review decisions with notes, screenshots, and tags instead of relying on memory.
- Spot emotional patterns early and stay consistent when the market gets loud.
Why backtest your strategy
Backtesting lets you validate an edge before you risk real capital.
- Replay historical markets and test entries, exits, and risk rules bar by bar.
- Build confidence with data across different conditions, not a few lucky trades.
- Refine your strategy faster by learning from hundreds of simulated trades.
Comparing several trading journals?
See Tradespad next to TradeZella, TraderSync, TradesViz, and more for multi-account workflows, pricing, and who each tool fits, including forex-focused desks.
Best 8 trading journalsFrequently asked questions. Straight answers for forex traders choosing a journal.
Look for multi-account tracking, pair and session review, sync with MT5, cTrader, or TradeLocker when allowed, and a price that makes sense while you trade personal capital or pay for evaluations. Tradespad fits that path with journaling, analytics, and TradingView Charts backtesting, including a free plan.
Yes. Keep each personal broker account, evaluation, or funded account separate so results do not blur across desks. Confirm account limits on free vs paid plans.
Only if your broker or firm allows it. Many prop firms restrict third-party tools or prefer read-only credentials. Verify the rules before connecting, then journal manually or via CSV if sync is not allowed.
Yes. Tradespad has a real free forever plan with journaling and limited TradingView Charts backtesting. Upgrade when you need more accounts, auto-sync, or longer sessions.
A journal cannot guarantee profits. It makes pair performance, session mistakes, overtrading, and process breaks measurable so you stop repeating them across personal and prop accounts.
This page is about Tradespad for forex traders broadly: personal capital, prop firms, and forex platforms. The prop firm page focuses on evaluations, funded accounts, and challenge-specific workflows.
Yes. TradingView Charts backtesting is available on the free plan so you can practice forex setups and risk habits before risking live capital. Confirm current session limits on pricing.
Tradespad supports stacks forex traders commonly use, including MT5, cTrader, and TradeLocker on applicable plans. Always verify whether your broker or firm allows third-party sync before connecting.
Yes. Archive passed, failed, or suspended challenge accounts to keep your active list clean. Archiving does not delete the account: trades, journal entries, and history stay available under Archived. Archived accounts still count toward your plan account limit.
Journal forex the way you actually trade itPersonal accounts, prop desks, analytics, and chart practice from $0.
Tradespad is not affiliated with any broker or prop firm. Features, pricing, and third-party rules can change. Confirm live plans and whether your broker or firm allows third-party tools before connecting an account. Educational content only, not financial advice.