Google Sheets is free, opens on any computer and on your phone, and many traders share trading journal templates for it. What none of them does is take the trades from your platform for you.
Free, no card. Plus a bonus: the full version for your first 30 days.
“Free” is TradeRecall's free journal, which does not expire; “full” is the full version, yours for the first 30 days.
| Feature | TradeRecall | Google Sheets |
|---|---|---|
| Getting the trades in | ||
| After each session | Free: import your platform's file in one step. Full: nothing to do, the fills are already there | Paste or type the fills into the template |
| Platforms | Sierra Chart, NinjaTrader, Quantower, MetaTrader, cTrader; import from TradingView and others | Any, by hand |
| The columns a sheet cannot fill | ||
| Every stop and target move | Full: from Sierra Chart, NinjaTrader, Quantower, MetaTrader and cTrader, with time and price | Only what you remember to type |
| The chart at each fill and move | Full: taken by itself on your chart in the platform at every fill and every stop or target move; on NinjaTrader, Quantower, MetaTrader and cTrader also at every order placed or cancelled | A link to a screenshot you upload |
| Your reason | Full: one key combination, said during the trade | A text cell after the close |
| The rest | ||
| Statistics | Free: win rate and expectancy per setup and per mistake | As far as the template's formulas go |
| Where your trades are | On your computer | In your Google account |
For futures, forex and CFDs, TradeRecall's free journal does what a template asks you to do by hand: it imports your platform's file and keeps each account apart, and its reports give win rate and expectancy per setup. It runs on Windows and on a Mac with Apple silicon; the free key needs an email address, not a card. Free trading journal
Yes, they do not get in each other's way. TradeRecall has no phone app; it sits on the computer you trade on, because that is where your platform, your chart and your voice are during the trade. Trading journal for Mac
It does not need one: a trade already has its fills, its setup, its mistakes and your notes, whether you enter it by hand or import it.
No. It is on your computer, and nothing from it goes to anyone else's servers.
Windows, or a Mac with Apple silicon, and an email address for the free key. No card.
This page was checked on 27 October 2026. If something on it is wrong, tell us at support at traderecall.app and we will fix it.
TradeRecall is a trading journal for futures, forex and CFD traders that records every fill live from Sierra Chart, NinjaTrader, Quantower, MetaTrader and cTrader, puts what you say during a trade on that trade, and keeps everything on your computer.
