# TradeJARnal

A manual-entry trade journal that grades each trade on your own rules, never on its P&L.

**Best for:** traders of stocks, options, futures or crypto who will type each fill and want every trade graded against their own written rules; not for anyone wanting broker import, a free plan, a phone app or a refund.

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

## Facts

### At a glance

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | TradeJARnal |
| Category | Trading Journal Software |
| Job | journaling |
| Website | https://tradejarnal.com |
| Pricing model | subscription |
| Free tier | false |
| Open source | false |
| Licence | none |
| Self-hosted | false |
| Tested hands-on | no |
| Claimed by vendor | no |
| Last updated | 2026-11-04 |

### Pricing

| Tier | USD | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Essential | 9.99 USD | month |
| Pro | 14.99 USD | month |

### Coverage

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Asset classes | stocks, options, futures, crypto |
| Markets | us |
| Works outside the US | false |
| Data latency | none |
| Platforms | web |
| AI features | assistive |

### Interfaces

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

### Capabilities

Yes: none

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

*Verified: pricing 2026-11-04; capabilities 2026-11-04; coverage 2026-11-04.*

## What it is

A web trading journal built around one number that is not money. When you log a trade you tick
each of your own rules as followed, violated or not applicable, starting from 36 built-in ones
across pre-trade, during-trade and post-trade, and each trade keeps the rule list as it stood when
saved. On Pro, a fixed formula turns those ticks into a Process Score and a letter grade from A+ to
F, with the rule-by-rule working shown. P&L, ticker and size are not inputs, so a disciplined loss
can grade A and a rule-breaking win F; a broken rule marked non-negotiable caps the score, and a
mostly blank checklist gets no grade at all.

Around that sit the usual journal parts: entry, exit, setup, mistake and emotion tags, notes and an
annotated chart screenshot per trade, a calendar, and analytics covering win rate, equity curve,
P&L by weekday and emotion against P&L. Options trades take any number of fills, with weighted
entry and exit, contracts remaining and realised P&L on the part closed. Pro adds a playbook
compliance report, which compares trades that kept every rule with those that broke one, P&L by
setup and by half-hour slot, and three AI features. AI chart analysis reads trade details off a
screenshot. The Adaptive Process Coach picks the rule you break most often and writes one thing
to work on. A weekly report is emailed every Saturday. None of them suggests a trade or sets the
grade.

The site's terms, refund policy and footer name Cape Fear Digital LLC, a North Carolina web and
software studio, as the owner of the platform and the party that bills. Cape Fear Digital's own
site lists TradeJARnal as a separately branded journal built on the white-label platform it
licenses to trading educators. The domain was registered in August 2026 and the current terms are
dated 30 September 2026, so the product is weeks old.

## Pricing

Two plans, monthly through Stripe: Essential at $9.99 and Pro at $14.99. The page lists $99.99 and
$149.99 a year, but says annual checkout opens "once billing is live", so on 2026-11-04 only monthly
billing could be bought. A new account gets 14 days of Pro without a card, and the trial lapses
rather than converting. The refund policy is no refunds on any period once it has begun, with
exceptions at the vendor's discretion. Deleting the account does not cancel the subscription; that
is done separately in the billing portal.

## Data & coverage

Stocks, options, futures and crypto, each with its own entry form; forex is not mentioned. There is
no market data: no quotes, no price charts of the trade and no MFE or MAE, because the journal
knows only what you type and the screenshot you attach. Every price on the site is in dollars and
every example ticker is US-listed; no exchange, currency setting or non-US market is named.

## Integrations

None with brokers or platforms, in either direction. Out, Pro exports CSV, which carries the
options executions and realised figures, and PDF; Essential exports nothing. No API, webhooks or
MCP server. The AI features run on Anthropic's API, and the privacy policy lists what each one
sends.

## Limitations

- Every trade is typed by hand. An active day trader logging twenty fills a day pays for that in
  time, and a mistyped fill becomes a wrong P&L with nothing to check it against.
- The grade is only as honest as your ticks: you score your own adherence to your own rules, and
  the engine has no way to see whether a rule was really kept.
- Essential has no export at all, so leaving that plan means upgrading first or leaving the data.
- No refunds, and annual billing was not yet on sale on 2026-11-04.
- Web only; the site mentions no iOS or Android app.
- New: the domain dates from August 2026, and the weekly report sends tickers and P&L figures to a
  third-party AI service.

## Alternatives

[Edgewonk](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/edgewonk) is the established discipline-first journal, with its Tiltmeter and
imports from broker files, on one annual plan. [StonkJournal](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/stonkjournal) is free for
hand-typed trades with no cap. [TradeBench](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/tradebench) is the other journal with no broker
import, free, and built around planning a trade against your risk rules before you enter it.
[Mantis](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/mantis) tags each trade with an emotion on an iPhone. If you would rather not type
fills, [Tradervue](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/tradervue) and [TradeZella](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/tradezella) import them.

## FAQ

### Is there a free version of TradeJARnal?

No. Every new account gets 14 days of Pro without a card, and the trial does not turn into a charge by itself; when it ends you pick Essential or Pro to keep logging. The vendor's FAQ says there is no permanent free plan, and its refund policy says paid periods are not refunded.

### Can TradeJARnal import trades from my broker?

No. There is no broker connection and no file import; every trade, and every options fill, is typed in by hand. The vendor presents that as deliberate. Pro's AI chart analysis can read trade details off a chart screenshot you upload, which is the nearest thing to an import.

### What does the Process Grade measure?

Only how many of your own declared rules you marked as followed on that trade, with a broken rule marked non-negotiable capping the score. P&L, ticker, size, emotion and notes are left out, and no AI is involved, so a disciplined losing trade can grade A. If too much of the checklist is left blank, the grade is withheld.

### What does the AI see?

Per the privacy policy, three features call Anthropic's API, each only when used. Chart analysis sends the screenshot. The weekly report sends win rate, P&L, average win and loss, compliance and the week's best and worst trades with tickers. The coach sends a summary of which rules were followed or missed, without the trade's financial details.

## Also worth comparing

- [Chartlog](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/chartlog.md) — A cheap US stocks-and-options day-trading journal whose website stopped moving in 2022.
- [Mantis](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/mantis.md) — iPhone-only trade journal tagging each trade with an emotion; free for 10 trades a month.
- [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.
- [TickerReplay](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/tickerreplay.md) — A stocks-and-options journal rebuilt from your fills, with spreads and rolls kept whole.
- [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.