Notion is a good place to write: pages, databases and a template that looks the way you want. A trading journal also needs numbers that are right, and those come from your platform, not from a form you fill in after the close.
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 | Notion |
|---|---|---|
| The trade | ||
| Entry, exit, size, result | Free: from your platform's file. Full: live as you trade | Typed into each database entry |
| Stop and target, with each move | Full: from Sierra Chart, NinjaTrader, Quantower, MetaTrader and cTrader | A property you fill in |
| Chart picture | 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 screenshot you paste into the page |
| Your words | ||
| Notes on a trade | Free: typed. Full: spoken during the trade and put into it | Typed on the trade's page |
| Premarket plan | Full: said or typed; the levels you confirm are drawn on your chart | A page you write |
| Daily review | Free: your reflection and chapters, typed, and a summary of the day saved as a file. Full: say chapters out loud and they become text | A page you write |
| Numbers and place | ||
| Win rate and expectancy | Free: per setup and per mistake | Your formulas and rollups |
| Where it is kept | On your computer | In Notion's cloud |
Yes, and it does not need building. TradeRecall's free journal takes your trades from the file your platform exports, keeps each account apart and reports win rate and expectancy per setup and per mistake. Write your notes on the trade, as you would on a Notion page. It is free for good; the free key needs an email address, not a card. Free trading journal
The things that happen in your platform while the trade is open. In the full version your fills arrive by themselves, each stop and target move is kept, a chart picture is taken at each step, and you can say why you are in the trade without leaving the chart. Voice trading journal
Of course. TradeRecall keeps the trades, your words about them and the statistics; a playbook or a reading list can stay where you like it.
Your journal is on your computer. TradeRecall goes online for the licence, to look for updates, for exchange rates and to download its voice notes files.
Live: Sierra Chart, NinjaTrader, Quantower, MetaTrader 4 and 5, and cTrader. From a file: CQG Desktop, R|Trader Pro, MotiveWave and TradingView.
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.
