FundedNext MT5 trading journal: automatic, saved on your PC

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

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Journal your FundedNext MT5 trades automatically

If your FundedNext account runs 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 the MT5 terminal on your PC and does not connect to FundedNext, so you never give anyone your FundedNext login.

What FundedNext says about MT5

Facts below are from FundedNext's own pages (https://fundednext.com/blog/what-is-fundednext), checked on 8 October 2026. Offers change, so check the firm's site for the latest. We are not affiliated with FundedNext, and nothing here is a recommendation of it.

Its "What is FundedNext" page lists MT4, MT5, cTrader and Match-Trader as supported CFD platforms.
It lists NinjaTrader, Tradovate and TradingView for its futures products, which the app does not read.
It offers several challenge models, and its pages give different daily and maximum loss limits for each.

What that means for your journal

With several challenge models, two accounts can look the same in your MT5 terminal and still follow different rules. Recording the model next to each account in your journal is how you keep them straight.

Journaling tips for FundedNext accounts

Record the challenge model for each account in its Notes and re-check it in your dashboard.
The app reads MetaTrader 5 only; a FundedNext futures or cTrader account is not journaled.
Give each phase its own database so Phase 1 and Phase 2 results do not blend.

One name, several models: label every account

FundedNext offers several challenge models, and its own pages give different loss limits for each. In MetaTrader 5 two such accounts can look identical, so the journal has to carry the information the terminal does not. A small table of labels, written once when you open each account, does the job.

What to record	Where	Why it matters
Model name	First line of the account's Notes	The same chart can follow different rules
Phase (1, 2 or funded)	Database name	Phase results never blend
Date you copied the limits	Notes	Pages and dashboards change, so the date is evidence
Starting balance	Notes	Percentage limits are measured against it

What the journal does not read

FundedNext lists NinjaTrader, Tradovate and TradingView for its futures products, and cTrader and Match-Trader as other platforms. AI Trading Journal reads MetaTrader 5 only, so a futures or cTrader account will not appear. If you trade both, keep them apart: use the journal for the MT5 account and a spreadsheet such as the Google Sheets journal for the rest, and never add the two results together without saying so.

Comparing Phase 1 with Phase 2

The most useful question between phases is not whether you passed, but whether you behaved differently. Put the two databases side by side and compare:

trades per day, because pressure often raises it
average holding time, which this guide shows how to measure
the share of trades tagged as following your plan
your largest single loss as a share of the balance

If Phase 2 looks like a different trader from Phase 1, the journal has just told you where to work.

A quick trust check (8 October 2026)

When we looked, Trustpilot showed FundedNext with a TrustScore of 4.5 from 81,155 reviews. Trustpilot does not fact-check reviews, reviews are self-selected, and the firm has a paid Trustpilot business subscription, so treat the score as one signal only. In our searches we did not find a warning naming FundedNext on the regulators' public lists we searched. Prop firms are not regulated like brokers in most countries, so a missing warning is not proof of safety.

Some countries publish their own warning lists (for example, India's RBI alert list for forex). Check yours, read the firm's terms and the legal entity you would contract with, and never pay more in fees than you can afford to lose. We do not recommend any firm.

Record FundedNext's rules in its own words, with the date

Prop firms define their limits in different ways: whether the daily loss is measured from the start-of-day balance or equity, whether the maximum loss is static or trails your profit, and when each resets. Even one firm's pages can describe its models differently, and firms change their rules. So copy the exact limits and definitions for your account from your own dashboard into the Notes for that account, with the date. We do not state any firm's numbers here, because they change and sometimes conflict.

Use the prop firm drawdown calculator and the prop firm risk calculator with your firm's own figures, and read prop firm drawdown rules explained. For logging in, see the prop firm MT5 login guide.

How to set it up

Install the MT5 terminal on your Windows PC and log in to your FundedNext 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 FundedNext trades

Which model and phase was this account, and did I use that account's limits?
Did I trade more, or bigger, than in the previous phase?
What was my largest loss, and was it inside my plan?
Is any of this account's result sitting in a platform the journal cannot read?

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 FundedNext.

Frequently asked questions

Does AI Trading Journal work with FundedNext?

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

Do I need to give my FundedNext 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 FundedNext account?

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

Does the journal read a FundedNext futures or cTrader account?

No. The app reads MetaTrader 5 on Windows only. Keep other platforms in a separate record.

How do I tell my FundedNext models apart in the journal?

Write the model name on the first line of the account's Notes and put the phase in the database name.

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