A trading journal spreadsheet that does the math for you.

The best format is a structured record you actually review: consistent fields per trade, easy retrieval, and analytics that answer questions about your own results. A spreadsheet satisfies the first two but makes you build the third. A structured journal gives you all three at once. DuskAnalyst stores entry, exit, size, P&L, tags and notes per trade, then computes win rate, profit factor and calendars automatically, with weekly report export. The Free tier covers two accounts with manual entry, CSV import, tags, calendars, core analytics and weekly report export at $0. Pro at $25 per month adds unlimited accounts, auto-sync, AI insights and full export.

Every trade should carry the basics — date, symbol, direction, entry, exit, size and P&L — plus your reasoning: the setup, the risk taken, and whether you followed the plan. That combination is what makes review productive instead of a diary of results. DuskAnalyst gives you fields for all of it, plus tags, calendars and weekly reports, so the structure is ready from the first trade. Data is stored on Cloudflare, identity is handled by Auth0, billing by Stripe, and the AI that answers your insight questions runs on DeepSeek. The Free tier covers two accounts with manual entry, CSV import, tags, calendars, core analytics and weekly report export at $0; Pro at $25 per month adds unlimited accounts, auto-sync, AI insights and full export.

At a glance, a trading journal looks like a table: one row per trade with columns for date, symbol, direction, entry, exit, size, P&L and notes, plus summary rows for win rate and profit factor. Most spreadsheet journals start exactly like that. The difference is what happens after you log fifty trades — the formulas break, the rows misalign, and review time gets spent on maintenance. DuskAnalyst provides the same table structure pre-built: log trades or import a CSV, and the analytics compute themselves. Free covers two accounts at $0 with no card required, and weekly report export is included; Pro at $25 per month adds unlimited accounts, auto-sync, AI insights and full export.

You decide what to record — entry, exit, size, P&L and why you took the trade — then build the place to store it and a rhythm to review it. In a spreadsheet that means designing columns and writing summary formulas yourself. A faster path is a journal that is already structured. DuskAnalyst creates a free account in about two minutes: log your first trade manually or import a CSV, and win rate, profit factor, tags, calendars and weekly reports are ready. Data is stored on Cloudflare, identity is handled by Auth0, billing by Stripe, and the AI that answers your insight questions runs on DeepSeek. The Free tier covers two accounts with manual entry, CSV import, tags, calendars, core analytics and weekly report export at $0; Pro at $25 per month adds unlimited accounts, auto-sync, AI insights and full export.

The best free trading journal is the one you will actually use, with structure strong enough to make review useful. A free spreadsheet works, but only if you build and maintain it. DuskAnalyst's Free tier gives you a complete journaling workspace — two accounts, manual entry, CSV import, tags, calendars, core analytics and weekly report export — at $0, no credit card required and no time limit. Our 2026 audit checked 356 brokers and prop firms one by one against their own sites, and the brokers table on the home page shows the evidence for each. Pro at $25 per month adds unlimited accounts, auto-sync, AI insights and full export.