Eightcap MT5 trading journal: automatic, saved on your PC

Trade with Eightcap on MetaTrader 5? Here is how to journal every trade automatically without giving anyone your broker login.

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Journal your Eightcap MT5 trades automatically

If you trade with Eightcap on MetaTrader 5 for Windows, AI Trading Journal can save every closed trade in your own journal on your PC (with an optional copy in your own Notion workspace) about every 5 minutes. It reads your Eightcap terminal on your PC. It does not connect to Eightcap, so you never give anyone your Eightcap login.

What Eightcap says about MT5

Facts below are from Eightcap's own pages (https://www.eightcap.com/en/platforms/metatrader-5/), checked on 8 October 2026. Offers change, so check the broker's site for the latest. We are not affiliated with Eightcap, and nothing here is a recommendation of it.

Its platform pages list MT4, MT5, TradingView and TradeLocker.
Its MT5 page lists desktop versions for Windows 10 or higher and macOS, apps for iOS and Android, and a web version.
It lists 21 timeframes and says MT5 supports netting or hedging modes.
Its guide says the demo account normally lasts 30 days and that you choose the Demo or Real server when you log in.

What that means for your journal

With four platforms on offer, it is easy to trade the same idea in different places. The app journals only what happens on MetaTrader 5, so decide which platform is your main one and keep the journal consistent with it.

Journaling tips for Eightcap accounts

If you also trade on TradingView or TradeLocker, those trades are not read by the app; note them yourself if you want them.
A demo that expires after 30 days ends its history; keep it in its own database.
Choose the Real server for the account you want in your live journal.

How to set it up

Install the MT5 terminal on your Windows PC and log in to your Eightcap account.
Install AI Trading Journal, click Add Account and pick your logged-in account. It finds your terminal and account.
Click Create my journal. The app imports your whole history and keeps it up to date about every 5 minutes.
Optional: click Connect Notion to keep a copy of the journal in your own Notion workspace.

What each journal entry contains

For every closed position: symbol, direction, volume, open and close time, entry and exit price, stop loss, take profit and profit or loss, plus your own setup, emotion, rating, tags, notes and screenshots, which a sync never overwrites. A daily row shows the day's result, win rate and drawdown.

A weekly review for your Eightcap trades

Which symbols made or lost money this week?
Which session were most of the losses taken in?
Did lot size stay inside your plan?
How many trades would you not take again?

The weekly trading review checklist turns these into a 20-minute routine, and win rate, profit factor and expectancy explained shows how to read the numbers.

Privacy and cost compared with a cloud journal

Question	Cloud journal	AI Trading Journal
Where do your trades live?	On the vendor's servers	On your own PC; they do not pass through our servers
Does it need your broker login?	Many connect with account login and investor password, or an Expert Advisor that sends data out	No. It reads your own logged-in MT5 terminal on your PC
What if you stop paying?	Access and history can end with the subscription	Your Notion journal stays yours
Can it place trades?	Read-only access is typical, but you are trusting the vendor	It is read-only by design; it never places, changes or closes a trade

An honest note on privacy. Notion is itself a cloud service, so your trades do sit on Notion's servers, in your own workspace, under your own account and token. What AI Trading Journal removes is the extra middleman: there is no separate journal vendor holding your trades and no broker login sent to a website. No tool is risk-free, so protect your accounts, including Notion if you connect it, with a strong password and two-step verification.

Limits to know

Windows and MetaTrader 5 desktop only.
Trades sync every 5 minutes, not instantly.
One computer at a time per license.
No trade replay, backtesting or AI coach.

More: all MT5 broker notes, how it compares with TradeZella, the multi-account journal guide and the forex trading journal guide.

This page is general information, not trading or investment advice, and is not endorsed by Eightcap.

Choose one platform as your main record

The existing notes on this page list four platforms: MT4, MT5, TradingView and TradeLocker. Using several is common, but a journal works best when each trade belongs to exactly one place. The app reads MetaTrader 5 only, so the simplest rule is to make MT5 the platform where you place the trades you want journaled, and to treat the others as charting or testing tools. If you place orders on another platform, note it, because those trades will not appear in an MT5 journal.

Demo versus real servers

The page's guide says you choose the Demo or Real server when you log in, and that the demo normally lasts 30 days. Give each its own Notion database, label the database with the server name and the date the demo started, and decide in advance what you want to learn from it. A demo with a goal, such as testing whether a setup holds up over 50 trades, is far more useful than an open-ended one. When it ends, export the data and write a short summary of what the test showed.

Netting or hedging: record the mode

The notes mention that MT5 supports netting or hedging modes. Your account has one of them, set by the broker. Write the mode in the first note of the journal for each account, since it changes how adding to a position appears in the history. See hedging versus netting for the differences.

Using the economic calendar in your plan

A built-in calendar makes it easy to check scheduled releases before a trade. Add a field to your journal that records whether a high-impact release was due within an hour of entry, and compare those trades with the rest after a month. If the news-window trades do worse, a rule such as no new entries within 15 minutes of a release is simple to write and test. The checklist template has a place for this question.

Frequently asked questions

Does AI Trading Journal work with Eightcap?

Yes, if your Eightcap account runs on the MetaTrader 5 desktop terminal for Windows. The app reads your own terminal, so no connection to Eightcap is needed.

Do I need to give my Eightcap password to the app?

No. It reads the account that is already logged in to your MT5 terminal.

Can I journal a demo and a real Eightcap account?

Yes. Run the setup once per account and each gets its own Notion database. Keep demo and real results separate.

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