For MetaTrader 4 & 5 · forex and CFD
A TradeZella alternative for MT4/MT5 traders — free for one account
TradeZella is a full journal starting at $35 a month, with no free plan. If you trade forex or CFDs on MetaTrader, this journal does the core free on one account: deals from your terminal without a password, P&L that matches the statement, a one-minute review.
For forex and CFD traders on their own broker account or prop challenges. Upload last month’s report and see it in a minute — or connect the terminal once and forget about it.
- Read-only
- Never places trades
- No password
- EURUSDBuy+42.10 USD
- XAUUSDSell−18.40 USD
- GBPUSDBuy+26.75 USD
TradeZella and this journal, side by side
| What matters | TradeZella | Trading Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Essential $35, Pro $59, Ultra $99 a month; yearly $315 / $531 / $891. No free plan. | Free for one account, connector included, no trade limit. Pro (more accounts, API sync) — price set before launch. |
| How MT4/MT5 trades get in | Broker sync with your investor password, or an HTML report upload. | A read-only connector in your terminal with a key you can revoke — no password at all. Or the report file (MT5 HTML or XLSX, MT4 statement). |
| Matches the broker statement | — | Every import is reconciled with the statement totals; any difference is shown, duplicates are skipped. |
| Prop-firm accounts | PropFirm Sync: daily and total drawdown, profit targets, consistency. | Daily loss counted the way the firm counts it, and each firm’s rule about our connector with the date we checked. |
| Reviewing each trade | Notebook and strategy playbooks. | Mistake and emotion tags in a minute, the cost of each mistake, rules kept vs. broken. |
| Chart replay and backtesting | Yes: trade and day replay, backtesting. | Not for forex and CFDs yet: the price data needs a licence first. |
— means we did not find it on their public pages, not that it does not exist.
Checked 2026-10-27 on their public pages: Pricing · Connecting MT4 and MT5
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Where TradeZella is stronger
- Trade and day replay on the chart, and backtesting.
- Brokers and markets beyond MetaTrader, futures included.
- Notebook templates and strategy playbooks.
Which one fits you
Pick TradeZella if…
you trade futures or stocks, or need chart replay and backtesting today.
Pick this journal if…
you trade forex or CFDs on MT4/MT5 and want the journal itself free, without handing over a password.
Try it on last month in a few minutes
No need to give anything up: the history comes from MetaTrader itself.
- 01
Export the MT5 report (HTML or XLSX) or the MT4 statement — for the whole period you want.
- 02
Upload it here: the statistics appear in about a minute; uploading the same file again adds nothing.
- 03
Add the read-only connector so every new deal arrives by itself.
Pricing
The journal itself is free. Pro pays for what costs us money: more accounts, API sync, storage.
Free
$0 forever
- One trading account
- MT4/MT5 connector or report files
- Daily review, reports, cost of mistakes, rules
- Stop, target and R on every trade
- 1 GB for files and screenshots
Pro
Soon
- Unlimited accounts — every challenge and broker
- API sync: Bybit, Hyperliquid, Interactive Brokers
- 20 GB for files and screenshots
- Everything in Free
The price is set before the public launch.
Join the Pro waitlistDuring the beta everything is free. Billing starts after launch, and you cancel in two clicks.
Questions
›Is it really free?
Yes, for one trading account: the MT4/MT5 connector or report files, the daily review, reports, the cost of mistakes and rules, with no trade limit. Pro adds more accounts and API sync; its price is set before launch.
›How do I bring my history over?
From MetaTrader itself: export the MT5 report or the MT4 statement for the whole period and upload it. Duplicates are skipped, so uploading again is safe.
›Is it safe to connect my trading account?
The connector runs in your own terminal and only reads the history. It never places, modifies or closes orders — our build checks its code for trading calls — and its source is published with checksums. We never ask for your master or investor password.
›Is my broker supported?
If your broker runs MetaTrader 4 or MetaTrader 5, yes: the connector works from inside the terminal, whoever the broker is. You can also upload the MT5 HTML/XLSX report or the MT4 statement.
Bring in last month’s trades and see where it went.
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