Pro plans are here. Free is staying.
Start free in 2 minutes. Upgrade when your trading does. ZAR-native, MT4/MT5-ready, built for South African forex traders.
Used by day traders, prop-funded traders and part-timers across South Africa.
Or see the full feature comparison.
Balance
R 72,500
+45.0%
Win Rate
67.3%
+4.2% ↑
Profit Fac
2.14
+0.31 ↑
Monthly P/L
R 3,840
+19.2% ↑
Equity Curve
+R 22,500Recent Trades
EUR/USD
Long
+R843
GBP/ZAR
Short
-R215
XAU/USD
Long
+R1205
USD/JPY
Short
+R567
Session P/L · SAST
72% win rate
61% win rate
78% win rate
38% win rate
Sample data · not a real account
Launch · What’s changing
New tiers are live. The free product stays the same.
If you joined during open beta, nothing breaks. Your data is yours. Keep using TradeJournal exactly as before, on the tier that fits you.
What’s new
Pro — R 499 / month
Broker imports, prop-firm compliance tracker, custom dashboard builder, reports with PDF export, drawdown warning.
Basic — R 199 / month
Trade quality grading, post-trade review notes, equity curve, drawdown visualization, advanced filters, CSV export.
Annual billing
Save R 398 / year on Basic. Save R 998 / year on Pro. Billed once a year, locked in.
What’s staying
Free tier is permanent
1 account, unlimited manual trade logging, calendar heatmap, all 6 forex calculators, economic calendar, sessions clock.
No credit card to start
Sign up with email. We never charge until you actively choose Basic or Pro.
Cancel or downgrade anytime
Move down to Free without losing your data. Move back up to Pro whenever your trading does.
Your data, encrypted, yours
POPIA-compliant. Not shared with brokers. Export or delete on demand.
Existing beta accounts keep all data and history. We’ll email before any change to your tier or pricing.
What every tier unlocks
The same journal. Different depth at each tier.
Five flagship features, side by side. The pill on each card shows which tier it belongs to so you can read the cards as a price-to-value map.
Custom dashboard builder
Drag and drop from 28+ widget types. Build the exact view your strategy needs: equity curves, session heatmaps, drawdown gauges, prop-firm compliance, more.
Balance
R 72,500
Win Rate
67.3%
Profit Fac
2.14
Equity Curve
By Pair
Deep performance analytics
Equity curve, drawdown, day-of-week, monthly grid, by strategy, by tag, by symbol.
Win Rate
67.3%
Profit Factor
2.14
Broker imports — 8 platforms
MT4, MT5, cTrader, OANDA, FxPro, TradeLocker, NinjaTrader and TradingView. CSV in, journal out. Per-import revert.
Trade journal & A+ to F grading
Grade execution quality trade by trade. Add post-trade review notes. Watch your average grade improve.
Long · +R 842
Sessions clock + SAST analysis
FreeLondon, New York, Overlap, Asian — adjusted to your clock, not a US dashboard. Free on every tier.
Pick a plan
Three plans. Start free. Cancel anytime.
Basic
Analytics depth and trade-quality grading for traders building consistency.
Or save R 398/year with annual billing
No card required during beta
- + Everything in Free
- Up to 3 trading accounts
- Trade quality grading (A+ → F)
- Equity curve + drawdown
- Day / strategy / tag / symbol analytics
- Advanced filters + CSV export
- Unlimited strategies
Pro
Broker imports, prop-firm tools and a custom dashboard you actually build.
Or save R 998/year with annual billing
No card required during beta
- + Everything in Basic
- Unlimited trading accounts
- 8-broker import (MT4/MT5 + more)
- Prop-firm compliance tracker
- Custom dashboard builder + 28 widgets
- Reports + PDF export with SAST
- Emotion-vs-P/L + meditation widgets
Free
The trading journal, free forever. The entry point for every SA trader.
No card. No expiry. No upgrade nag.
Free forever — no card required
- 1 trading account
- Unlimited manual trade logging
- Trade calendar heatmap
- Sessions clock + SAST
- All 6 forex calculators
- Economic calendar
- Up to 2 strategies
Not sure? Start on Free. Upgrade anytime — we credit unused time toward the new plan.
Pick a plan
Three plans. Start free. Cancel anytime.
Pro
Broker imports, prop-firm tools and a custom dashboard you actually build.
Or save R 998/year with annual billing
No card required during beta
- + Everything in Basic
- Unlimited trading accounts
- 8-broker import (MT4/MT5 + more)
- Prop-firm compliance tracker
- Custom dashboard builder + 28 widgets
- Reports + PDF export with SAST
- Emotion-vs-P/L + meditation widgets
Basic
Analytics depth and trade-quality grading for traders building consistency.
Or save R 398/year with annual billing
No card required during beta
- + Everything in Free
- Up to 3 trading accounts
- Trade quality grading (A+ → F)
- Equity curve + drawdown
- Day / strategy / tag / symbol analytics
- Advanced filters + CSV export
- Unlimited strategies
Free
The trading journal, free forever. The entry point for every SA trader.
No card. No expiry. No upgrade nag.
Free forever — no card required
- 1 trading account
- Unlimited manual trade logging
- Trade calendar heatmap
- Sessions clock + SAST
- All 6 forex calculators
- Economic calendar
- Up to 2 strategies
Not sure? Start on Free. Upgrade anytime.
Compare every feature
Free vs Basic vs Pro
Every feature on every tier. Scroll horizontally on mobile if you need to.
XM sponsored placements appear on every tier — that’s the revenue model that keeps Free free.
Sponsored placement
Don’t have a broker yet? XM is sponsoring this page.
This is a sponsored placement. TradeJournal is not a financial services provider and does not give advice. Please do your own research before opening any trading account.
- Same MT4 / MT5 platform our Pro broker-import works with — your trades flow straight into your journal.
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Risk warning: Trading CFDs and forex involves significant risk and is not suitable for everyone. You may lose more than your initial deposit. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
From our beta members
What traders discovered when the data was clear.
“I was profitable but didn't know why. TradeJournal showed me I lose money in the Asian session but dominate London overlap. Stopped trading Asian entirely.”
Thabo M.
Forex day trader · Johannesburg
XAUUSD / EURUSD
Verified beta member · since Feb 2026
“The post-trade review changed my discipline completely. Grading every trade and reviewing my B and C setups showed me exactly when I was revenge trading.”
Riaan V.
Prop-funded trader · Cape Town
GBPJPY
Verified beta member · since Mar 2026
“I had four strategies running and thought they all worked. Strategy comparison showed only one had positive expectancy. Killed the other three.”
Nomvula K.
Part-time trader · Durban
US30 / NAS100
Verified beta member · since Apr 2026
Beta members · real outcomes · identifiers withheld until launch · past performance ≠ future results
Three minutes to your first insight. No card required.
Start on Free. Upgrade to Basic or Pro when your trading does. Built for South African traders, priced in ZAR.
- No credit card
- Cancel anytime
- 5-day refund