FXTM MT5 trading journal: automatic, saved on your PC

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

Journal your FXTM MT5 trades automatically

If you trade with FXTM 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 FXTM terminal on your PC. It does not connect to FXTM, so you never give anyone your FXTM login.

What FXTM says about MT5

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

Its pages list both MT4 and MT5, with Windows and macOS installers.
It lists mobile versions for iOS and Android and says MT5 is free to download, though a funded account is needed to trade.
It lists 21 timeframes on MT5.
It says stock CFDs are available on its Advantage and Advantage Plus MT5 accounts.

What that means for your journal

Having MT4 and MT5 side by side is common, and it is easy to lose track of which account made which trade. Keeping a separate journal for the MT5 account, and none for MT4, avoids mixing them.

Journaling tips for FXTM accounts

The app reads MT5 only. Keep any MT4 account in a separate record.
Stock CFDs follow exchange hours; note the session.
Log in to the MT5 account you want before setup.

How to set it up

Install the MT5 terminal on your Windows PC and log in to your FXTM 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 FXTM 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 FXTM.

If you use multi-account management

Block trading across accounts means one decision can create positions in several accounts at once. If you trade that way, the useful unit of analysis is the decision, not each account's copy of it. Give every block a shared label in your notes so that the copies can be grouped, and be careful when you total the results: a single mistake can appear as five losses. The multi-account guide shows how to keep each account's numbers clean while still reviewing the decision as a whole.

Netting and hedging on the same platform

The page says MT5 supports both modes. Which one applies is set by the broker for your account, so check yours and write it in your journal's first note. If your account is hedging, every entry is its own position and a sell does not reduce an existing buy; if it is netting, positions merge. The history looks different in each, which can change the number of trades your journal shows. See hedging versus netting.

A VPS and a journal

A virtual private server keeps MT5 running while your own PC is off, which is useful for automated strategies. For journaling, remember what the app needs: Windows with MT5 installed and logged in. If your terminal runs on a VPS and that VPS runs Windows, the journal would need to run there too, with the same one-computer-at-a-time license limit. If your trades come from an EA on a VPS and you review from home, check how you want to arrange it before you rely on it, and test with a demo account first.

Keep MT4 and MT5 apart

The page lists both MT4 and MT5. If you hold accounts on both, only the MT5 one can be journaled by this app. To avoid blending, keep a separate journal for the MT5 account and none for the MT4 account, or journal the MT4 one in a spreadsheet with a clear label. Do not add MT4 trades to an MT5 database by hand, because the statistics for the MT5 account would stop meaning anything.

Frequently asked questions

Does AI Trading Journal work with FXTM?

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

Do I need to give my FXTM 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 FXTM 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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