TJ vs Edgewonk: two journals that take rules seriously
Edgewonk is a respected journal known for its focus on discipline and psychology, with tools such as Tiltmeter and an automated Edge Finder, all in one yearly plan. TJ shares the belief that your rules matter, and puts the check before the trade instead of only after it. Here is how they compare.
Free plan · No card needed · TJ is journaling software, not financial advice.
The short answer
Choose Edgewonk if you want one yearly price with every feature included, strong psychology and mistake analysis, a performance simulator and missed-trade tracking, and $197 a year suits you.
Choose TJ if you want your checklist to work live: a score out of 100, vetoes that block the trade, and a size that follows the grade. Add pre-filled prop-firm limits, chart replay and an economic calendar in the same app, and a free plan to try it on real trades.
Side by side
| TJ | Edgewonk | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan, then Silvy at $19/month ($159/year) and Sapphire at $59/month ($490/year). Join by 5 December 2026 for 30% off your first year. | $197 every 12 months in US dollars, with VAT added at checkout for EU and UK buyers. No monthly option on the pricing page. 14-day full refund. |
| Plans | Free, Silvy and Sapphire. | One plan with every feature included. |
| Checklists | Strategy checklists with points, vetoes and grades. Rate It! scores the setup before entry and suggests a smaller size or no trade. | Setup checklists: track which criteria were met on each trade and analyse their effect. |
| Discipline | “Followed my rules?”, mistakes and state of mind on every trade, with reports by mistake and emotion. | Tiltmeter shows how often you break your rules; psychology analysis and mistake tracking. |
| Getting trades in | CSV import for MT4/MT5, Tradovate/NinjaTrader-style exports, FX Replay and most broker CSVs; MT4/MT5 auto-sync on Silvy and Sapphire; Binance and Bybit read-only sync. | Automated trade imports, with hundreds of brokers supported. |
| Analysis | 30 ready-made reports, a report builder, tags and auto-tag rules, MFE/MAE and exit efficiency, P&L calendar. | Automated Edge Finder, MAE and MFE reports, drawdown and losing-streak analysis, profit calendar, trade management optimizer and performance simulator. |
| Markets | Futures, forex, gold, crypto and stocks. | Forex, stocks, futures, CFDs, crypto and options. |
Where Edgewonk is stronger
- Yearly value. $197 a year for everything is more than TJ Silvy's planned $159 a year, and well above the $111.30 founding price for TJ's first year.
- Psychology tooling. Tiltmeter, session report cards and missed-trade tracking go further into behaviour than TJ's mistake and emotion tags.
- What-if testing. The trade management optimizer and performance simulator test different exits on your past trades.
- Unlimited journals. Unlimited trades, journals and broker accounts in one plan, plus options and CFDs.
Where TJ is different
The grade comes before the click
In Rate It! you pick the strategy you wrote and tick its checks. TJ returns a score out of 100 and a grade from A+ to D. A veto, such as “Asian session” or “no liquidity sweep”, means no trade even when everything else lines up. Weaker grades get a smaller size. The grade is saved with the trade, so Review can later show your R by grade and tell you whether your A+ setups really beat your B setups.
Prop limits counted on every trade
Pick Topstep, Apex, Take Profit Trader, MyFundedFutures (Rapid and Rapid EOD), Tradeify Select, FTMO, FundedNext Stellar and The5ers High Stakes and your account size. TJ fills in the daily loss limit, drawdown, target and consistency rules, and warns you as you get close. Every value is editable, and you can type rules for any other firm.
Replay, calendar and AI in one place
Backtest with chart replay back to each market's first day, check the economic calendar before the session, and ask the AI review about your last 90 days. It only uses your own numbers and never gives trade advice.
Pay monthly, or not yet
TJ will offer monthly billing as well as yearly, and keeps a free plan. Coaches get Mentor spaces, and the community library shows strategies with results calculated from real journals, in R.
Edgewonk fits
- Traders who want one yearly payment and every tool.
- Traders working mainly on psychology and tilt.
- Options and CFD traders.
TJ fits
- Traders who want the checklist to decide before the click.
- Futures, forex and gold traders in prop challenges.
- Traders who prefer to start free or pay monthly.
Bringing your rules over
If you already keep setup checklists, TJ is quick to set up: copy each check into a TJ strategy, give it points, and mark the deal-breakers as vetoes. Import past trades from your broker or platform CSV, or connect MT4/MT5 auto-sync on Silvy. Your old trades won't carry grades, but every new one will.
FAQ
Is Edgewonk cheaper than TJ?
Not at list prices: Edgewonk is $197 a year and TJ Silvy is planned at $159 a year. TJ has a free plan and gives 30% off the first year to anyone who joins by 5 December 2026.
Can I use my Edgewonk checklist in TJ?
Yes, by typing it in as a TJ strategy. Give each check its points and mark any deal-breaker as a veto, and Rate It! will grade setups from A+ to D.
Is TJ financial advice?
No. TJ is journaling software. It grades setups against your own rules and analyses your own trades; it never tells you what to trade.
Is TJ affiliated with Edgewonk?
No. TJ is an independent product built in Türkiye. Edgewonk details come from Edgewonk's own website, checked on 3 October 2026.
See it on your own trades
Open the demo to click through Rate It!, Log It! and Review with sample data, or start a free account and import your history. The journal is free, and anyone who joins by 5 December 2026 gets 30% off their first year of Silvy or Sapphire.