Obsidian trading journal plugin
that you actually own
Journalit is an Obsidian trading journal plugin. Track trades, write review notes, customise built-in templates, analyse performance, and keep all of your journal data on your device. Upgrade to Pro only if you want automated imports.
Your journal stays on your own device and still remains readable even if you uninstall the plugin later.
How Journalit works in Obsidian
The product is built around keeping your journal on your own device, review second, automation third. You can start manually and add imports later without changing your journal structure.
- 1
Capture trades
Add trades manually for any market, or connect automated imports later with trade import or MetaTrader 4/5 sync. - 2
Review your process
Use built-in trade-note and review templates for daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly reflection. - 3
Analyse what actually matters
Track performance, drawdowns, setups, mistakes, and consistency without moving your journal out of Obsidian.
How trades live inside your Obsidian vault
Journalit is built around normal Obsidian-friendly records: structured trade data, markdown notes, screenshots, and review pages that remain readable even if you stop using the plugin later.
---
symbol: ES
side: long
entry: 5241.25
exit: 5248.75
setup: opening-range-breakout
mistakes:
- late-entry
emotion: calm
result: win
---
## Thesis
## Entry reason
## Screenshot
## Exit review
## What I would do differently
Example vault structure
Journalit/
Trades/
Reviews/
Daily Report Cards/
Weekly Reviews/
Monthly Reviews/
Screenshots/
Strategies/
Manual Obsidian template vs Journalit plugin
A manual template is a good way to prove that Obsidian fits your trading review process. Journalit is the next step when you want the notes-first workflow plus structured trade records, analytics, imports, and repeatable reviews.
Manual template
- • Best if you only need written notes and screenshots.
- • You maintain fields, folders, Dataview queries, and review pages yourself.
- • Start here if you are still deciding whether Obsidian belongs in your trading workflow.
Journalit plugin
- • Best if you want notes, dashboards, analytics, and imports in one Obsidian vault.
- • Trade records, review templates, mistake tracking, and performance filters are built in.
- • Add broker CSV import or MetaTrader sync when manual entry becomes the bottleneck.
What you get before paying anything
Journalit is not a bait-and-switch journal. The core journalling workflow, analytics, and review system are available in the free plan.
Your journal stays on your own device
Built-in review workflows
Trade notes, Daily Report Cards, and longer-horizon review templates are available immediately after install.
Analytics and Trade Log
See performance across accounts, setups, mistakes, and filters without leaving Obsidian.
Free trading journal
See exactly what stays free before you ever pay for automation.
Best free trading journal
See how Journalit compares if you want a strong free tier without another monthly SaaS bill.
Trading journal with notes
See how written context, screenshots, and recurring review fit into the workflow.
Notion vs Obsidian
Compare a hosted workspace with a private vault workflow for trade notes, screenshots, and reviews.
Review notes workflow
See why Journalit fits traders who care about written review notes and recurring reflection.
Customise the system
Change prompts, layouts, fields, tags, and review logic to match your own process.
Go Pro only when you want automated imports
Journalit keeps the business model simple: the free plan covers journalling and analysis, while Pro unlocks automated trade ingestion.
Import trade history from supported broker exports, map columns for anything else, or use AI-assisted mapping for messy CSV files.
Set up MT4 or MT5 once and let Journalit pull in new trades on an hourly cadence with duplicate detection and account linking.
Current limitation
Does it work with the rest of Obsidian?
Journalit is designed to fit an Obsidian vault instead of replacing it with a separate trading SaaS database.
What traders usually ask first
Pricing
Journalit is free for journalling, analytics, reviews, and templates. Pro unlocks automated imports only.
Free
Everything you need to journal and improve.
Includes
- Unlimited trades and accounts
- Trade Log and analytics dashboard
- Built-in templates for trade notes and reviews
- Custom fields, tags, setups, and mistakes
- Works offline with your vault as the source of truth
Pro
Billed yearly ($180 once per year) or $18/month billed monthly.
For traders who want automated imports instead of manual logging.
Everything in Free, plus
- CSV imports for any broker
- Automated MetaTrader 4/5 sync
- AI-assisted mapping for messy exports
- Duplicate detection and multi-account support