# TradeBench

A free trade planner and journal since 2011, paid for by one sponsor click a month.

**Best for:** swing and position traders of stocks, futures or forex who plan each trade with a stop and size it from their risk rules before entering; not for options traders or anyone wanting broker import.

*https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/tradebench · Trading Journal Software*

## Facts

### At a glance

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | TradeBench |
| Category | Trading Journal Software |
| Job | journaling |
| Website | https://tradebench.com |
| Pricing model | free |
| Free tier | true |
| Open source | false |
| Licence | none |
| Self-hosted | false |
| Tested hands-on | no |
| Claimed by vendor | no |
| Last updated | 2026-10-07 |

### Pricing

| Tier | USD | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | 0 USD | month |

### Coverage

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Asset classes | stocks, futures, forex, crypto |
| Markets | global |
| Works outside the US | true |
| Data latency | delayed |
| Platforms | web |
| AI features | none |

### Interfaces

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| API | false |
| Webhooks | false |
| Scripting | none |
| Python | false |
| Spreadsheet add-in | false |
| MCP server | false |
| Export | xlsx |

### Capabilities

Yes: charting, paper_trading

No: screening, scanning, backtesting, automation, live_trading, portfolio_tracking, broker_import, tax_reporting, alerts, news, options_analysis

*Verified: pricing 2026-10-07; capabilities 2026-10-07; coverage 2026-10-07.*

## What it is

A trade planner first and a journal second. Before you enter, you write a plan — entry, stop,
target — and TradeBench sizes the position from three limits you set once: maximum risk per trade
between entry and stop, maximum risk as a percentage of the account, and maximum capital in one
position. It uses whichever is most conservative, against the current account value including
open P&L. Checklists gate the entry, and some items tick themselves — a minimum average volume, for
instance, is looked up for you.

Open trades sit on a dashboard with updated prices, what-if calculations and a TradingView chart.
Closed trades become the journal: notes with pasted chart screenshots, labels for strategy, idea
source and exit method, and reports on profit factor, win rate, average P&L, hold time,
commissions and the equity curve, filterable by any of those labels. Paper-trade accounts run on
the same risk settings, kept apart from real ones. TradeBench ApS, in Aarhus, Denmark, has run it
since 2011.

## Pricing

Free, with no paid tier to upsell to. The bargain is attention: you agree to click one or two
sponsor links a month, shown at login or in at most one e-mail a month. The sponsors page names
TradingView, through an affiliate link, and "various newsletter publishers".

## Data & coverage

Stocks, futures, forex, crypto and CFDs on any exchange, with fractional shares. Options are not
supported — the FAQ says so and points to workaround videos. The vendor says it carries live or
delayed prices for most instruments; one it cannot look up can still be entered, and its P&L is
then figured from your own entry price rather than a market price.

## Integrations

TradingView supplies the charts on open trades, and screenshots paste straight from TradingView
into a journal entry or plan without uploading a file. There is no broker connection: closed
trades import only from TradeBench's own spreadsheet template, and export to Excel. Trades, plans
and the journal can be shared by private link or published.

## Limitations

- No options support at all, which rules it out for a large share of US retail traders.
- No broker import. History from a broker has to be reformatted into TradeBench's template, or
  typed in.
- The price is a monthly sponsor click, and the named sponsors include newsletter publishers — the
  one category of financial marketing a journal user is most likely to be better off without.
- Tested for screens of 1280×768 and up. Phones work but are not officially supported, and there
  is no app.
- Screenshots pasted into entries are not included in the export; they have to be saved one by one.

## Alternatives

[StonkJournal](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/stonkjournal) is the other free journal with no trade cap, and handles
multi-leg options. [TradeNote](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/tradenote) is free and self-hosted, with broker file import.
[Tradervue](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/tradervue)'s free plan imports from a long broker list but stops at 30 trades a
month. None of the three plans a trade or sizes it before entry the way TradeBench does.

## FAQ

### How is TradeBench free?

Sponsors pay for it. The condition of use is that you click one or two partner links a month, shown when you log in or sent in an e-mail, at most one a month. The partners page names TradingView, through an affiliate link, and unnamed financial newsletter publishers. There is no paid plan to upgrade to.

### Does TradeBench support options?

No. The vendor's FAQ says options and binary options are not supported, and offers videos on working around it. Stocks, futures, forex, crypto and CFDs are, with fractional shares.

### Can I import trades from my broker?

Not directly. TradeBench imports closed trades only from its own spreadsheet template, so broker history has to be reshaped into that file first; there is no broker connection and no per-broker importer. Closed trades export to Excel.

### Are tradebench.online or tradebenchfx.com the same company?

No. The vendor's FAQ names tradebench.online, tradebench.digital and tradebenchfx.com as sites misusing its name and recommends avoiding them. The product lives at tradebench.com and is run by TradeBench ApS in Aarhus, Denmark.

## Also worth comparing

- [StonkJournal](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/stonkjournal.md) — A free manual-entry trade journal with no trade cap; $10 adds file import and an AI coach.
- [TradeFuse](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/tradefuse.md) — A web trade journal with Monte Carlo projections and AI chat; auto-import starts at $49.
- [Trademetria](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/trademetria.md) — Multi-asset trade journal and tracker with a free plan and a 194-name import list.
- [TradeNote](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/tradenote.md) — The open-source trade journal you run in Docker, or rent hosted for $4.99 a month.
- [TraderSync](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/tradersync.md) — Trade journal with options spread detection on Elite and market replay down to 250ms.
- [Tradervue](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/tradervue.md) — The category's oldest journal, 81 supported brokers, and a free tier that still works.