A forex journal that gets the timezone right

The timezone problem

Forex runs around the clock, which means the same trade is a late night in one place and a morning in another. Journals that store a bare date quietly shift your trades a day when they display them, and the hour-of-day analysis that would have been most useful becomes nonsense.

Every trade here carries the timezone it was taken in. Your 3am London entry stays at 3am, and the session breakdown reflects the market you were actually trading.

Sessions are the analysis that matters

Most forex traders have one session that pays and one that does not, and almost nobody knows which is which until they measure it. The hour-of-day breakdown shows P/L, trade count, and win rate for every hour you have traded.

The common discovery is unglamorous: the Asian session produces most of the trades and almost none of the profit, and the trader had been treating it as practice without noticing the cost.

Lots, pips, and real money

"Twenty pips" is not a risk figure. Twenty pips on a micro lot is $2 and on five standard lots is $1,000. The journal records lot size and converts to cash, so your R-multiples compare a EUR/USD scalp against a GBP/JPY swing on equal terms.

There is a free pip value calculator if you want to check a position before you take it.

Import and symbols

MetaTrader 4 and 5 exports import directly, as does anything from cTrader, Forex.com, OANDA, or a spreadsheet — the column mapper handles the format once and remembers it. Every pair TradingView carries is searchable, including crosses and exotics, so the chart on your review page is the pair you actually traded.

Questions

Does it import from MetaTrader 4 and 5?

Yes. Export your history as CSV from MetaTrader and drop it in. The column mapper matches your export's headers to the journal's fields once and remembers that layout for future imports.

How does it handle different timezones?

Each trade stores the timezone it was taken in, so times are not silently shifted. This matters for session analysis - a trade at the London open should stay at the London open no matter where you are reading the journal from.

Can I journal exotic pairs and crosses?

Yes. The symbol finder searches every instrument TradingView carries, which covers majors, crosses, exotics, and metals.

Does it calculate pip value automatically?

The journal records the cash P/L you enter or import. For sizing a position before you take it, the free pip value calculator converts lots and pip distance into money.