The cTrader trading journal that logs your trades for you.

On Pro, DuskAnalyst auto-syncs your closed cTrader trades with a free cBot that runs in your local cTrader instance. Every closed trade is pushed over HTTPS with a per-account API key, and the cBot is read-only: it never places orders, changes charts, or touches your indicators. The journal never sees your broker password or login credentials; only your closed trades and the account nickname leave the terminal. On Free, log manually or import a CSV at $0 for two accounts. In our 2026 audit we checked 356 brokers and prop firms one by one against their own sites, and the brokers table on our home page shows the evidence for each one.

No. Cloud cBots cannot make HTTP requests, so auto-sync works only from local (desktop) cTrader instances. If you trade from cTrader Web or the cloud, log manually or import a CSV — both work on the Free tier at $0, and you can upgrade to Pro later for auto-sync from local instances plus AI insights and unlimited accounts. Data is stored on Cloudflare, identity is handled by Auth0, billing by Stripe, and the AI that answers your insight questions runs on DeepSeek.

cTrader is built for execution and automation through cAlgo — it does not include a structured journal with win rate, profit factor and weekly performance reports. DuskAnalyst gives you that structure: instrument, entry, exit, lot size, the strategy behind the trade, tags and notes, rolled up into analytics, calendars and weekly report export. Free covers two accounts with manual entry and CSV import; Pro at $25 per month adds auto-sync via cBot, unlimited accounts, AI insights and full export.

Track the instrument, entry, exit, lot size, the cAlgo strategy or bot behind the trade, and one honest note about whether you followed your plan. That structure is what makes review possible: with it you can see which automations actually produce your edge and where your own decisions hurt it. DuskAnalyst stores all of it per trade and rolls it up into performance analytics, calendars and weekly report export. Data is stored on Cloudflare, identity is handled by Auth0, billing by Stripe, and the AI that answers your insight questions runs on DeepSeek. No credit card is required for Free, there are no setup fees, and you can cancel in one click.

A journal that auto-syncs your trades and computes win rate, profit factor and strategy breakdowns beats a diary when you are hunting for an edge, and that is what a paid tool adds over a spreadsheet. In 2026 the price of a good trading journal is roughly $25 to $99 per month, and DuskAnalyst sits at the low end at $25 with a free tier underneath — two accounts with manual entry, CSV import, tags, calendars, core analytics and weekly report export at $0.