ExpectancyIQ vs Tradervue: Tradervue is one of the oldest journals, with 80+ broker integrations and a free plan capped at 30 trades a month. Futures support only starts on Gold at $49.95/month. ExpectancyIQ is built for futures and prop-firm traders, with futures included from the free trial and a $120/year Pro plan. Pick Tradervue for its long-running reporting and sharing; pick ExpectancyIQ if you trade futures.
ExpectancyIQ vs Tradervue at a glance
| ExpectancyIQ | Tradervue | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 14-day free trial, then your account stays read-only | Ongoing: up to 30 grouped trades/month, basic reports |
| Price | $120/year (Pro) | $29.95/month Silver (stocks only), $49.95/month Gold |
| Futures support | Included from the free trial | Gold plan only |
| Broker coverage | Tradovate, NinjaTrader, cTrader and Topstep exports, generic CSV; cTrader auto-sync (Pro) | 80+ brokers and platforms, Broker Sync on many |
| Standout features | Trade Score, 53 report charts, Forecast simulator, AI Coach (Pro) | 100+ reports on Gold, trade sharing, mentor accounts |
| Futures session and prop drawdown | 5pm CT trading-day rollover; static, end-of-day and intraday drawdown rules tracked per account | Risk tracking on Gold; no dedicated prop-firm drawdown rules |
Full prices are in the table further down; see our pricing and the six-tool journal comparison.
Tradervue has been around since 2011, which makes it one of the longest-running trading journals still operating today. A lot of traders discovered journaling through it, and it still has a loyal following, especially among traders who came up on prop-firm forums and trading Discords in the 2010s. This isn't a "why Tradervue is outdated" post — it's an honest look at what its longevity actually bought it, and at the specific, narrower gap ExpectancyIQ was built to close.
What Tradervue gets right
- A real, ongoing free tier. Tradervue's free plan isn't a time-limited trial — it lets you import up to 30 grouped trades per calendar month indefinitely, with basic journaling and basic reports, no card required.
- Broad broker coverage. Tradervue connects to 80+ brokers and trading platforms, and Broker Sync automates the import for many of them via API rather than a manual CSV upload.
- A deep, mature reporting layer on the Gold plan. 100+ advanced reports, MFE/MAE statistics, interactive drill-down reports, exit analysis, and liquidity and risk-tracking reports — the kind of breadth that comes from over a decade of traders asking for one more cut of their data.
- Community trade sharing and mentoring. Paid plans let you share trades publicly or privately and support mentor/mentee accounts, which most journals in this space don't offer at all.
Where the fit gets narrower
Futures, forex, and options aren't supported until you're on the top plan. Tradervue's entry-level paid tier, Silver ($29.95/month), covers stocks only — unlimited trades, broker sync, and advanced reporting, but no futures or forex support at all. To journal futures trades, you need Gold at $49.95/month, which is also where risk tracking, multiple independent accounts, and a selectable base currency live. For a futures-focused or prop-firm trader, the real starting price isn't $29.95 — it's $49.95.
The free tier caps out fast for an active trader. 30 grouped trades a month sounds workable until you're trading futures actively during a prop-firm evaluation, where that ceiling can arrive inside the first week or two.
No dedicated prop-firm evaluation tooling. Tradervue's risk tracking (Gold-only) is a general risk report, not a model of a specific firm's daily-loss, trailing-drawdown, or consistency rules — there's no built-in way to see how close a given account is to breaching its own evaluation limits.
The interface reflects its age. Tradervue's UI has been iterated on for well over a decade rather than rebuilt, and several independent reviews describe it as functional but dated next to newer, more visual journals — a fair trade for the maturity of its report library, but a real difference if a modern interface matters to you.
Where ExpectancyIQ is different
ExpectancyIQ isn't trying to out-report a tool with a decade of accumulated feature requests. It's built narrower and later, around one problem: futures and prop-firm accounts specifically. Trades import directly from Tradovate, NinjaTrader, cTrader, and Topstep exports, and where the export is fills-based, a FIFO matcher reconstructs trades with exact per-fill commission — not an estimated blended rate. The futures trading day's 5pm CT rollover is handled as a first-class concept, so an overnight hold doesn't get split across two days that never happened.
Risk & Prop tracks each account's own drawdown rule (static, trailing end-of-day, or trailing intraday), daily and max loss limits, consistency, and distance to bust, and Forecast (Pro) runs 1,000 simulated futures of your own trades to show your chance of hitting the profit target before you bust. That is the question a funded evaluation account actually needs answered, not a generic risk report.
Seven Reports — Performance, Timing, Strategies, Markets, Mistakes & Habits, Risk & Prop, and Forecast — hold 53 charts, with every section titled as the question it answers, and a Trade Score rates your edge from 0 to 100 across six parts, from profit factor to discipline.
The AI Coach (Pro) reviews a single trade against your plan, sums up your day, grades your week A to F with the decisions to make next, summarises your strengths and leaks, and answers questions about your own results. When a number isn't there, it tells you what to log instead of guessing. Futures support isn't gated behind a higher tier here — it's the default the product is built around, from the free trial up.
The honest trade-off: Tradervue's 80+ broker integrations and over a decade of report types are a real head start ExpectancyIQ doesn't match. If you trade stocks or options through a broker Tradervue already syncs with, or you specifically want community trade sharing and mentor/mentee accounts, Tradervue's breadth is a genuine advantage.
Pricing side by side
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ExpectancyIQ trial | $0 | 14-day trial, then read-only: 1 account, Trade Score, 43 report charts, full journal and reviews, futures supported from day one |
| ExpectancyIQ Pro | $120/year ($10/mo) or $14/month; the price you join at is the price you keep | Annual only, 5 accounts, AI Coach, all 53 charts including the Forecast simulator, cTrader auto-sync |
| Tradervue Free | $0 | Ongoing, not a trial: up to 30 grouped trades/month, basic journaling and reports only, no sharing |
| Tradervue Silver | $29.95/mo | Unlimited trades, broker sync, advanced reporting — stocks only, no futures/forex/options |
| Tradervue Gold | $49.95/mo | Adds futures, forex, and options support, risk tracking, multiple accounts, selectable base currency, 100+ reports |
Pricing changes over time on both sides — check each company's current pricing page before deciding.
Who each tool is actually right for
If you trade stocks with an occasional options position, want the widest possible broker coverage, and value community trade sharing and a decade-plus of accumulated report types over a modern interface, Tradervue — specifically Silver, or Gold if you need multi-asset support — is a proven, capable choice.
If you trade futures specifically — especially through a prop firm — and want that support included from the free trial rather than gated behind the top paid tier, plus exact commission accounting, correct session boundaries, and a risk simulator built around evaluation-account math, that's the narrower problem ExpectancyIQ exists to solve. Neither is a universally correct answer; it depends on what you actually trade and whether futures support is a line item or the whole point.
Curious what your own futures trades look like through that lens? Import a CSV into ExpectancyIQ for free, or see how ExpectancyIQ compares to a more modern, AI-heavy journal in ExpectancyIQ vs. TradeZella.