Comparison

Gecko vs Trademetria (2026): Which Trading Journal Fits You?

By the Gecko team · Updated June 2026

Yes, this comparison lives on Gecko’s site, so read it knowing that. We have tried to keep it honest anyway, because the truth is simple: these are different tools built for different traders, and Trademetria is genuinely better for some of you. Here is the real breakdown so you can pick in five minutes.

The short version

Trademetria is a multi-asset trade journal with broker imports and a wide spread of basic performance analytics: equity curves, win-rate breakdowns, asset-class views. It is affordable, starting around $24 per month per their site as of June 2026.

Gecko narrows the focus to one question: what habits are costing you money, in dollars? Twelve behavioral axes, each gated by a bootstrap significance test, ranked by realized dollar cost. Pro is $12 per month, the free tier covers your last 100 trades with every feature unlocked, and Gecko never asks for broker credentials.

Side by side

Category	Gecko	Trademetria
Price	Free tier (every feature, last 100 trades), Pro $12/month, cancel any time.	From around $24/mo per their site as of June 2026, with multiple tiers above.
Setup	Upload a statement, no broker login, first diagnosis in about two minutes.	Broker import or manual entry. Setup is straightforward across stocks, forex, and futures.
Broker support	Native parsers for Kraken, Robinhood, Interactive Brokers, plus an AI extractor that reads statements from any other broker — no broker is unsupported.	Broker imports across a wide range of brokers including forex venues.
Security posture	Never asks for broker credentials. Reads only the statement you upload.	Broker import features can require credentials on their servers.
Analytics	Behavioral diagnosis: 12 axes priced in dollars, plus equity curves and per-instrument breakdowns.	Broad performance analytics: equity curves, P&L by symbol, drawdown analysis, asset-class views.
Behavioral analysis	Core focus. Each flagged leak is significance-tested and priced.	Performance-focused. Behavioral patterns are not the primary lens.
Customizable dashboard	Drag-to-reorder widgets and eye-toggle their visibility from an in-page drawer.	Customization scope per their site as of June 2026.
Journal screenshots	Attach up to four chart or recap images to each weekly entry; click any thumbnail to expand.	Per-trade image attachments per their site as of June 2026.
Money-back guarantee	7-day money-back guarantee on your first paid period.	Refund policy per their site as of June 2026.
Gecko AI · personal coach	Gecko AI: your personal trading performance coach. Reads your trades, weekly journal, notes, and the goals you set for yourself — then suggests one concrete action for the week and checks in to see if it worked. Catches subtle drifts across months (slipping hit rate, growing after-loss tilt) before they compound. ~25 messages/month free, ~500 on Pro. Powered by Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6.	No conversational AI coach as of June 2026; analytics are dashboard-driven.
Light + dark theme	Light and dark themes with a one-click toggle in the sidebar and on every public page.	Light theme primary as of June 2026.
Best for	Traders whose real problem is behavior, not lack of charts.	Multi-asset traders who want broad performance analytics in one journal.
Daily Coach loop	AI pre-market briefing keyed off your actual data, end-of-day check-in (mood + rule + journal) joined with daily P&L, weekly plan-adherence score, mood × performance correlation, AI-written Monday recap email. All in the dashboard, free tier included.	Not offered. A trade-journal log plus reports; no daily AI coaching surface, no EOD check-in, no plan-adherence score, no AI recap email.
Broker auto-sync	Read-only OAuth via SnapTrade on Pro and Unlimited. 20+ brokers supported today — Fidelity, Vanguard, Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Interactive Brokers, tastytrade, TradeStation, Webull, Public, Alpaca, Tradier, Chase, Moomoo, eToro; plus Kraken and Coinbase for crypto; plus Questrade, Wealthsimple, and Trading 212 for CA/EU. Free tier keeps the always-available statement upload path. Password never crosses Gecko; tokens can be revoked from Settings.	Varies. Some competitors offer broker integrations on paid tiers; others require manual CSV uploads or a TradingView hand-off. See their own table rows for specifics.
Trade Replay + coach commentary	Play any trading day back as an interactive minute-bar chart with entry / exit markers, a 30-minute tilt window shaded on the chart, and a chronological tape weaving your trades with the behavioral alerts that fired. Zoom out to a multi-day chart on any swing position held across sessions — daily bars with entry / exit anchors, continuous across futures contract rolls. Sonnet writes a coach recap plus counterfactual on demand. Covers equities, crypto, and CME futures. Free tier.	Varies. A few competitors ship chart playback of trades on price bars; almost none pair it with a behavioral-alert overlay, a tilt-window band, a swing view for multi-day holds, and an AI-written recap in the same view.

Price

Gecko: Free tier (every feature, last 100 trades), Pro $12/month, cancel any time.

Trademetria: From around $24/mo per their site as of June 2026, with multiple tiers above.

Setup

Gecko: Upload a statement, no broker login, first diagnosis in about two minutes.

Trademetria: Broker import or manual entry. Setup is straightforward across stocks, forex, and futures.

Broker support

Gecko: Native parsers for Kraken, Robinhood, Interactive Brokers, plus an AI extractor that reads statements from any other broker — no broker is unsupported.

Trademetria: Broker imports across a wide range of brokers including forex venues.

Security posture

Gecko: Never asks for broker credentials. Reads only the statement you upload.

Trademetria: Broker import features can require credentials on their servers.

Analytics

Gecko: Behavioral diagnosis: 12 axes priced in dollars, plus equity curves and per-instrument breakdowns.

Trademetria: Broad performance analytics: equity curves, P&L by symbol, drawdown analysis, asset-class views.

Behavioral analysis

Gecko: Core focus. Each flagged leak is significance-tested and priced.

Trademetria: Performance-focused. Behavioral patterns are not the primary lens.

Customizable dashboard

Gecko: Drag-to-reorder widgets and eye-toggle their visibility from an in-page drawer.

Trademetria: Customization scope per their site as of June 2026.

Journal screenshots

Gecko: Attach up to four chart or recap images to each weekly entry; click any thumbnail to expand.

Trademetria: Per-trade image attachments per their site as of June 2026.

Money-back guarantee

Gecko: 7-day money-back guarantee on your first paid period.

Trademetria: Refund policy per their site as of June 2026.

Gecko AI · personal coach

Gecko: Gecko AI: your personal trading performance coach. Reads your trades, weekly journal, notes, and the goals you set for yourself — then suggests one concrete action for the week and checks in to see if it worked. Catches subtle drifts across months (slipping hit rate, growing after-loss tilt) before they compound. ~25 messages/month free, ~500 on Pro. Powered by Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6.

Trademetria: No conversational AI coach as of June 2026; analytics are dashboard-driven.

Light + dark theme

Gecko: Light and dark themes with a one-click toggle in the sidebar and on every public page.

Trademetria: Light theme primary as of June 2026.

Best for

Gecko: Traders whose real problem is behavior, not lack of charts.

Trademetria: Multi-asset traders who want broad performance analytics in one journal.

Daily Coach loop

Gecko: AI pre-market briefing keyed off your actual data, end-of-day check-in (mood + rule + journal) joined with daily P&L, weekly plan-adherence score, mood × performance correlation, AI-written Monday recap email. All in the dashboard, free tier included.

Trademetria: Not offered. A trade-journal log plus reports; no daily AI coaching surface, no EOD check-in, no plan-adherence score, no AI recap email.

Broker auto-sync

Gecko: Read-only OAuth via SnapTrade on Pro and Unlimited. 20+ brokers supported today — Fidelity, Vanguard, Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Interactive Brokers, tastytrade, TradeStation, Webull, Public, Alpaca, Tradier, Chase, Moomoo, eToro; plus Kraken and Coinbase for crypto; plus Questrade, Wealthsimple, and Trading 212 for CA/EU. Free tier keeps the always-available statement upload path. Password never crosses Gecko; tokens can be revoked from Settings.

Trademetria: Varies. Some competitors offer broker integrations on paid tiers; others require manual CSV uploads or a TradingView hand-off. See their own table rows for specifics.

Trade Replay + coach commentary

Gecko: Play any trading day back as an interactive minute-bar chart with entry / exit markers, a 30-minute tilt window shaded on the chart, and a chronological tape weaving your trades with the behavioral alerts that fired. Zoom out to a multi-day chart on any swing position held across sessions — daily bars with entry / exit anchors, continuous across futures contract rolls. Sonnet writes a coach recap plus counterfactual on demand. Covers equities, crypto, and CME futures. Free tier.

Trademetria: Varies. A few competitors ship chart playback of trades on price bars; almost none pair it with a behavioral-alert overlay, a tilt-window band, a swing view for multi-day holds, and an AI-written recap in the same view.

The honest verdict

Choose Trademetria if...

•You trade multiple asset classes (forex, stocks, futures) and want one journal for all of them.
•Broad performance analytics matter more to you than behavioral coaching.
•You want broker imports for an asset class Gecko does not yet parse.

Choose Gecko if...

•You want behavior named in dollars, not another equity curve.
•You want a bootstrap significance test behind every flagged leak.
•You would rather not store broker credentials anywhere.
•You want to start free and pay coffee money only if it earns its keep.

One honest note: Trademetria is genuinely useful if you want a broad performance log across multiple asset classes. What it does not do, by design, is tell you what your behavior is costing you. Most traders who plateau are not plateaued because they cannot see their equity curve. They are plateaued because the same handful of habits keep showing up. Gecko is built for exactly that diagnosis.

The cheapest way to decide

Gecko’s free tier analyzes your last 100 trades with every feature unlocked, no card and no broker connection. If the diagnosis does not show you something worth fixing, you have lost two minutes.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Gecko cheaper than Trademetria?

Both are affordable. Gecko Pro is $12/month; Trademetria starts around $24/mo per their site as of June 2026.

What does Trademetria have that Gecko does not?

Broker import coverage across forex and additional asset classes Gecko does not yet parse, plus broader performance-analytics views.

What does Gecko have that Trademetria does not?

A behavioral diagnosis that prices your habits in dollars across twelve significance-tested axes, a self-grading weekly journal, and a no-credentials setup.

Can I use both?

Yes. Some traders use a broad performance log alongside Gecko's behavioral read. At $12 a month, Gecko stacks cheaply on top.