Hey everyone! I can't really pay for any paid backtesting websites/softwares as of now, can anyone please suggest some free alternatives for the same, also websites with inbuilt journalling alongside backtesting would be highly appreciated to ensure that I am keeping a track of all those backtested trades.
7 attempts, yes you heard that right it took me a whole 7 attempts , failing the 1st stage evaluation , and its not like i found some fabulous startegy on my latest attempt that i cleared both the stages , the strategy was the absolute same, it was the absolutely pathetic risk managment I had while making my positions, I would always let my emotions decide how much i should risk on a trade and it only kept getting worse and worse , have a structured % while risking your positions, it would be different for everyone depending upon your startegy but follow that percentage for every trade, there is no "this is a way better trade", trade only when all your confluences meet and risk that fixed percentage only. Journalling also helped me a lot and it helped me track the profitable trades and ultimately i got to figure out exactly what percentage i should risk for the trade to turn profitable, use out some free journals, dont pay for something as ordinary as a journal, i hv heard about these on reddit itself- tradezella, tradexis .ai , tradervue, notion ( just find out which one’s free rn i m not so sure ) or simply google sheets if u find that convenient.
I know what you're thinking. Another day, another AI-powered trading journal "slop" post promising to make u profitable, and honestly, most of them are just glorified spreadsheets that charge you monthly fees for features you don’t need.
I’m a cs freshman , a trader, and I got so frustrated; I had the strategy, the levels, and the confluences, but it didn't matter. The data eventually exposed a brutal truth I was ignoring:
1. Revenge Loops: I was re-entering every single loss within 10 minutes, and the math showed those trades had a 0% win rate.
2. Sizing Blindness: My win rate cratered from 50% to 20% whenever I sized up after a "lucky" win.
None of these mistakes lived on my charts; they lived in my head. I built Tradexis.ai . It’s an institutional-grade command center that’s absolutely free because I’m tired of the grift.
Why this is the only tool that actually helps you trade:
In-Built TradingView & Execution Workflow: Stop switching tabs. We have TradingView integrated directly into the workflow. You analyze, execute, and journal in one unified space.
Active Drawdown Guardian: This isn't a passive log; it’s an active risk engine. It tracks your prop firm's specific drawdown buffers, daily loss limits, and consistency rules in real-time. It effectively "guards the downside" before you even click the trade button.
Multi-Account Command Center: If you’re juggling evals (Apex, Topstep, FTMO, etc.), this is a cheat code. You track every account's stats and rule-sets in a single, synced dashboard.
AI Vision & Coaching: Drop a screenshot of your execution or use AI voice notes, and the Vision model extracts the data instantly. You can then ask the AI, "Am I on track for my funded payout?" or "Why did I tilt here?", and it gives you data-backed answers based on your actual trading history.
p&l heat maps, your best trading hours, best trading sessions for you, your prop challenge pass tracker, ICT playbook, your trade recap, flashy cards to share your best trade, voice based trade journalling and a ton more, all it takes is logging a trade.
ABSOLUTELY FREE, No paywall, no hidden subscription fees, and no "pro-tier" for features that should be standard. I built this for myself to stop blowing evaluations, and I’m making it available to the community because I’m tired of seeing traders get nickel-and-dimed by garbage software.
I’ve used a bunch of trading journals like TradeZella, TradeVue, even my own Excel sheets, and honestly they never stopped me from making the same dumb mistakes.
They’re solid tools, no doubt. But most of them are built around stats like P&L, win rate, risk reward, dashboards. It all looks great, but none of that actually stopped me from:overtrading after a win, revenge trading after a loss, breaking my own rules even when I knew better
At some point it felt like I was just tracking my mistakes more efficiently, not fixing them.
Lately there’s also been a flood of free trading journals. A lot of them feel the same, flashy UI, vibe coded, not much depth, recycled ideas.
I didn’t want to build another one of those, though I might have anyway without realising. So I tried making something that focuses more on behaviour and patterns instead of just numbers. Tried, because I am not sure if it actually solves anything or if I am just biased since I built it.(https://www.tradexis.ai)
So I need a real reality check:If you have journaled trades seriously, what do these tools still get wrong?
And if you stopped journaling, what made you quit?
Not selling anything. Just trying to figure out if this is actually useful or just another version of the same problem.
I’ve used countless paid journals- TradeZella , TradeVue, (even my own excel sheets) and honestly, they didn’t stop me from making the same dumb mistakes, They’re solid tools, no doubt but most of them are built around stats:P&L, win rate, risk-reward, dashboards, and yeah, that all looks nice but none of it stopped me from: overtrading after a win, revenge trading after a loss, breaking my own rules even when I knew better.
At some point it just felt like I was tracking my mistakes more efficiently, not fixing them
Lately there’s also been a flood of “free trading journals” , a lot of them feel kinda vibe-coded, flashy UI, not much depth, same recycled ideas. Didn’t want to build another one of those (and I might’ve anyway without realising), so I tried making something that focuses more on behaviour and patterns instead of just numbers**"("tried")"**. In my head, it solves what I felt was missing in tools like TradeZella , TradeVue and other top journals,
But I also know how easy it is to think your own product is better when you built it so I need a real reality check: If you’ve actually journaled trades seriously ;what do these tools still get wrong? and if you stopped journaling, what made you quit? Not trying to sell anything , just trying to figure out if I built something useful or just another slightly less obvious version of the same problem.
How do you track trading psychology in your journal? Need tags for tilt/emotion but most apps suck at it...