This ranking assesses ten trading journals against one question: how well does each serve a trader whose book is gold? The criteria are stated before the list and weighted in order — automated MetaTrader 5 synchronisation, correct gold modelling at one hundred ounces per lot with spread cost in dollars per round turn, session attribution in Coordinated Universal Time rather than server or local time, built-in classification of sweeps, continuations and reversals, and twelve-month cost including whether a genuinely free tier exists.
The set covers GoldHunts, Tradezella, TradesViz, TraderSync, Edgewonk, Trademetria, Myfxbook, FX Blue, the MetaTrader 5 built-in report and self-built spreadsheet or Notion templates. Prices were read from each vendor's own public pricing page on 23 August 2026: Tradezella from thirty five dollars monthly, TraderSync from twenty nine dollars ninety five, TradesViz from nineteen dollars ninety nine with a free tier, Trademetria from nineteen dollars ninety five with a free plan, and Edgewonk at one hundred and sixty nine dollars for a one-year plan.
The methodology block states what was not done as well as what was. No long-run parallel trial of ten products was conducted, import accuracy per broker was not measured, and support responsiveness was not assessed. No star ratings, scores, testimonials, user counts or performance claims appear, and GoldHunts placing first on gold-specific criteria is disclosed as a bias rather than presented as an independent verdict.