A powerful, local-first trading journal plugin for Obsidian that helps traders track, analyze, and improve their trading performance. Complete with trading templates and automated analytics. (Closed Source)
Keywords: obsidian trading journal, trading plugin, trade tracker, obsidian trading template, trading analytics, MT5 sync
π Features β’ π Installation β’ π₯ Beta Testing β’ π¬ Support
Privacy First: All your manual trades stay local in your vault. Optional MT5 sync connects to Journalit servers only for automated trade retrieval. Read our Privacy Policy
Currently seeking 100 serious traders for beta testing before our official launch.
Beta testers receive:
- Lifetime 50% discount when we launch
- Direct input on feature development
- Early access to new features
- Personal migration assistance for existing trading data
Requirements:
- Active trader with existing journal or notes
- Willing to provide weekly feedback
- Commit to 4+ weeks of testing
Ready to join? Install via BRAT below and join our Discord Server
- Local-First Trading Journal: All your trading data stays secure in your Obsidian vault
- Comprehensive Trade Tracking: Record trades with detailed metadata, psychology notes, and rich context
- Trading Templates: Pre-built templates for daily reviews, trade analysis, and market assessments
- Advanced Trading Analytics: Performance charts, drawdown analysis, win rate metrics, and comprehensive trading statistics
- Native Obsidian Plugin: Seamlessly integrates with your existing Obsidian workflow
- Daily & Weekly Trading Reviews: Structured reflection templates and planning workflows
- Account Management: Track multiple trading accounts with transaction history and P&L tracking
- Trade Log & Journal: Centralized view of all your trades with filtering and search capabilities
- MetaTrader 5 Integration: Automatically sync trades from MT5 via FTP (optional, requires internet connection). Manual trades always remain local. Privacy details
- Smart Onboarding: Guided setup to get your trading journal running in under 60 seconds
- Psychology Tracking: Monitor trading emotions, mistakes, and behavioral patterns
- Customizable Dashboard: Personalized trading analytics and performance widgets
Comprehensive performance analytics with customizable widgets and trading metrics
Financial account management with AUM tracking and transaction history
Track your drawdowns, profit targets, and monthly costs for each trading account
Complete trading journal with all your trades in an organized, searchable format

- Download and open Obsidian
- Go to Settings β Community Plugins β Turn on community plugins
- Click Browse, search for "BRAT" and install the BRAT plugin
- Open BRAT settings and click "Add Beta Plugin"
- Enter this repository URL:
Cursivez/journalitand select "Latest version" - Click "Add Plugin" and enable it in your plugin settings
- Download the latest release files:
main.jsmanifest.json
- Create a folder called
journalitin your.obsidian/plugins/directory - Place the downloaded files in the
journalitfolder - Restart Obsidian and enable the plugin in Settings β Community Plugins
- Configure: After installation, open Settings β Journalit to configure your trading journal
- First Trade: Create your first trade entry using the intuitive trade form
- Daily Review: Set up daily trading review templates for structured reflection and planning
- Trading Dashboard: Explore the analytics dashboard for comprehensive performance metrics
- MT5 Trade Sync: Optionally set up MetaTrader 5 sync for automated trade collection
- Recommended: Go into Settings β Editor β Display β Set "Properties in document" to Hidden
Perfect for:
- Day traders using Obsidian who need structured trading templates
- Swing traders wanting comprehensive trade analysis and journaling
- Traders using MetaTrader 5 who want automated trade sync with Obsidian
- Anyone looking for a local-first alternative to cloud-based trading journals
- Obsidian users who want to consolidate their trading workflow in one place
- Documentation: Full Documentation coming soon
- Issues: Report bugs or request features via GitHub Issues
- Community: Join our Discord Server for support and discussions
- Beta Testing: Questions? Ask in our Discord #getting-started channel
Journalit is built with privacy in mind:
- Local-First: Core features work entirely offline
- Network Usage: Plugin makes network requests ONLY when you enable optional MT5 sync feature (connects to api.journalit.co and FTP servers for automated trade retrieval)
- No Manual Trade Collection: Trades you create manually never leave your vault
- No Telemetry: Plugin does not collect usage analytics or telemetry
- Transparent: Full details in our Privacy Policy
This plugin is proprietary software. The compiled plugin files are distributed for use with Obsidian, but the source code is not available under an open source license.
Built with β₯ for the trading community
Transform your Obsidian vault into a powerful trading journal and analytics platform



