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July 3, 2026 · 5 min

TradeDiscipline vs Edgewonk: psychology journal vs discipline coach (2026)

Edgewonk is the reference for psychology-focused traders, and at $197/year all-inclusive it's one of the most affordable premium journals. If you're comparing it with TradeDiscipline, you're already asking the right question: both products believe your P&L problem is a behavior problem. Here's where they differ.

Prices and features as observed in July 2026 on each product's public website.

The quick comparison

TradeDisciplineEdgewonk
Price€14.99/month (Plus), free tier$197/year, one plan
Emotional tracking✓ per-trade emotions + edge by emotion✓ Tiltmeter
Cost of mistakes in €✓ capital leaks, quantified per habit— (patterns shown, not priced)
AI analysis✓ daily, against your written strategyEdge Finder AI: weekly report
AI coach chat✓ with long-term memory of your commitments
Real-time intervention✓ stop-trading guards, tilt push alerts— (post-session reflection)
Broker auto-sync✓ MT4/MT5, cTrader, NinjaTrader, Tradovate— (file import only)
Custom metricsFixed, discipline-focused✓ 50+ customizable, 20 custom slots
MobilePWA (installable)
LanguagesFR, EN, DE, ESEN

Where Edgewonk is genuinely stronger

If you love building your own statistics (custom metrics, custom classifications, deep manual reflection), Edgewonk gives you 50+ configurable metrics and rewards the effort. Its one-price-for-everything model is also admirably simple.

Where TradeDiscipline wins

Edgewonk describes your psychology. TradeDiscipline prices it and interrupts it.

  • Euros, not adjectives. Our capital-leaks block tells you "revenge trading cost you €480 this month" and draws the equity curve you'd have if you had followed your plan. Naming a pattern is step one; seeing its price is what changes behavior.
  • Daily AI, not weekly. Edge Finder sends a weekly report. TradeDiscipline analyzes on every import, and its coach chat remembers your commitments from last week, and calls out relapses.
  • Real time. Tilt push alerts and stop-trading guards act during the session, not in Sunday's report.
  • No manual homework. Broker auto-sync means the journal fills itself; Edgewonk requires file imports and manual upkeep.

Which one is for you?

Choose Edgewonk if you enjoy deep manual journaling, want maximum metric customization, and prefer a one-time yearly price.

Choose TradeDiscipline if you want the psychology work done for you: quantified in euros, surfaced daily, and interrupted live when you tilt. Try it free, no credit card required.

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