Turn trading chaos into trading clarity.
A free forex trading journal that turns your trades into insights - track every trade, measure your risk discipline, and find the patterns that actually make you money.
FxScouts Trading Journal is a trade-analysis and record-keeping tool. It is not a broker or trading platform. You cannot open, execute or manage trades through FxScouts Trading Journal, and we do not hold or manage customer funds.
✦ Today’s insight
Tokyo is dragging on you
9 trades, −$480. London returned +$1,240 over the same 30 days.
Based on 30 days of your logged trades
What we’re seeing
A recurring pattern, not one bad run. The gap held for three straight weeks.
Performance at a glance
Net P&L
+$1,820
+23% this month
Win rate
64%
18 of 28 trades
Profit factor
1.76
above 1.5 target
Expectancy
+$65.00
per trade
Max drawdown
$90.00
peak to trough
Performance overview · 30 days
Recent trades
GBP/USD
Long
London
+2.4R
+$420
EUR/USD
Long
London/NY
+1.8R
+$290
USD/JPY
Short
Tokyo
−1.0R
−$180
Sample data, shown for illustration.
See every
pattern.
Logging a trade takes 30 seconds. Your first insight surfaces in minutes. And unlike a spreadsheet, the journal actually tells you what it found – with dollar amounts attached.
Start spotting patterns →Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Wk
1+$120
2−$60
3+$180
4+$110
5−$90
6
7
+$260
8+$220
9+$95
10−$140
11+$260
12+$130
13
14
+$565
15+$300
16+$85
17−$75
18+$140
19−$60
20
21
+$390
22+$175
23+$60
24+$145
25+$210
26+$15
27
28
+$605
ProfitLossRule break+$1,820 · 28 trades
London is your strongest session (+$1,240). Tokyo is costing you (−$480).
Plan followed
86%
24 scored trades
Risk details logged
72%
23 of 32 trades filled in
23 complete9 missing
Mistakes tagged
9
tags this period
Reviews completed
64%
9 of 14 trading days
Backed by
your data.
Every insight comes directly from your trades – not generic advice. The journal finds your most costly mistakes, names them, and tells you exactly how much they're worth fixing.
See what your trades reveal →Detected in your last 30 days
1
Tokyo session is leaking
−$480
est. cost vs baseline
2
Overtrading days
−$180
est. cost vs baseline
3
Tilt after a losing streak
−$95
early signal · small sample
✦
London open is working
+$1,240
vs your baseline
Insight from your data
London open is your edge
+$184 avg · 07:00–11:00 London · 34 trades
Your trader DNA
Patient Sniper
Built from 142 logged trades
Stay
disciplined.
Log the risk you planned and the risk you actually took. The journal scores every trade against your plan, counts the days you went over, and shows you what slipping cost.
See my risk discipline →Risk metrics overview
Risk adherence score
86%
Trades marked as risk-adherent
Over-risked trades
4
Actual risk > planned
Latest risk plan
1%
Most recent trade in the active account
Planned vs actual risk % (last 20 trades)
Distance between lines shows variance between planned and actual risk.
Planned %Actual %
Guardrails
How often you broke your daily or weekly loss limits.
Daily loss breaches
2
Weekly loss breaches
0
Account-level rules
Max daily loss$200
Max weekly loss$500
Risk per trade1%
questions, answered
Before you start.
What is a forex trading journal?
A trading journal is a record of every trade you take, along with why you took it. Logging your reasoning, risk and outcome turns scattered results into patterns you can act on — showing which setups actually make money, and which habits quietly cost you. It is the difference between remembering your trading and measuring it.
Is the FxScouts Trading Journal free?
Yes — the core journal is free, with unlimited trades, broker syncing and your performance analytics included. Pro is $9 a month and adds advanced dashboard breakdowns, unlimited saved trade drafts and priority support. You can try Pro for $0 first, and no card is needed to start journaling.
Do you need my broker password?
No. We never ask for your account password. MT4 and MT5 connect with your investor password, which is read-only and enforced by your broker — trades can never be placed or modified. The Expert Advisor option needs no password at all, and cTrader uses OAuth, so no credentials are shared.
Which brokers and platforms can I connect?
MT4, MT5 and cTrader connect directly. MT4 and MT5 link via an investor password or an Expert Advisor; cTrader uses secure OAuth through Spotware. Once connected, closed trades sync automatically every 15 minutes. If your broker is not supported, you can still import your trades from a spreadsheet.
Can I import my existing trading history?
Yes. A one-time History Importer for MT4 and MT5 reads your full closed-trade history from inside your terminal and sends it here for review before anything is saved. You can also import a spreadsheet export — CSV, Excel, OpenDocument or Numbers — from most brokers.
My broker uses odd symbol names. Will that break my stats?
No. Brokers label the same market differently — gold might be XAUUSD, GOLD or GC, often with suffixes like EURUSD.r. Symbol mapping lines those up with standard instruments so your trades group correctly. It is non-destructive: it changes how trades are grouped for statistics, never the original records.
How is this different from a spreadsheet?
A spreadsheet stores your trades; this reads them. You get an Edge score out of 100 built from win quality, risk discipline, consistency and drawdown control, plus your single biggest opportunity, what each mistake has cost you in currency, and a heatmap of when you trade best.
Do I need to be an experienced trader?
No. The journal works from your first trade, and a guided tour walks you through each area. Analytics sharpen as your history grows — most metrics need around five trades before they are meaningful — so the value builds as you use it rather than requiring a track record upfront.