Frequently Asked Questions
What TradeJournal.dev does, what it costs, what brokers it works with, and how it compares to the paid alternatives.
Yes. The core trading journal is free — that includes CSV import from any broker, FIFO position tracking, all statistics (Sharpe, Sortino, Kelly, profit factor, expectancy), the P&L calendar, market condition analysis, interactive candlestick charts, and the journaling features. The free plan covers 20 trade imports a month; Silver ($9.90/mo) makes that unlimited, and Gold ($29.90/mo) adds the real-time scanner Day Trade Dash and the AI Trader Coach.
Direct CSV import is supported for every major US retail broker, including Interactive Brokers (Flex Queries), Charles Schwab, Fidelity, TastyTrade, TD Ameritrade, Robinhood, Webull, ThinkOrSwim, E*TRADE, and Tradier. For any broker not on the list, the generic CSV importer lets you map your columns to the standard schema. Options, futures, and equity trades are all supported.
TradeJournal.dev imports the same broker formats Tradervue does and computes the same statistics, but the core platform is free instead of $30/month. It adds market-condition analysis Tradervue does not have (VIX regime, SPY trend, sector momentum, holding-period bias) and keeps your data exportable at any time. The trade-off: TradeJournal.dev is newer, so the community is smaller and the integration list, while broad, is shorter than Tradervue's 15+ years of partnerships.
Edgewonk costs $169/year and runs locally as a desktop app. TradeJournal.dev is free for the equivalent feature set (statistics, journaling, market-condition analysis) and runs in the browser, so you can access your journal from any device. Edgewonk has stronger discretionary-tagging workflows; TradeJournal.dev has stronger quantitative analysis and a real-time scanner add-on (Day Trade Dash).
Generate a Flex Query in IBKR's Account Management (Trade Confirmations format), set the date range you want, export to CSV, then upload the CSV at https://tradejournal.dev/import. The importer detects the IBKR format automatically, runs FIFO position-matching across executions, and writes the round-trips into your journal. Partial fills and pyramiding are handled.
In TastyTrade, open History → Filter by date range → Export to CSV. Upload the file at https://tradejournal.dev/import. The importer parses TastyTrade's options format including spreads, iron condors, and multi-leg strategies.
Schwab's "Realized Gain/Loss" CSV is the supported format. Download it from the Schwab account dashboard, then upload at https://tradejournal.dev/import. The importer maps Schwab's columns to the journal's standard schema.
Day Trade Dash is the optional premium add-on: a real-time stock scanner with 18+ pre-configured day-trading presets including gap-and-go, ABCD pattern, opening-range breakout, halt-resume, low-float runner, and VWAP reclaim. It scans the entire US equities universe in real time during regular trading hours. It is included in the Gold plan ($29.90/mo); the journal itself works on every plan, including free.
P&L is calculated FIFO (first-in-first-out): the oldest open lot is matched against each closing execution. Commissions and fees are subtracted from realised P&L. For options, P&L is the net of premium received and premium paid plus assignment / exercise costs. Unrealised P&L on open positions uses the latest market price from the data provider.
Yes. Single-leg options, vertical spreads, iron condors, butterflies, calendars, and custom multi-leg structures are all supported. The importer recognises broker-specific option symbol formats (OCC, ThinkOrSwim, TastyTrade) and groups multi-leg fills into a single strategy position.
Futures are supported — equity index, energy, and ag contracts work with the standard FIFO engine, with contract multipliers honoured per symbol. Crypto support is on the roadmap; currently only manual entry works for crypto trades.
Open https://tradejournal.dev/settings, find the Day Trade Dash section, and click Cancel. The subscription stays active through the end of the current billing period, then stops. You can re-subscribe at any time.
Five prompt-driven templates ship in the app and are also browsable for free at https://tradejournal.dev/templates: a daily debrief, a post-loss debrief, a post-win review, a gap-and-go review tailored for day-traders, and a Friday weekly review. Templates populate the Journal Notes / Lessons / Mistakes / Improvements fields with structured prompts you fill in, instead of staring at four empty textareas.
Every position on TradeJournal.dev opens with a Trade Journal card on its detail page. Pick a setup tag (gap-and-go, ABCD, opening-range-breakout, halt-resume, low-float-runner, VWAP-reclaim, parabolic-short, and more), write a pre-trade thesis, a post-trade outcome, and paste a screenshot URL. The system then groups your trades by setup on the Insights page so you can see your real win rate on each setup.
Yes. Your trades are stored in your account only; we never sell or share trade data with third parties. Trades are stored encrypted at rest in PostgreSQL. You can export everything and delete your account at any time.
Yes. The interface is responsive and works on phones and tablets — though for serious analysis sessions a desktop is recommended because the calendar heatmap and statistics tables are denser than a phone screen.