The short version
Answers,
not just statistics.
Edgewonk is the statistician's trading journal. It gives you dozens of statistics, custom metrics, and its Tiltmeter discipline tracker — powerful if you enjoy digging through data yourself. It costs $197 paid upfront for a fixed term, with no free version and no monthly billing.
FreeTradeJournal takes the opposite approach: a free plan you can use forever, a $12.99/month Pro tier, and an AI coach that reads your trades and tells you directly what is working and what is not — instead of leaving the interpretation to you. Prop-firm evaluation tracking is built in.
Which one fits depends on how you like to work. Here is the honest breakdown.
Side by side
FreeTradeJournal
vs Edgewonk.
| FreeTradeJournal | Edgewonk | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes — free forever, no card | No |
| Monthly billing option | Yes — $12.99/month | No — $197 paid upfront per term |
| Annual price | $99.99/year | $197/year term |
| Free trial | 14 days on Pro | None — 14-day money-back guarantee instead |
| AI coaching | Included — free plan gets 20 analyses/month | Statistics-based analytics |
| Prop-firm evaluation tracker | Built in (PropTracker) | Not a dedicated feature |
| Trade import | CSV/Excel from any broker | Broker import templates |
Edgewonk pricing from edgewonk.com, August 2026. Check their site for current rates.
The honest breakdown
Where each one
actually wins.
Where FreeTradeJournal wins
Free to start, cheap to stay
Edgewonk has no free version — you pay $197 upfront before you know if it fits how you trade. FreeTradeJournal's free plan has no time limit, and Pro is $12.99/month or $99.99/year, about half Edgewonk's term price.
Pay monthly if you want
Edgewonk bills the full term upfront. FreeTradeJournal has a monthly option, and Pro subscriptions start with a 14-day free trial rather than a refund process.
AI coaching, not just statistics
Edgewonk gives you statistics to interpret yourself. FreeTradeJournal's AI reads your trades and journal entries and tells you in plain English what is working, what is not, and what to do about it.
Prop-firm tracking built in
PropTracker monitors evaluation progress, drawdown limits, and daily loss across FTMO, Apex, Topstep, and other firms. Edgewonk does not treat funded-account tracking as a dedicated feature.
News and economic calendar included
Market news and an economic calendar sit next to your journal, so you can flag which trades happened into red-folder events.
Where Edgewonk is still ahead
Depth of custom statistics
Edgewonk is built for traders who want to slice their data every possible way — dozens of built-in statistics plus custom stat slots. FreeTradeJournal's analytics are deliberately simpler.
Emotional analytics depth
Edgewonk's Tiltmeter is a mature system for tracking discipline and emotional patterns over time. FreeTradeJournal tracks trade emotions, but Edgewonk goes deeper on this specific dimension.
A decade of refinement
Edgewonk has been around since the mid-2010s and its statistics engine reflects years of trader feedback.
Switching from Edgewonk Questions
Common questions about moving your journal and what FreeTradeJournal does and does not do
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