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Compare the plans people actually buy, including limits, higher-tier gates and features rivals genuinely do better. Lynx Free does not meter manual trade creation. Lynx Pro adds broker automation, simulation and AI features for one annual price.

One complete Lynx Pro plan
$13.33/mo · $160/yrBilled annually. Broker sync, AI CSV import, advanced analytics, Monte Carlo, what-if analysis and Onyx are all in this one paid tier.
| Capability | Lynx Free$0/moNo card or time limit | Lynx Pro$13.33/mo · $160/yrBilled annually | TradesViz$14.99/mo · $179/yrPro, billed annually | Edgewonk$197/16 moLimited-time offer, billed every 16 months | TradeZella$26/mo · $315/yrEssential, billed annually | |
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| Import and market coverage | ||||||
| No plan-level trade creation capThe subscription does not meter how many trades you create | Included Creation is uncapped; journal views load a bounded working set. | Included Creation is uncapped; journal views load a bounded working set. | Included Paid plans remove the 30-logical-trade Free quota. | Included Paid plans remove the Free execution allowance. | Included | Included |
| Multiple trading accountsKeep separate books under one login | Included Two accounts. | Included Unlimited accounts. | Included Unlimited on paid plans. | Limited or higher tier Ten accounts on Pro; twenty on Platinum. | Included Unlimited journals and accounts. | Not listed Essential includes one account; Pro includes 50 and Ultra is unlimited. |
| Automatic broker importFills arrive from a supported connection | Not listed | Included Up to six supported broker connections. | Included | Included | Limited or higher tier Direct auto-sync is published for MT4 and MT5; many other brokers use files. | Included |
| AI-assisted CSV mappingMaps recognized broker-export columns into the journal | Not listed | Included Arbitrary-format normalization is limited to six imports a day, two an hour and roughly 500 KB per file. | Not listed | Limited or higher tier Publishes an external AI conversion workflow before Custom CSV import. | Not listed | Not listed |
| Six-market coverageStocks, options, futures, forex, crypto and commodities | Included | Included | Limited or higher tier Publishes stocks, options, futures and forex; no crypto or commodities. | Included Six markets are available on paid plans. | Included | Limited or higher tier Official support lists stocks, options, forex, crypto and select-exchange futures; commodities are not listed. |
| Multi-leg option groupingKeep spread legs together as one trade | Included Includes more than ten strategy presets. | Included | Limited or higher tier Supports option legs without published strategy auto-detection. | Included Auto-detects spreads and supports explicit spread IDs. | Not listed | Limited or higher tier Merge and split tools are published; strategy grouping is not explicit. |
| Executions and partial fillsPreserve scaling in and out instead of flattening the trade | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Commission and fee trackingCalculate net results after trading costs | Included | Included | Limited or higher tier Advanced commission analysis sits on Gold. | Included Included on Pro and Platinum. | Included | Included |
| Journal and trading process | ||||||
| Rich-text notes and templatesRepeat a consistent review without starting from a blank page | Included | Included | Included | Included | Limited or higher tier Rich-text Notebook tools are documented; reusable note templates are not published. | Included |
| Screenshots and attachmentsKeep visual evidence beside the trade | Included 50 MB storage, three screenshots per trade and three attachments per note. | Included 1 GB storage, ten screenshots per trade and ten attachments per note. | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Setups and dedicated playbooksStore the rules behind a repeatable trade | Included | Included | Limited or higher tier Tags are published, but no dedicated playbook object is listed. | Limited or higher tier Tagging and trade plans cover part of the workflow; deeper planning is tiered. | Included | Included |
| Per-trade risk-profile checklistComplete the global risk checklist on each trade | Included A global risk-profile checklist can be completed per trade; setup conditions remain reference lists. | Included A global risk-profile checklist can be completed per trade; setup conditions remain reference lists. | Not listed | Limited or higher tier Trade plans and checklist-style tools are strongest on Platinum. | Included Checklists and discipline tracking are core features. | Included |
| Mistake and emotion trackingConnect behavior to performance | Included | Included | Limited or higher tier Custom tags can approximate this; no dedicated behavior workflow is published. | Included | Included Includes mistakes, discipline, report cards and Tiltmeter tools. | Included |
| P&L calendar with day drill-downMove from month to the trades behind one session | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Prop-firm rule trackingTargets and drawdown rules by evaluation account | Included Eight presets plus Custom are included. | Included | Not listed | Included Publishes dedicated rule, target and drawdown tracking. | Not listed | Included |
| Challenge headroom and pass-odds analyticsRoom before a breach today, consistency headroom and pass probability | Limited or higher tier The dashboard widget tracks limits and room; the command-center tab and pass odds are Pro. | Included Room across both limits at once, consistency headroom under total-profit and winning-days denominators, a pre-trade floor planner and pass probability resampled from the phase at four sizes. | Not listed | Included Publishes a compliance dashboard with a consistency score and a retroactive evaluation simulator with rolling-window pass rates. | Not listed | Limited or higher tier PropFirm Sync tracks limits, targets and consistency percentages in real time; pass-probability simulation is not published. |
| Per-account JSON backup and restoreStructured account data plus a separate CSV trade export | Included Includes one selected account plus shared journal objects; media files, settings, dashboard layout and broker connections are excluded. | Included Includes one selected account plus shared journal objects; media files, settings, dashboard layout and broker connections are excluded. | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Shareable read-only performance pageA page a non-user can open, on your terms | Not listed | Included A frozen, encrypted snapshot at its own link: amounts can be hidden entirely, links can be password-protected, every link expires and any link can be revoked. Never the live journal. | Included Shares trades to a public feed or by private link; P&L is excluded by default. | Included Publishes per-account share links, a public dashboard and trade or day sharing with P&L redaction options. | Limited or higher tier Journal sharing is read-only and requires the recipient to be an Edgewonk user. | Included Publishes trade sharing and full-journal Spaces for mentors and groups. |
| Analytics and risk | ||||||
| Customizable dashboardArrange the journal around the metrics you use | Included | Included | Limited or higher tier Publishes dashboard summaries, not a comparable layout builder. | Included One custom dashboard on Pro and ten on Platinum. | Included Customize mode reorders and selects performance tiles, charts and calendar sections. | Included Widgets can be added, removed and rearranged, with saved dashboard templates. |
| Setup, symbol and session breakdownsFind where expectancy changes | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Behavior and rule-compliance analysisMeasure the cost of broken process | Included | Included | Limited or higher tier | Included | Included Psychology and discipline analysis are category-leading strengths. | Included |
| Auto-detected rule-break scoringViolations found from your configured rules, not self-tagged | Not listed | Included Eight auto-trackable rule types are checked against every closed trade as at trade open, scored, and priced by comparing clean and violating trades. | Not listed | Not listed | Limited or higher tier Discipline analytics and the Tiltmeter read trader-entered classifications; automatic detection from configured numeric rules is not published. | Limited or higher tier The Zella Score is computed from performance metrics; the Rule Adherence Score relies on tagging each trade as rules followed or broken. |
| Day-and-time performance analysisCompare results by weekday and hour | Not listed | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| MAE and MFE excursion analysisSee adverse and favorable movement inside a trade | Not listed | Included | Limited or higher tier Published analysis excludes options, extended hours and trades held at least a year. | Included | Included | Included |
| Captured MFE and target comparisonCompare the exit with favorable movement and the recorded target | Included Shows captured MFE and comparison with the recorded target, not an ideal-exit optimizer. | Included Shows captured MFE and comparison with the recorded target, not an ideal-exit optimizer. | Limited or higher tier Exit analysis is on Gold and excludes options. | Limited or higher tier Advanced exit simulators sit on Platinum. | Included Best-exit analysis is a published feature. | Included |
| Drawdown, streak and risk metricsTrack the shape of returns, not only the average | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Live-quote P&L on supported open positionsRefresh current positions inside the journal | Not listed | Included Refreshes on a 30-second cooldown; excludes multi-leg options and futures without a quote proxy. | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Stock and futures position sizingTranslate account risk into quantity before entry | Included Supports stocks and futures, including CME and custom point values. | Included Supports stocks and futures, including CME and custom point values. | Not listed | Included | Limited or higher tier Position-size and risk calculations are referenced, but a dedicated pre-entry calculator is not documented. | Limited or higher tier Automatic sizing is available in manual backtesting; a separate public calculator is also offered. |
| Visible Kelly sizing analysisFull, half and quarter Kelly from journal results | Not listed | Included | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Replay and testing | ||||||
| Simulated trade replayRe-run a session without changing the live journal | Included | Included | Not listed | Limited or higher tier Trade replay is published on Platinum. | Not listed | Limited or higher tier Replay availability is tiered; current official pages conflict on the entry tier. |
| Journal-history Monte CarloResample your own trade distribution across many paths | Not listed | Included Up to 10,000 runs. | Not listed | Limited or higher tier Risk simulation is published on Platinum. | Limited or higher tier Performance Simulator uses journal-derived win rate and average gain and loss; its docs do not describe trade-by-trade resampling. | Not listed A standalone manual-input calculator exists, but it does not resample journal history. |
| What-if strategy sandboxChange filters or rules against the existing journal | Not listed | Included | Not listed | Limited or higher tier Stop-loss, target and risk simulators are on Platinum. | Included Alternative-strategy analysis is included. | Not listed |
| AI on the trading record | ||||||
| Conversational recent-trade Q&AAsk about recent trades and derived analytics | Included Three lifetime Onyx messages. | Included Up to 200 Onyx messages a day, using at most 50 recent trades plus derived metrics. Standalone notes are not included. | Not listed | Included AI Query and AI Chat have separate daily limits on paid plans. | Not listed | Included Essential includes 500 AI credits a month and journal-aware chat. |
| AI coaching and performance reviewsTurn journal patterns into a focused review | Not listed | Included | Not listed | Included AI Coach is included on Pro and Platinum. | Limited or higher tier Edge Finder provides an automated weekly journal review, but not conversational coaching. | Included Journal-aware AI is included with a monthly credit allowance. |
| Scheduled written weekly reviewThe closed week reviewed on your own schedule | Not listed | Included Delivered on your chosen weekday, hour and timezone, quoting your own journal entries, with an email option, an archive, and a plain-figures fallback when the AI is unavailable. | Not listed | Limited or higher tier Journal-grounded AI Daily Insights are published; a scheduled weekly written review is not. | Included Edge Finder emails an automated analysis of the week every Sunday. | Not listed |
| Current-field AI trade suggestionsReview the symbol, selected setup and emotion before entry | Not listed | Included Suggestions use the current symbol, selected setup and emotion, not the trader's full history. | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Limited or higher tier Essential can build a Start My Day plan; autonomous Game Plan and Market Sentiment agents require Pro or Ultra. |
| Source-linked personalized news feedFocus reporting on symbols found in the journal | Not listed | Included Uses traded symbols and links each item to its original news source. | Not listed | Not listed Publishes journal-grounded Daily Insights, not a source-linked personalized news feed. | Not listed | Not listed A Market Sentiment Briefing agent is available on Pro and Ultra, but no source-linked personalized feed is published. |
Compare Lynx Free and Pro with
| Capability | Lynx Free$0/moNo card or time limit | Lynx Pro$13.33/mo · $160/yrBilled annually | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Import and market coverage | |||
| No plan-level trade creation capThe subscription does not meter how many trades you create | Included Creation is uncapped; journal views load a bounded working set. | Included Creation is uncapped; journal views load a bounded working set. | Included Paid plans remove the 30-logical-trade Free quota. |
| Multiple trading accountsKeep separate books under one login | Included Two accounts. | Included Unlimited accounts. | Included Unlimited on paid plans. |
| Automatic broker importFills arrive from a supported connection | Not listed | Included Up to six supported broker connections. | Included |
| AI-assisted CSV mappingMaps recognized broker-export columns into the journal | Not listed | Included Arbitrary-format normalization is limited to six imports a day, two an hour and roughly 500 KB per file. | Not listed |
| Six-market coverageStocks, options, futures, forex, crypto and commodities | Included | Included | Limited or higher tier Publishes stocks, options, futures and forex; no crypto or commodities. |
| Multi-leg option groupingKeep spread legs together as one trade | Included Includes more than ten strategy presets. | Included | Limited or higher tier Supports option legs without published strategy auto-detection. |
| Executions and partial fillsPreserve scaling in and out instead of flattening the trade | Included | Included | Included |
| Commission and fee trackingCalculate net results after trading costs | Included | Included | Limited or higher tier Advanced commission analysis sits on Gold. |
| Journal and trading process | |||
| Rich-text notes and templatesRepeat a consistent review without starting from a blank page | Included | Included | Included |
| Screenshots and attachmentsKeep visual evidence beside the trade | Included 50 MB storage, three screenshots per trade and three attachments per note. | Included 1 GB storage, ten screenshots per trade and ten attachments per note. | Included |
| Setups and dedicated playbooksStore the rules behind a repeatable trade | Included | Included | Limited or higher tier Tags are published, but no dedicated playbook object is listed. |
| Per-trade risk-profile checklistComplete the global risk checklist on each trade | Included A global risk-profile checklist can be completed per trade; setup conditions remain reference lists. | Included A global risk-profile checklist can be completed per trade; setup conditions remain reference lists. | Not listed |
| Mistake and emotion trackingConnect behavior to performance | Included | Included | Limited or higher tier Custom tags can approximate this; no dedicated behavior workflow is published. |
| P&L calendar with day drill-downMove from month to the trades behind one session | Included | Included | Included |
| Prop-firm rule trackingTargets and drawdown rules by evaluation account | Included Eight presets plus Custom are included. | Included | Not listed |
| Challenge headroom and pass-odds analyticsRoom before a breach today, consistency headroom and pass probability | Limited or higher tier The dashboard widget tracks limits and room; the command-center tab and pass odds are Pro. | Included Room across both limits at once, consistency headroom under total-profit and winning-days denominators, a pre-trade floor planner and pass probability resampled from the phase at four sizes. | Not listed |
| Per-account JSON backup and restoreStructured account data plus a separate CSV trade export | Included Includes one selected account plus shared journal objects; media files, settings, dashboard layout and broker connections are excluded. | Included Includes one selected account plus shared journal objects; media files, settings, dashboard layout and broker connections are excluded. | Not listed |
| Shareable read-only performance pageA page a non-user can open, on your terms | Not listed | Included A frozen, encrypted snapshot at its own link: amounts can be hidden entirely, links can be password-protected, every link expires and any link can be revoked. Never the live journal. | Included Shares trades to a public feed or by private link; P&L is excluded by default. |
| Analytics and risk | |||
| Customizable dashboardArrange the journal around the metrics you use | Included | Included | Limited or higher tier Publishes dashboard summaries, not a comparable layout builder. |
| Setup, symbol and session breakdownsFind where expectancy changes | Included | Included | Included |
| Behavior and rule-compliance analysisMeasure the cost of broken process | Included | Included | Limited or higher tier |
| Auto-detected rule-break scoringViolations found from your configured rules, not self-tagged | Not listed | Included Eight auto-trackable rule types are checked against every closed trade as at trade open, scored, and priced by comparing clean and violating trades. | Not listed |
| Day-and-time performance analysisCompare results by weekday and hour | Not listed | Included | Included |
| MAE and MFE excursion analysisSee adverse and favorable movement inside a trade | Not listed | Included | Limited or higher tier Published analysis excludes options, extended hours and trades held at least a year. |
| Captured MFE and target comparisonCompare the exit with favorable movement and the recorded target | Included Shows captured MFE and comparison with the recorded target, not an ideal-exit optimizer. | Included Shows captured MFE and comparison with the recorded target, not an ideal-exit optimizer. | Limited or higher tier Exit analysis is on Gold and excludes options. |
| Drawdown, streak and risk metricsTrack the shape of returns, not only the average | Included | Included | Included |
| Live-quote P&L on supported open positionsRefresh current positions inside the journal | Not listed | Included Refreshes on a 30-second cooldown; excludes multi-leg options and futures without a quote proxy. | Not listed |
| Stock and futures position sizingTranslate account risk into quantity before entry | Included Supports stocks and futures, including CME and custom point values. | Included Supports stocks and futures, including CME and custom point values. | Not listed |
| Visible Kelly sizing analysisFull, half and quarter Kelly from journal results | Not listed | Included | Not listed |
| Replay and testing | |||
| Simulated trade replayRe-run a session without changing the live journal | Included | Included | Not listed |
| Journal-history Monte CarloResample your own trade distribution across many paths | Not listed | Included Up to 10,000 runs. | Not listed |
| What-if strategy sandboxChange filters or rules against the existing journal | Not listed | Included | Not listed |
| AI on the trading record | |||
| Conversational recent-trade Q&AAsk about recent trades and derived analytics | Included Three lifetime Onyx messages. | Included Up to 200 Onyx messages a day, using at most 50 recent trades plus derived metrics. Standalone notes are not included. | Not listed |
| AI coaching and performance reviewsTurn journal patterns into a focused review | Not listed | Included | Not listed |
| Scheduled written weekly reviewThe closed week reviewed on your own schedule | Not listed | Included Delivered on your chosen weekday, hour and timezone, quoting your own journal entries, with an email option, an archive, and a plain-figures fallback when the AI is unavailable. | Not listed |
| Current-field AI trade suggestionsReview the symbol, selected setup and emotion before entry | Not listed | Included Suggestions use the current symbol, selected setup and emotion, not the trader's full history. | Not listed |
| Source-linked personalized news feedFocus reporting on symbols found in the journal | Not listed | Included Uses traded symbols and links each item to its original news source. | Not listed |
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Official sources
- Tradervue: Pricing, Supported markets, Import methods, Mentoring
- TradesViz: Pricing, AI features, Trade replay, Prop firm tracking
- Edgewonk: Pricing, Features, Trading psychology, Changelog, Edge Finder
- TradeZella: Pricing, Pricing guide, Platform, Supported assets, Zella AI
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LynxTrades vs TradeZella$26/mo · $315/yr · Essential, billed annually
LynxTrades vs Edgewonk$197/16 mo · Limited-time offer, billed every 16 monthsLynxTrades vs Tradervue$29.95/mo · Silver, billed monthly
LynxTrades vs TradesViz$14.99/mo · $179/yr · Pro, billed annually
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