TradingView Trading Journal
with Psychology & AI Insights
TradingView charts your setups brilliantly — but it doesn't track why you win or lose. Plancana is the journal that does: auto-sync the broker you trade through, tag your psychology, and get AI coaching built around your TradingView trades.
Free to download · Auto-syncs MT4 · MT5 · TradeLocker · ByBit · Read-only connection
The honest answer
Does TradingView have a trading journal?
Technically, yes — and most articles get this wrong. TradingView does have a built-in journal, tucked inside the Trading Panel → Trading Journal tab. It lists your recent trades and lets you jot a quick note against them.
But it's deliberately lightweight. There's no structured tagging, no performance analytics, no P&L breakdowns, and — most importantly — nowhere to record your state of mind. The other option, drawing notes directly on the chart, ties every thought to a price and time: you can't search it, filter it, or run any analysis on it, and after a hundred trades your chart is unreadable.
So you're left with a record of what you executed, but no system for understanding why — which is the entire point of journaling. That's the gap Plancana was built to fill: a dedicated journal that captures the reasoning and the psychology behind each trade, then turns it into AI coaching.
The short version: Use TradingView to chart and execute. Use Plancana to journal and improve. One is your cockpit; the other is your coach.
The problem
Why TradingView traders need a dedicated journal
TradingView is the best charting platform in the world — indicators, alerts, Pine Script, broker integrations, the lot. What it doesn't give you is a record of the decisions behind your trades. You can see that you gave back 5% on Thursday, but not why: chasing a breakout after a missed entry? Revenge trading a red open? Sizing up to claw a loss back?
A dedicated journal connects the trades you place through TradingView with the psychology behind each one — and an AI mentor that spots the patterns costing you money. That's what turns a great charting setup into a consistent edge.
TradingView alone
- Trade history without context
- Notes trapped on the chart
- No emotional tracking
- No improvement coaching
TradingView + Plancana
- Auto-synced trades with psychology tags
- Searchable journal with screenshots
- AI detects emotional patterns
- Personalised AI mentor after every session
Setup in 3 steps
How Plancana fits your TradingView workflow
You don't connect TradingView itself — you connect the broker it routes your orders to. Setup takes under two minutes, using a secure read-only connection so your account is always protected.
Chart and trade in TradingView
Keep doing exactly what you do now — analyse, mark up, and place your trades through your connected broker on TradingView web or mobile. Nothing about your workflow changes.
Connect that broker to Plancana
TradingView routes your orders to a broker — so that broker is where your filled trades actually live. Connect it to Plancana (MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker, or ByBit) with a secure, read-only link.
Journal, tag, and get coached
Your trades sync automatically. Add your TradingView chart screenshots, tag your mindset, and let the AI Mentor surface the emotional patterns behind your results — the part TradingView never records.
Trade through a broker we don't auto-sync yet? You can still journal those trades manually for free. See every supported platform on the integrations page.
What you get
Everything a TradingView trader needs in one journal
Auto-Sync the Broker Behind TradingView
Plancana connects to the broker you execute through — MT4, MT5, TradeLocker, or ByBit — and pulls every closed trade automatically. No CSV exports from TradingView, no copy-paste, no manual logging unless you want it.
Psychology Tracking TradingView Doesn't Have
TradingView's built-in journal records what you traded. Plancana records why — log your emotional state, confidence, and rule compliance next to every trade, and see whether your discipline slips after a red candle or a missed entry.
An AI Mentor for Your TradingView Setups
Plancana's AI reads your trade data and your emotional patterns together, then delivers personalised coaching — the kind of feedback a chart, an indicator, or a Pine Script back-test simply can't give you.
A Real Journal, Not Chart Annotations
Notes scribbled on a TradingView chart are tied to price and time — you can't filter, search, or analyse them, and after 100 trades the chart is a mess. Plancana keeps a structured, searchable journal where your screenshots and reasoning live with each trade.
Daily workflow
How TradingView traders use Plancana every day
Before the session
Review your trading plan and psychology rules in Plancana. Set your intention and your daily loss limit before you open a single chart.
During the session
Chart, analyse, and execute in TradingView exactly as you do now. Grab a screenshot of your setup at entry — you'll attach it in a moment.
After the session
Open Plancana. Your trades are already synced from your broker. Drop in your TradingView screenshots, tag your mindset, and add notes while it's fresh.
Weekly review
The AI mentor surfaces your emotional patterns, your best setups, and the behaviours quietly costing you money — so next week you trade the plan, not the feeling.
"My TradingView charts were immaculate and my account still bled out. The setups were fine — my reaction to a missed entry wasn't. Plancana's psychology tags made the revenge trades obvious, and dropping my chart screenshots next to each one is what finally made me review honestly."
Daniel K.
Day trader · TradingView user
TradingView journal FAQ
TradingView trading journal: common questions
Does TradingView have a trading journal?
Yes — but a basic one. TradingView has a built-in journal you reach through the Trading Panel → Trading Journal tab, which shows your recent trades and lets you add a simple note. What it does not give you is structured tagging, performance analytics, P&L breakdowns, psychology tracking, or any coaching. It is a record of executions, not a system for learning from them — which is exactly the gap Plancana fills.
Can Plancana connect to TradingView directly?
Plancana syncs your broker account, not TradingView itself. TradingView is a charting front-end that routes your orders to a connected broker — so your filled trades actually live at that broker. Plancana auto-syncs the broker you trade through (MT4, MT5, TradeLocker, or ByBit). Worth knowing: TradeLocker, which Plancana syncs natively, runs on TradingView's own charts, and MT4/MT5 accounts can be charted in TradingView too — so for most TradingView traders the trades flow in automatically.
How do I journal my TradingView trades in Plancana?
If you execute through a supported broker (MT4, MT5, TradeLocker, or ByBit), connect it once and your trades sync automatically — then add your TradingView chart screenshots, notes, and mindset tags. If you trade through a broker Plancana doesn't auto-sync yet, you can log those trades manually for free. Either way, the journaling, psychology, and AI coaching work the same.
Is Plancana better than TradingView's built-in journal?
They do different jobs. TradingView's journal is a lightweight log of your executions, sitting inside the chart you already use. Plancana is a dedicated journal that adds the things TradingView leaves out — structured tagging, emotional and rule-discipline tracking, searchable history, and an AI Mentor that tells you why your results look the way they do. Most serious traders use TradingView to chart and Plancana to actually improve.
Can I add my TradingView chart screenshots to each trade?
Yes. Screenshots are one of the most valuable things a TradingView trader can journal. Attach your marked-up chart to any trade in Plancana so your entry, exit, and reasoning sit together in a searchable record — instead of being scattered across drawings on a live chart that you can never filter or review properly.
Does it work with TradingView paper trading?
TradingView's paper trading isn't tied to a real broker, so those trades aren't auto-imported. You can still log paper trades manually in Plancana to build the journaling habit before you size up — many traders do exactly this while they refine a strategy.
Is it safe to connect my broker to Plancana?
Yes. Plancana uses a read-only connection. It can see your trade history to journal it, but it can never open, modify, or close trades, and it never needs withdrawal access. Connecting it is no riskier than connecting any read-only analytics tool to your account.
Is there a free TradingView journal option?
Yes. Plancana is free to download on iOS and Android, and you can journal your trades manually at no cost — no credit card. Automatic broker sync and the full AI Mentor are part of Premium (from $9.99/mo billed quarterly).
Also available: TradeLocker Trading Journal · MT5 Trading Journal · cTrader Trading Journal · All Integrations
Chart in TradingView, journal in Plancana
Auto-sync the broker behind your TradingView trades, track the psychology TradingView can't, and get AI coaching built for consistent growth.
No credit card required · Free to download