You don’t have a strategy problem. You have a measurement problem.
Free for SA forex traders. Log every trade and finally see which sessions, pairs and setups actually make you money. Two minutes to set up.
Used by day traders, prop-funded traders and part-timers across South Africa.
Free forever plan. Basic R 199 / Pro R 499 per month when you want more.
Real product · sample account · not financial advice
What it’s costing you
Three things you can’t see until your trades are on a page.
You grade every setup A+ in your head.
Last week's stop-out was “bad luck”. Last month's win was “skill”. You won't know which until you score them while you're neutral.
You blame the market for losses you make on autopilot.
The Asian session. The Friday close. The post-loss revenge trade. The patterns are yours, and without records you can't see them.
You're “pretty sure” London works best.
Pretty sure doesn't pay rent. Measured does.
What the data shows
Three ways to look at your own trade history in one place.
Session analysis
Your session-by-session breakdown
See how each SAST session is performing in your own history. Once your trades are on a heatmap, the London-overlap edge - and the Asian-session leak - are hard to miss.
Strategy comparison
Your setups, side by side
Compare your own strategies against each other - win rate, profit factor and P/L for each, calculated only from the trades you log. The one losing setup stops hiding inside the average.
Trade grading
Your own self-assessment, over time
Grade every trade A+ to F while you're still neutral, then review the distribution and your notes. A structured way to look back at your own execution, in your own words.
Built for SA
Not a US journal with a rand symbol bolted on.
ZAR native
Every metric in rand. No USD conversion, no exchange-rate guesswork.
SAST sessions
London, NY, Overlap, Asian, adjusted to your clock, not a US dashboard.
MT4 / MT5 import
Drop your CSV. Multi-account from day one. We handle the rest.
Privacy-first
Your trade data is yours. Encrypted at rest, never shared with brokers or third parties.
Free forever plan. Set up your ZAR journal in 2 minutes.
Start freeFrom our early 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 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 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 member · since Apr 2026
Early members · real outcomes · identifiers withheld · past performance ≠ future results
Free to start
Everything you need to journal and review. From day one.
Start on the free forever plan and log every trade today. Step up to Basic (R 199) or Pro (R 499) per month when you want deeper analytics, broker imports and custom dashboards.
- Unlimited trade logging
- Equity curve & drawdown analytics
- Expectancy & profit factor
- A+ to F trade grading
- MT4 / MT5 CSV import
- Strategy comparison
- SAST session analysis
- ZAR-native everything
- Custom dashboards
- Post-trade review notes
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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.
Before you sign up
The four questions we get every week.
Is the free plan really free forever?
Yes. The Free plan is permanent - unlimited manual trade logging, the calendar heatmap, all 6 forex calculators and the economic calendar, with no card required. You only pay if you choose to upgrade to Basic or Pro.
How long does setup take?
About 2 minutes. Drop in your MT4 or MT5 CSV export and your trades flow in. No manual entry.
Is my trade data safe?
Encrypted at rest. Yours alone. Not shared with brokers, not sold, not used to train anything. You can export or delete at any time under POPIA.
What if I only trade a few times a month?
Five to ten logged trades is already enough to see your strongest session and your weakest setup. The journal doesn't need a high trade count to work.
Stop guessing. Start measuring.
Start on the free forever plan today. Upgrade to Basic (R 199) or Pro (R 499) per month whenever you want more depth.
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