Comparison

Gecko vs Edgewonk (2026): Which Trading Journal Fits You?

By the Gecko team · Updated October 2026

Yes, this comparison lives on Gecko’s site, so read it knowing that. We have tried to keep it honest anyway, because the truth is simple: these are different tools built for different traders, and Edgewonk is genuinely better for some of you. Here is the real breakdown so you can pick in five minutes.

The short version

Edgewonk is a customization-heavy manual journal with an annual license model, popular among forex and futures discretionary traders. You define your own tags, mistakes, and trade types, and the tool aggregates what you tag, with a Tiltmeter for emotional trading. It is sold as a paid license with no free tier; list price has historically been around $169 a year. Check their site for the current offer.

Gecko skips the tagging step. It reads your trades, synced or uploaded, and computes a behavioral diagnosis automatically: twelve axes, each significance-tested, ranked by realized dollar cost. Pro is $12 per month with a full-featured free tier, and your broker password never reaches Gecko.

Side by side

Category	Gecko	Edgewonk
Price model	Free tier (every feature on your last 100 trades). Pro $12/month, Unlimited $20/month, 20% off billed yearly. New accounts start with a 14-day Pro trial. Cancel any time.	Paid license, historically around $169 a year, no free tier. Check their site for current pricing.
Setup	Connect your broker read-only, or upload a statement with no connection at all. First diagnosis in about two minutes.	Set up your custom tags and trade types, then import or enter trades. Pays off after the setup investment.
Broker support	Read-only auto-sync for 20+ brokers via SnapTrade on Pro and Unlimited (Schwab, Fidelity, Robinhood, Interactive Brokers, E*TRADE, tastytrade, Webull, Kraken, Coinbase and more), plus statement upload with native parsers and an AI extractor for any other broker.	CSV imports for a wide range of brokers including forex and futures venues.
Security posture	Your broker password never reaches Gecko. Auto-sync signs in through SnapTrade with read-only access you can revoke any time, and the upload path needs no connection at all.	Local-first model historically (you keep the data on your machine), which is a privacy strength.
Behavioral analysis	Automatic across 12 axes, each gated by a bootstrap significance test, ranked by dollar cost.	User-defined: you write your own tag taxonomy for mistakes and setups, the tool aggregates what you tag.
Customization	Tight, opinionated. The 12 axes are the framework; you cannot define your own.	Industry-leading. Almost every field, tag, and analytics view is configurable.
Backtesting	Not offered.	Light backtesting workflow for replaying setups against historical data.
Customizable dashboard	Drag-to-reorder widgets and eye-toggle their visibility from an in-page drawer; compose your own home screen in seconds.	Customization scope per their site.
Journal screenshots	Attach up to four chart or recap images to each weekly entry; click any thumbnail to expand.	Per-entry image attachments per their site.
Money-back guarantee	7-day money-back guarantee on your first paid period.	Refund policy per their site.
Gecko AI · personal coach	Gecko AI: your personal trading and investing agent. Reads your trades, weekly journal, notes, goals, holdings and investment cases, suggests one concrete action for the week and checks in on it. Catches slow drifts (slipping hit rate, growing after-loss tilt) before they compound. About 25 messages a month free, about 500 on Pro, uncapped on Unlimited. Powered by Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5.5.	No AI coach found in their public materials as of October 2026; emotional tagging and the Tiltmeter are user-driven.
Best for	Traders who want behavior named for them and graded weekly, without setup overhead.	Disciplined journalers who want full control over their taxonomy and prefer a one-time annual fee.
Daily Coach loop	AI pre-market briefing keyed off your actual data, end-of-day check-in (mood + rule + journal) joined with daily P&L, weekly plan-adherence score, mood × performance correlation, AI-written Monday recap email. All in the dashboard, free tier included.	Not offered. A trade-journal log plus reports; no daily AI coaching surface, no EOD check-in, no plan-adherence score, no AI recap email.
Broker auto-sync	Read-only OAuth via SnapTrade on Pro and Unlimited. 20+ brokers supported today — Fidelity, Vanguard, Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Interactive Brokers, tastytrade, TradeStation, Webull, Public, Alpaca, Tradier, Chase, Moomoo, eToro; plus Kraken and Coinbase for crypto; plus Questrade, Wealthsimple, and Trading 212 for CA/EU. Free tier keeps the always-available statement upload path. Password never crosses Gecko; tokens can be revoked from Settings.	Varies. Some competitors offer broker integrations on paid tiers; others require manual CSV uploads or a TradingView hand-off. See their own table rows for specifics.
Trade Replay + coach commentary	Play any trading day back as an interactive minute-bar chart with entry / exit markers, a 30-minute tilt window shaded on the chart, and a chronological tape weaving your trades with the behavioral alerts that fired. Zoom out to a multi-day chart on any swing position held across sessions — daily bars with entry / exit anchors, continuous across futures contract rolls. An AI coach writes a recap plus counterfactual on demand. Covers equities, crypto, and CME futures. Free tier.	Varies. A few competitors ship chart playback of trades on price bars; almost none pair it with a behavioral-alert overlay, a tilt-window band, a swing view for multi-day holds, and an AI-written recap in the same view.
Portfolio Analyzer for current holdings	One view of your entire book across every connected broker — asset + sector allocation, top-holdings + concentration warnings, per-account subtotals, projected annual dividend income. Snapshot-derived Risk & Returns block (MTD / YTD / 1M / 3M / 6M / 1Y, annualized vol, Sharpe, max drawdown, best/worst day). 60-day earnings + dividend + split calendar with days-until badges. Performance vs a benchmark you choose (time-weighted, deposits and withdrawals taken out), a volatility vs return map of every position, a correlation matrix, and news for each holding. An AI-written review grounded in your actual numbers. Behavioral overlays flag positions >=5% of book without a written investment case, plus any position underwater >=25% on cost. On every plan; read-only auto-sync of holdings is Pro and Unlimited, and new accounts get a 14-day Pro trial.	Not offered. Journaling tools grade closed trades, not current holdings; portfolio aggregators show balances without a behavioral overlay, upcoming-catalyst calendar, or AI review. Neither category pairs holdings with the trader's own written thesis on the position.
Investment cases + community	Write a thesis for any stock with a target and a stop; an AI analyst drafts it from a ticker and a side. Gecko alerts you when price reaches a level, runs weekly thesis check-ins and earnings-day notes (Pro), and tracks the case's return from the day you write it. Publish to the Community Board to be tracked in public, follow other investors, and enter the Monthly Case Challenge with cash and plan prizes.	Not offered. Trading journals log trades after the fact; they don't track a written thesis with levels before you buy, or a public, performance-tracked board of cases.
Session guardrails + prop-firm presets	Set a daily loss limit, trailing drawdown and profit target, or load a preset for Topstep, Apex, Take Profit Trader, FTMO or MyFundedFutures. The Session Monitor shows how close you are, and push alerts fire before a bad day becomes a blown account, including a tilt warning right after a stop-out.	Varies. Most journals report rule breaks after the session; few warn you live, and few ship prop-firm rule presets.

Price model

Gecko: Free tier (every feature on your last 100 trades). Pro $12/month, Unlimited $20/month, 20% off billed yearly. New accounts start with a 14-day Pro trial. Cancel any time.

Edgewonk: Paid license, historically around $169 a year, no free tier. Check their site for current pricing.

Setup

Gecko: Connect your broker read-only, or upload a statement with no connection at all. First diagnosis in about two minutes.

Edgewonk: Set up your custom tags and trade types, then import or enter trades. Pays off after the setup investment.

Broker support

Gecko: Read-only auto-sync for 20+ brokers via SnapTrade on Pro and Unlimited (Schwab, Fidelity, Robinhood, Interactive Brokers, E*TRADE, tastytrade, Webull, Kraken, Coinbase and more), plus statement upload with native parsers and an AI extractor for any other broker.

Edgewonk: CSV imports for a wide range of brokers including forex and futures venues.

Security posture

Gecko: Your broker password never reaches Gecko. Auto-sync signs in through SnapTrade with read-only access you can revoke any time, and the upload path needs no connection at all.

Edgewonk: Local-first model historically (you keep the data on your machine), which is a privacy strength.

Behavioral analysis

Gecko: Automatic across 12 axes, each gated by a bootstrap significance test, ranked by dollar cost.

Edgewonk: User-defined: you write your own tag taxonomy for mistakes and setups, the tool aggregates what you tag.

Customization

Gecko: Tight, opinionated. The 12 axes are the framework; you cannot define your own.

Edgewonk: Industry-leading. Almost every field, tag, and analytics view is configurable.

Backtesting

Gecko: Not offered.

Edgewonk: Light backtesting workflow for replaying setups against historical data.

Customizable dashboard

Gecko: Drag-to-reorder widgets and eye-toggle their visibility from an in-page drawer; compose your own home screen in seconds.

Edgewonk: Customization scope per their site.

Journal screenshots

Gecko: Attach up to four chart or recap images to each weekly entry; click any thumbnail to expand.

Edgewonk: Per-entry image attachments per their site.

Money-back guarantee

Gecko: 7-day money-back guarantee on your first paid period.

Edgewonk: Refund policy per their site.

Gecko AI · personal coach

Gecko: Gecko AI: your personal trading and investing agent. Reads your trades, weekly journal, notes, goals, holdings and investment cases, suggests one concrete action for the week and checks in on it. Catches slow drifts (slipping hit rate, growing after-loss tilt) before they compound. About 25 messages a month free, about 500 on Pro, uncapped on Unlimited. Powered by Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5.5.

Edgewonk: No AI coach found in their public materials as of October 2026; emotional tagging and the Tiltmeter are user-driven.

Best for

Gecko: Traders who want behavior named for them and graded weekly, without setup overhead.

Edgewonk: Disciplined journalers who want full control over their taxonomy and prefer a one-time annual fee.

Daily Coach loop

Gecko: AI pre-market briefing keyed off your actual data, end-of-day check-in (mood + rule + journal) joined with daily P&L, weekly plan-adherence score, mood × performance correlation, AI-written Monday recap email. All in the dashboard, free tier included.

Edgewonk: Not offered. A trade-journal log plus reports; no daily AI coaching surface, no EOD check-in, no plan-adherence score, no AI recap email.

Broker auto-sync

Gecko: Read-only OAuth via SnapTrade on Pro and Unlimited. 20+ brokers supported today — Fidelity, Vanguard, Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Interactive Brokers, tastytrade, TradeStation, Webull, Public, Alpaca, Tradier, Chase, Moomoo, eToro; plus Kraken and Coinbase for crypto; plus Questrade, Wealthsimple, and Trading 212 for CA/EU. Free tier keeps the always-available statement upload path. Password never crosses Gecko; tokens can be revoked from Settings.

Edgewonk: Varies. Some competitors offer broker integrations on paid tiers; others require manual CSV uploads or a TradingView hand-off. See their own table rows for specifics.

Trade Replay + coach commentary

Gecko: Play any trading day back as an interactive minute-bar chart with entry / exit markers, a 30-minute tilt window shaded on the chart, and a chronological tape weaving your trades with the behavioral alerts that fired. Zoom out to a multi-day chart on any swing position held across sessions — daily bars with entry / exit anchors, continuous across futures contract rolls. An AI coach writes a recap plus counterfactual on demand. Covers equities, crypto, and CME futures. Free tier.

Edgewonk: Varies. A few competitors ship chart playback of trades on price bars; almost none pair it with a behavioral-alert overlay, a tilt-window band, a swing view for multi-day holds, and an AI-written recap in the same view.

Portfolio Analyzer for current holdings

Gecko: One view of your entire book across every connected broker — asset + sector allocation, top-holdings + concentration warnings, per-account subtotals, projected annual dividend income. Snapshot-derived Risk & Returns block (MTD / YTD / 1M / 3M / 6M / 1Y, annualized vol, Sharpe, max drawdown, best/worst day). 60-day earnings + dividend + split calendar with days-until badges. Performance vs a benchmark you choose (time-weighted, deposits and withdrawals taken out), a volatility vs return map of every position, a correlation matrix, and news for each holding. An AI-written review grounded in your actual numbers. Behavioral overlays flag positions >=5% of book without a written investment case, plus any position underwater >=25% on cost. On every plan; read-only auto-sync of holdings is Pro and Unlimited, and new accounts get a 14-day Pro trial.

Edgewonk: Not offered. Journaling tools grade closed trades, not current holdings; portfolio aggregators show balances without a behavioral overlay, upcoming-catalyst calendar, or AI review. Neither category pairs holdings with the trader's own written thesis on the position.

Investment cases + community

Gecko: Write a thesis for any stock with a target and a stop; an AI analyst drafts it from a ticker and a side. Gecko alerts you when price reaches a level, runs weekly thesis check-ins and earnings-day notes (Pro), and tracks the case's return from the day you write it. Publish to the Community Board to be tracked in public, follow other investors, and enter the Monthly Case Challenge with cash and plan prizes.

Edgewonk: Not offered. Trading journals log trades after the fact; they don't track a written thesis with levels before you buy, or a public, performance-tracked board of cases.

Session guardrails + prop-firm presets

Gecko: Set a daily loss limit, trailing drawdown and profit target, or load a preset for Topstep, Apex, Take Profit Trader, FTMO or MyFundedFutures. The Session Monitor shows how close you are, and push alerts fire before a bad day becomes a blown account, including a tilt warning right after a stop-out.

Edgewonk: Varies. Most journals report rule breaks after the session; few warn you live, and few ship prop-firm rule presets.

Edgewonk prices and features come from their pricing page and public listings as of October 2026. Plans change often, so check their site before you decide. Gecko details are current as of the same date.

The honest verdict

Choose Edgewonk if...

•You want full control over your tag taxonomy and analytics fields.
•You prefer one annual payment to a monthly subscription.
•You are a forex or futures trader who already lives in a customized journal workflow.

Choose Gecko if...

•You want behavior detected automatically, not tagged manually.
•You want a statistical significance test on every flagged leak.
•You would rather not design your own framework, and want read-only sync or a plain upload.
•You want to start free in two minutes and pay $12 a month only if it earns its keep.

One honest note: Edgewonk rewards traders who are already disciplined enough to design their own framework and stick to it. If you have not built that habit yet, the customization is a tax: every field you have to define is a chance for the journal to die in week three. Gecko is opinionated on purpose so the read works whether you tag trades or not, and the framework is the same one professional behavioral coaches use.

The cheapest way to decide

Gecko’s free tier analyzes your last 100 trades with every feature unlocked, no card and no broker connection. If the diagnosis does not show you something worth fixing, you have lost two minutes.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Gecko cheaper than Edgewonk?

Usually, yes. Gecko Pro is $144 a year paid monthly, or about $115 billed yearly, against Edgewonk's license, historically around $169 a year. Gecko also has a free tier with every feature on your last 100 trades; Edgewonk has no free tier.

What does Edgewonk have that Gecko does not?

A deeply customizable tag and analytics framework, a one-time annual payment model, a local-first data posture, and a light backtesting workflow.

What does Gecko have that Edgewonk does not?

Automatic behavioral detection across twelve significance-tested axes, dollar pricing of each leak, a 30-second weekly journal that grades itself, and read-only sync where your broker password never reaches Gecko. Beyond the journal it covers the rest of your account: a portfolio view across brokers, written investment cases with target and stop alerts, session guardrails with prop-firm presets, and a daily coaching loop.

Can a beginner use Edgewonk?

Technically yes, but the setup investment is real and the value is in the customization, which most beginners do not yet know how to use. Gecko is built so a first diagnosis is useful in minute one.