Best trading journal for Canadian traders (2026)
A short checklist for picking a journal when your accounts are Canadian, your trades are in two currencies and your broker may not be on every list.
The best trading journal for a Canadian trader is the one that reads your broker, keeps Canadian and US dollars apart, and is plain about its free plan. Check five things: broker support, currency, registered accounts, free-tier limits, and whether any AI reads your own notes. The table below compares sizeforzero with four other journals.
What should a Canadian trader look for in a trading journal?
Five things: that your broker is supported and how, that CAD and USD trades stay in their own currency, that a TFSA, an RRSP and a margin account can be kept as separate books, what the free plan actually limits, and whether any AI reads your own notes or only your results.
- Your broker. Not just listed, but how: a standing connection, or a file you export and upload.
- Currency. A Canadian trader holds US stocks. Figures should stay in the currency they traded in.
- Registered accounts. A TFSA and a margin account are different books and should read separately.
- The free plan. The limit matters more than the word free.
- What the AI reads. Your results, or the words you wrote.
Does the journal handle Canadian and US dollars?
It should, without making you pick one. In sizeforzero every position keeps the currency it traded in, so a US-dollar fill inside a Canadian-dollar account stays in US dollars. Positions can be held in USD, CAD, GBP, EUR, AUD, JPY or CHF, and blended totals say which rate they used.
This is easy to get wrong. If every figure is forced into one currency, a Canadian who trades US stocks sees gains and losses that include exchange-rate movement they never chose. The Canadian traders page covers how sizeforzero reports in Canadian dollars while keeping each position in its own.
Can it keep a TFSA, an RRSP and a margin account apart?
Look for one book per account. In sizeforzero each account is its own book, and under Show more you can mark its type: Cash or individual, Margin, TFSA, RRSP, FHSA, RESP or LIRA. Every screen reads per account or across all of them. It is a record, not a tax tool.
The point of separate books is that a TFSA that trades weekly and a margin account that trades daily have different questions to answer. If you day trade in a TFSA, the post on the CRA and TFSA day trading explains why a written record of intent matters. This is not tax advice.
Which journals work with Wealthsimple, Questrade, Interactive Brokers and Webull?
It varies a lot, and the table below shows what each company publishes. Only some list Wealthsimple at all. For the others, check whether a broker syncs on its own or only takes a file, because that decides how much typing you will do each week.
sizeforzero connects Wealthsimple, Questrade, Interactive Brokers and Webull read-only, refreshing daily. Wealthsimple, Questrade, Interactive Brokers and Webull US have a CSV preset; Webull Canada connects only. The guides cover the details for Wealthsimple, Questrade, Interactive Brokers and Webull, and the brokers page lists every other broker.
| sizeforzero | Tradervue | TradeZella | TradesViz | Edgewonk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wealthsimple, Questrade, Interactive Brokers, Webull | All four connect read-only and refresh daily. Wealthsimple, Questrade, Interactive Brokers and Webull US have a CSV preset; Webull Canada connects as its own broker and has none. Details | Questrade, Interactive Brokers and Webull are listed (Webull’s region is not stated). Wealthsimple is not listed. Source | Interactive Brokers: auto sync and file upload. Questrade and Webull: file upload. Wealthsimple is not listed. Source | Wealthsimple: auto-sync through Plaid on Pro and Platinum. Questrade: auto-sync with a Google Drive method. Interactive Brokers and Webull are listed; their import method is not stated. Source | Interactive Brokers and Webull are listed as “Fast Import Supported”. Wealthsimple and Questrade are not listed. Source |
| Free tier | Free forever: unlimited trades, every account, broker sync, full analytics and CSV. No card. Details | A free plan is implied; its limits are not stated on the pricing page. Source | No free plan or free trial is stated on the pricing page. Source | Basic is free: 3,000 executions a month, 1 trading account, stocks only. Source | No free plan or free trial is stated. A 14-day money-back guarantee is offered. Source |
| Price | Pro is US$15 a month or US$150 a year (CA$20 or CA$200), with a 30-day free trial. Details | Silver 29.95 a month and Gold 49.95 a month, shown with a dollar sign and no currency named. Annual pricing not stated. Source | Essential 35 a month, Pro 59, Ultra 99. Billed yearly: 315, 531 and 891. Shown with a dollar sign and no currency named. Source | Pro 26.99 CAD a month, or 19.99 CAD a month billed yearly. Platinum 37.49 CAD, or 28.04 CAD billed yearly. Source | 35 USD a month, or 197 USD for 12 months. Source |
Read on 8 November 2026. The full table, with sync, AI and options, is on the comparison page.
Which free plans are actually free?
Compare the limits, not the label. TradesViz publishes a free plan of 3,000 executions a month for one account and stocks only. sizeforzero’s journal is free with unlimited trades and every account. Several others state no free plan on their pricing pages. The table has each figure and its source.
A cap on executions, a cap on accounts and a stocks-only rule are all ways a free plan can stop being useful the month you start trading seriously. Work out your own monthly fills before you rely on one, and note whether options are included.
Does it matter whether the AI reads my own notes?
It does if your problem is behaviour rather than arithmetic. A score computed from your results tells you what happened. A reader of your own written reasons can tell you what you keep doing. Iris in sizeforzero does the second, from the notes you wrote, and only after you turn it on.
For how to write notes worth reading back, see how to journal trades so an AI can find your psychology patterns. Whichever journal you choose, the notes are the part that only you can supply.
Is this ranking independent?
No, and it is not a ranking. sizeforzero wrote it, so we have an interest. Each fact about another company links to its own page and was read on 8 November 2026. Where we could not read a page, the table says Not stated.
sizeforzero does not track futures, crypto or multi-leg option strategies. If those are your market, one of the other journals in the table is the better fit.
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The fine print
Other companies named here are trademarks of their owners and are mentioned only to compare features. sizeforzero is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with any of them. For informational purposes only. Not financial advice or tax advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.