Comparison

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

By the Gecko team · Updated June 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 TradesViz is genuinely better for some of you. Here is the real breakdown so you can pick in five minutes.

The short version

TradesViz is the journal data-minded traders gravitate toward. Deep performance analytics, broker imports, options analytics, calendar heatmaps, and a generous free tier. Paid tiers run roughly $10 to $50 per month across plans per their site as of June 2026.

Gecko narrows the focus to one question: what habits are costing you money, in dollars? Twelve behavioral axes, each gated by a bootstrap significance test so a flagged pattern is real, not noise. Pro is $12 per month with a fully featured free tier, and Gecko never asks for broker credentials.

Side by side

Category	Gecko	TradesViz
Price	Free tier (every feature, last 100 trades), Pro $12/month, cancel any time.	Free tier, then roughly $10 to $50 per month across paid tiers per their site as of June 2026.
Setup	Upload a statement, no broker login, first diagnosis in about two minutes.	Broker imports across many venues, plus CSV. Options-aware ingest.
Broker support	Native parsers for Kraken, Robinhood, Interactive Brokers, plus an AI extractor that reads statements from any other broker — no broker is unsupported.	Wide broker coverage, with options and futures analytics first-class.
Security posture	Never asks for broker credentials. Reads only the statement you upload.	Broker auto-sync features can require stored credentials on their servers.
Analytics depth	Behavioral diagnosis at the top, plus equity curves and per-instrument breakdowns.	Very deep. Calendar heatmaps, MAE/MFE, options Greeks, drawdown analysis, scoreboards.
Behavioral analysis	Core focus. 12 axes, each significance-tested and ranked by dollar cost.	Performance-first. Patterns surface through the analytics views, not as a graded diagnosis.
Significance testing	Every flagged leak has to clear a bootstrap significance test before it surfaces.	Not a primary lens. Analytics are descriptive, not gated.
Customizable dashboard	Drag-to-reorder widgets and eye-toggle their visibility from an in-page drawer.	Customization scope per their site as of June 2026.
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 as of June 2026.
Money-back guarantee	7-day money-back guarantee on your first paid period.	Refund policy per their site as of June 2026.
Gecko AI · personal coach	Gecko AI: your personal trading performance coach. Reads your trades, weekly journal, notes, and the goals you set for yourself — then suggests one concrete action for the week and checks in to see if it worked. Catches subtle drifts across months (slipping hit rate, growing after-loss tilt) before they compound. ~25 messages/month free, ~500 on Pro. Powered by Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6.	No conversational AI coach as of June 2026; the strength is dashboard analytics, not a chat surface.
Light + dark theme	Light and dark themes with a one-click toggle in the sidebar and on every public page.	Light theme primary as of June 2026.
Best for	Traders whose problem is behavior, not lack of charts.	Data-minded traders who want the deepest analytics shelf in the space.
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. Sonnet writes a coach 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.

Price

Gecko: Free tier (every feature, last 100 trades), Pro $12/month, cancel any time.

TradesViz: Free tier, then roughly $10 to $50 per month across paid tiers per their site as of June 2026.

Setup

Gecko: Upload a statement, no broker login, first diagnosis in about two minutes.

TradesViz: Broker imports across many venues, plus CSV. Options-aware ingest.

Broker support

Gecko: Native parsers for Kraken, Robinhood, Interactive Brokers, plus an AI extractor that reads statements from any other broker — no broker is unsupported.

TradesViz: Wide broker coverage, with options and futures analytics first-class.

Security posture

Gecko: Never asks for broker credentials. Reads only the statement you upload.

TradesViz: Broker auto-sync features can require stored credentials on their servers.

Analytics depth

Gecko: Behavioral diagnosis at the top, plus equity curves and per-instrument breakdowns.

TradesViz: Very deep. Calendar heatmaps, MAE/MFE, options Greeks, drawdown analysis, scoreboards.

Behavioral analysis

Gecko: Core focus. 12 axes, each significance-tested and ranked by dollar cost.

TradesViz: Performance-first. Patterns surface through the analytics views, not as a graded diagnosis.

Significance testing

Gecko: Every flagged leak has to clear a bootstrap significance test before it surfaces.

TradesViz: Not a primary lens. Analytics are descriptive, not gated.

Customizable dashboard

Gecko: Drag-to-reorder widgets and eye-toggle their visibility from an in-page drawer.

TradesViz: Customization scope per their site as of June 2026.

Journal screenshots

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

TradesViz: Per-entry image attachments per their site as of June 2026.

Money-back guarantee

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

TradesViz: Refund policy per their site as of June 2026.

Gecko AI · personal coach

Gecko: Gecko AI: your personal trading performance coach. Reads your trades, weekly journal, notes, and the goals you set for yourself — then suggests one concrete action for the week and checks in to see if it worked. Catches subtle drifts across months (slipping hit rate, growing after-loss tilt) before they compound. ~25 messages/month free, ~500 on Pro. Powered by Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6.

TradesViz: No conversational AI coach as of June 2026; the strength is dashboard analytics, not a chat surface.

Light + dark theme

Gecko: Light and dark themes with a one-click toggle in the sidebar and on every public page.

TradesViz: Light theme primary as of June 2026.

Best for

Gecko: Traders whose problem is behavior, not lack of charts.

TradesViz: Data-minded traders who want the deepest analytics shelf in the space.

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.

TradesViz: 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.

TradesViz: 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. Sonnet writes a coach recap plus counterfactual on demand. Covers equities, crypto, and CME futures. Free tier.

TradesViz: 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.

The honest verdict

Choose TradesViz if...

•You enjoy spending time in deep analytics views and want every chart at your fingertips.
•Options analytics, MAE/MFE, and venue-level breakdowns matter to your review.
•The free tier already does most of what you need and you want generous data limits.

Choose Gecko if...

•You want behavior named and priced in dollars, not another chart to interpret.
•You want a real significance test behind every flagged leak.
•You would rather not store broker credentials anywhere.
•You want the leaks ranked so you always know which habit to fix first.

One honest note: TradesViz is genuinely the deepest analytics shelf in the trading-journal space, and if you are the kind of trader who reviews best by interrogating charts, that depth is a real advantage. What it does not do is summarize, rank, and price. Most traders do not plateau because they cannot see their data. They plateau because they cannot see, in one read, which two or three habits are doing the most damage. That summary is the thing Gecko is built to deliver.

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 TradesViz?

It depends on the tier. TradesViz has a generous free tier that may be enough by itself; their paid tiers run roughly $10 to $50/mo. Gecko Pro is $12 per month and the free tier is fully featured for your last 100 trades.

What does TradesViz have that Gecko does not?

Industry-leading analytics depth: calendar heatmaps, MAE/MFE, options Greeks, deep drawdown views, and broker coverage across stocks, options, futures, and more.

What does Gecko have that TradesViz does not?

A behavioral diagnosis that names and prices your costliest habits across twelve significance-tested axes, a self-grading weekly journal, and a no-credentials setup that reads only the statement you upload.

Can I use both?

Yes. Some traders use TradesViz for deep analytics dives and Gecko for the behavioral diagnosis layered on top. At $12 a month, Gecko stacks cheaply.