Your journal is files, not rows
Every trade note and review is a plain text file on your computer, with the trade data stored alongside it. Readable in any text editor, forever.
Why traders choose local files
Most trading journals keep your history in their database. Journalit keeps it in yours: a folder of markdown files you can read, move, back up, and keep.
Journal without a connection
Manual entry, trade notes, dashboards, analytics, templates, and reviews all work offline because nothing about journalling requires a server.
Private by architecture
Journalling happens on your device. Network-backed features are optional, and what they transmit is documented, not buried in a policy.
No lock-in, no export step
If you stop paying, or stop using Journalit entirely, your trade history stays where it always was: in your vault, organised by year, month, and week.
Search and link like knowledge
Journalit runs inside Obsidian, the free note-taking app, so trades can be searched, tagged, and linked alongside the rest of your notes.
Automation when you want it
Pro adds Trade Import for broker exports plus MT4 and Tradovate sync. Imported trades still land as local files in your vault.
What works offline, honestly
Local-first does not mean disconnected. Here is the exact split, the same one documented on our data and privacy page.
Works offline
- Manual trade entry and trade notes
- Dashboards and analytics
- Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly reviews
- Templates and attachments in your vault
- Searching your entire trade history
Needs internet
- Trade Import for broker exports
- MT4 and Tradovate sync
- Authentication and subscription checks
The full breakdown of what is stored locally and what is transmitted lives on the data, privacy and offline page.
Offline and privacy questions
It is local-first, not disconnected. Manual journalling, trade notes, dashboards, analytics, templates, and reviews work offline because the journal lives on your device. Trade Import, MT4 and Tradovate sync, authentication, and subscription checks need internet.
In a dedicated journal folder on your computer, inside your Obsidian vault (the folder of notes Obsidian manages). Trade notes are normal text files carrying entries, exits, P&L, account, and tags. Attachments you add stay on your device.
Yes. Trade notes and reviews are plain markdown files. If you stop using Journalit, or Obsidian, the files remain readable in any text editor. There is no export step because there is nothing to export from.
Journalling itself happens in files on your device. Network-backed features are optional, and the data privacy page documents exactly what is stored locally, what works offline, and what is transmitted when you enable a network feature.
Sync features transmit the broker and account data needed to import your trades. Your thesis, notes, tags, screenshots, reviews, and custom fields are local files and are never replaced by broker updates. See the data, privacy and offline page for the exact breakdown.
Free vs Pro
Journalit is free for journalling, analytics, reviews, and templates. Pro unlocks Trade Import, automatic trade sync, and the Economic Calendar.
Free
$0forever
Manual journaling, flexible reviews, and analytics on your device.
INCLUDES
- Unlimited trades & accounts
- Local-first privacy
- Custom fields & properties
- Rich markdown notes
- Analytics dashboard
SAVE 17%
Pro
$15/month
Billed annually at $180/year
Skip the spreadsheet cleanup. Sync and import trades into the journal you already review.
EVERYTHING IN FREE, PLUS
- Automated MT4 sync and MT5 statement import
- Trade Import for broker exports
- Economic Calendar with weekly event imports
- Multi-account sync support
- Priority support