The trading journal we needed, so we built it
Journal, backtest and chart in one review loop — built and maintained by the five people who answer your support messages.
$0 forever — no credit card needed
- Traders using the platform
- 2,465
- Members in the community
- 136+
- Building since
- 2024
- Registered company
- Only4Traders
Built from the problems we kept meeting
Spreadsheets counted the trades but never showed them. Screenshots in a chat showed them but counted nothing. We built the thing that does both.
Late 2024
Journaling first
An agency stalled on the first attempt, so we built it ourselves — starting where the pain was: logging a trade with its chart, its reason and its outcome in one place.
A better decision after every trade.
Record why you took it, test the idea before risking money, and use the result to improve the next one.
Comparisons are written and tested by Avinash, trading since 2020. Nothing here is financial advice — the disclaimer covers that properly.
What we hold to
Evidence
Every tool we compare is tested on its own public free plan, on a stated date. Pricing and limits change quietly, so we record what was true when we checked.
Honesty
Where a competitor does something better, the post says so. A comparison that never loses a row is marketing wearing a table.
Transparency
We build one of the tools we compare, which is a real conflict of interest. We disclose it in every post where it appears and tell you to test the alternatives.
Access
The free plan has no time limit and takes no card. A trader early enough to need a journal most is the one least able to pay for one.
People behind Traders Journal
Everyone listed works on the product directly.
- AltafFounder & Product LeadSets the direction — what gets built, what gets cut, and how the whole thing looks and feels.
- Sukhwinder ShiCo-Founder & Engineering LeadWrites the platform. Every feature you use in Traders Journal was built and is maintained by him.
- AvinashCo-Founder, Research & CommunityTrading since 2020. Writes the blog, tests every tool we compare, and answers the community directly.
- Md SalmanCo-Founder, Editorial & Product FeedbackLong-form content and voice-over — and the founder who reads your feature request and takes it to the roadmap.
- Md AshfaqueCo-Founder, Video & Short-form ContentTurns what the platform does into something you can watch in under a minute.
Before you trust us with your record
What happens to my trades if I stop paying?
Dropping back to the Free plan does not delete anything you have logged. Free has no time limit and takes no card, so the journal you build is not held hostage by a subscription.
Who actually reviews the tools you compare?
Avinash, who has traded since 2020 and runs testing on each tool's own public free plan. His full trading history — including the strategies that stopped working and why — is on his profile.
You compare yourselves against competitors. Why would I trust that?
Because we publish the standards first and lose rows in our own tables. Where a competitor does something better, the post says so. Check any comparison against the tool itself — that is the point of naming the date and the plan.
Do you take money from the tools you review?
No payment and no affiliate commission from any competitor. Traders Journal is our own product, which is a real conflict of interest, so we disclose it in every post where it appears.
Do you sell my data?
No — the privacy policy states plainly that we do not sell your personal data, and it sets out what we do collect and why. We would rather point you at the binding document than paraphrase it here.
Is any of this financial advice?
No, and nothing here promises a profit. A journal shows you what you did; it does not make you profitable. The disclaimer covers this properly.
Talk to the people building it.
Ask about the product, share an idea, or watch a walkthrough. Choose the route that fits.