Trading Journal Auto Import — every broker, one journal

Why auto-import is the feature that decides everything

Every trading journal on the market technically 'supports' every broker. Read the small print and it usually means: you export a CSV, they parse it, and you re-do it every week. That works for a month. Then you skip a week, then two, and the journal quietly dies. This is the number-one reason journals get cancelled — not price, not features, friction.

Real auto-import removes the friction entirely. Trades flow in as they close. You open the app on Sunday and everything is already there — with the right entry price, the right commissions, the right partial closes. Your only job is the part software cannot do: tag the setup, add a screenshot, note what you felt.

TradeLogic was built auto-import-first. Where a broker has an API, we use it. Where it doesn't, we ship an Expert Advisor. Where neither works, CSV upload is one drag-and-drop — no column mapping, ever.

Every supported source, and how it connects

Here is the full map of ways your trades can reach TradeLogic. You can mix and match — one MT5 prop account, one cTrader personal, one Bybit — all in the same dashboard.

• MetaTrader 4 (EA). Install TradeLogicSync EA, paste a token, closed trades stream live. Backfills recent history on first run.
• MetaTrader 5 (EA). Same EA pattern, MT5 native. Works on prop firm accounts (FTMO, FundedNext, etc.).
• cTrader (native Spotware OAuth). Click, authorise on Spotware's screen, done. Read-only token, revocable any time. Fills stream in with commission and swap.
• OANDA (native OAuth). Direct API sync for OANDA v20 accounts. Historical backfill on connect.
• Binance (read-only API key). Spot + USDⓈ-M + COIN-M futures. Withdrawal permission blocked by us.
• Bybit / OKX (read-only API key). Spot and perpetuals. Fills grouped into positions with fees and funding tracked.
• Kraken / Coinbase. Spot fills, staking rewards excluded so trading stats stay clean.
• TradingView paper trading. Import wizard for TradingView 'Trade History' — great for backtested or paper accounts.
• XTB, Plus500, IBKR (CSV / statement). One-shot statement upload — no column mapping, our parser detects the format automatically.
• Manual entry. For anything else. Fast form, keyboard-first, defaults smart from your last trade.

What 'live' actually means

For MT4 / MT5 the EA runs on your terminal and pushes closed deals to our API within a few seconds of the fill. For cTrader and OANDA we listen to the broker's own event stream via the OAuth-issued token. For crypto exchanges we poll every 30–60 seconds on the free plan and near real-time on PRO. In practice: by the time you tab into the journal after closing a position, the trade is already there.

That in-session presence matters more than it sounds. The tilt meter and rule-breach detection only work if data arrives during the session. A journal that only updates on Sunday can't warn you at 3 PM Friday.

Multi-account and multi-broker in one dashboard

Serious traders juggle accounts. An FTMO evaluation, a funded account, a personal live, maybe a Bybit for crypto. Every account you add appears in the multi-account selector at the top of the app — pick one, pick several, or pick 'all' to see combined performance. The equity curve, per-setup expectancy and session breakdown recompute instantly.

Prop firm rules only apply to the accounts they belong to, so your live account is never mixed with a challenge account by accident. If a broker has multiple sub-accounts (Binance master + sub, IBKR portfolio), each shows separately with its own rules and its own P&L.

What happens on first connect

The first sync always backfills a chunk of history so your journal is not empty on day one. Default lookback is 3 months for brokers and up to 12 months for crypto exchanges, and you can widen it in settings. Duplicate detection is baked in — reconnect a broker after weeks off and no trade is imported twice. If you also upload a statement for the same period, we deduplicate against the API history automatically.

How it works

1. 1

   Create a free account

   Email + password. No card.

2. 2

   Add your first broker or exchange

   Pick from the list. Follow the 60-second connect flow.

3. 3

   History backfills in the background

   You can start using the app immediately while old trades stream in.

4. 4

   Add more sources over time

   Every new account rolls into the same dashboard — no re-onboarding.

Who this is for

TradeLogic vs the competition

'Supports X' varies wildly — sometimes it means live API sync, sometimes it means 'you can upload a CSV'. Here is the real picture.

All trademarks belong to their respective owners. Competitor pricing based on public plans as of 2026; check each vendor for the latest.

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