# Traders Journal
> Free trading journal and backtesting app for serious and learning traders.

Traders Journal helps traders log trades, backtest strategies, analyze performance, and review charts in one platform — journal, backtest, live charts and automation.

## Key Pages
- [Homepage](https://tradersjournal.app/) — Journal, backtest, live charts and automation in one workspace.
- [Trading Journal](https://tradersjournal.app/trading-journal) — Import or log every trade, add context while it is fresh, and turn hundreds of records into clear patterns you can review, improve, and repeat.
- [Supported Brokers](https://tradersjournal.app/supported-brokers) — Zerodha, Dhan, FYERS, Groww, Upstox and Interactive Brokers sync directly. MetaTrader covers hundreds more. Every other broker imports by statement.
- [NinjaTrader & Tradovate Integration](https://tradersjournal.app/integrations/ninjatrader-tradovate) — Import NinjaTrader or Tradovate trade history by file upload today. Auto Sync is coming soon.
- [Pricing](https://tradersjournal.app/pricing) — Free plan plus Premium monthly and annual pricing in multiple currencies.
- [About Us](https://tradersjournal.app/about-us) — Built by five co-founders under Only4Traders in Kolkata, India, and the values every tool comparison we publish is written under.
- [Blog](https://tradersjournal.app/blog)
- [Sign up (free)](https://tradersjournal.app/signup)

## Guides
- [What Is a Trading Journal? The Real Meaning](https://tradersjournal.app/blog/what-is-trading-journal) — What a trading journal actually is, what to track, worked examples of a winning and losing trade, and how to start one.
- [The Options Trading Journal Guide: What It Is, What to Log, and Why Strategy Changes the Rules](https://tradersjournal.app/blog/what-is-options-trading-journal) — What an options trading journal is, the option-specific fields to log (strike, expiry, premium, contracts), naked vs. hedged and sideways vs. directional as separate questions, and how to review multi-leg spreads by structure instead of total P&L.
- [5 Best Free Trading Journal Software Options in 2026](https://tradersjournal.app/blog/best-free-trading-journal-software) — Free plans compared for Traders Journal, TraderWaves, Stonk Journal, UltraTrader, and TradesViz: broker auto-sync, screenshot limits, backtesting, imports, and what each one gates behind its paywall.
- [Futures Backtesting: Free Software & How to Backtest It Right](https://tradersjournal.app/blog/free-futures-backtesting) — Free futures backtesting for NIFTY, BANKNIFTY, NASDAQ, Dow Jones, and S&P 500, with contract specs, session timing, and rollover explained.
- [5 Best No-Code Backtesting Software in 2026](https://tradersjournal.app/blog/best-no-code-backtesting-software) — Comparison of Tradezella, FXReplay, Traders Journal, Forex Tester, and TradingView.
- [Forex Trading Simulator: FXReplay vs Traders Journal](https://tradersjournal.app/blog/forex-trading-simulator-fxreplay-vs-traders-journal) — Pricing, limits, and journaling compared for forex bar replay.
- [Forex Tester Alternative? See How Traders Journal Compares](https://tradersjournal.app/blog/forex-tester-vs-traders-journal) — Forex Tester Desktop and Online pricing, tick data depth, journaling, and platform compared against Traders Journal.
- [How to Backtest on TradingView — Bar Replay and Strategy Tester](https://tradersjournal.app/blog/how-to-backtest-on-tradingview) — Manual Bar Replay vs. automated Strategy Tester, the plan limits on each, what the results don't tell you, and a free intraday alternative with no Pine Script required.
- [How to Backtest a Trading Strategy (No Code Required)](https://tradersjournal.app/blog/how-to-backtest-a-trading-strategy) — Five steps to backtest a strategy without Pine Script or Python: write fixed rules, pick data, run it bar by bar, log every signal, and read win rate, risk-to-reward, drawdown, and losing streaks together.