If you have tried building a Notion trading journal yourself, you know the trap: you spend an afternoon setting up a Trade Log database, get the basic P&L formula working, then realise you have no session tracking, no setup tags, no prop firm section, and no way to see a rolling win rate without rebuilding everything. The free TSB Notion trading journal template solves all of that in one duplication.
This guide walks through exactly what the template contains, how to get it, how to configure it for your broker and trading style, and how to extend it with live analytics widgets when you are ready.
What is inside the template
The template is organised into five main sections, each a separate Notion database or page. Together they cover the full lifecycle of a trade: pre-session planning, live logging, post-session review, setup documentation, and prop firm challenge tracking.
Trade Log
The core database. Every trade gets a row. 18 pre-built properties cover everything from entry price to psychology rating.
Daily Session Journal
A structured daily entry page linked to your Trade Log. Pre-fills with date, planned bias, session, key levels, and a post-session review block.
Monthly Performance Overview
A rollup dashboard that calculates your monthly stats automatically from the Trade Log — no manual data entry.
Trading Playbook
A free-form page for each setup you trade. Document entry criteria, filters, ideal risk parameters, and attach annotated chart screenshots.
Prop Firm Challenge Tracker
Track one or multiple prop firm challenges simultaneously. Monitor daily and total drawdown limits, profit targets, and days remaining in real time.
Every section is pre-linked. Daily Journal entries relate to Trade Log rows. Trade Log rows roll up into the Monthly Performance Overview. You do not have to wire anything together — just start using it.
How to get the free template
The template is free and available immediately — no email address required, no paywall, no waiting for a confirmation link.
- Go to traderssecondbrain.com/free-trading-journal
- Click the Get the Free Template button
- The Notion template page opens — click Duplicate in the top-right corner
- Choose the Notion workspace you want to add it to and confirm
The full template, including all five sections and their pre-built properties, appears in your workspace within seconds. You can rename it, move it to any existing page, or keep it at the top level — it is your copy to organise however you like.
Get the Free Notion Template
Trade Log (18 fields), Daily Journal, Performance Dashboard, Playbook, and Prop Firm Tracker — all pre-linked and ready in minutes.
How to set it up (4 steps)
After duplicating, the template works as-is. But four quick configuration steps will personalise it for your specific trading setup and save time when you start logging trades.
Add your instruments to the Trade Log
Open the Trade Log database. Find the Instrument select property and add the specific pairs, contracts, or coins you trade — for example EURUSD, NQ, BTCUSDT. Remove any placeholder values you will not use. This makes the filter and group-by views immediately useful.
Add your top 5 instruments first, then add others as you trade themCreate your setup tags
Open the Setup Tag multi-select property in the Trade Log and replace the default tags with the names of your actual setups — for example "Break of Structure", "Supply Zone Fade", "Opening Range Breakout". Consistent tagging is what makes your Playbook and win-rate-by-setup filters valuable.
Match your tag names exactly to your Playbook page titles for easy cross-referencingSet your risk parameters in the Prop Firm Tracker
If you are trading a funded or evaluation account, open the Prop Firm Challenge Tracker and add a row for each active account. Enter the account size, profit target percentage, maximum drawdown percentage, and start date. The tracker will calculate your current P&L progress automatically as you log trades.
Add a row for each phase — Challenge, Verification, and Funded — as separate entriesSet your monthly performance goals
Open the Monthly Performance Overview and set a profit target for the current month in the Monthly Goal property. The dashboard will show your progress toward that goal as a percentage as the month progresses. Set a realistic R-multiple target (e.g. +10R for the month) rather than a dollar amount so the goal stays consistent across position sizes.
Review this dashboard every Sunday evening before the trading week startsAfter these four steps, the template is fully personalised. Log your first trade, fill in a Daily Journal entry, and the Monthly Performance Overview will begin tracking your stats automatically.
How to add live analytics with TSB Pro
The free template is a manual journal. It calculates stats from what you enter, but it cannot pull data from your broker, draw an equity curve, or run AI analysis on your trade patterns. That is what TSB Pro is for — and it is designed to live inside your Notion workspace.
TSB Pro has 23 embeddable widgets. You add them to your Notion pages using a standard embed block (paste the widget URL, hit Enter). They update live as trades sync from your broker. The most useful ones to pair with this template are:
The recommended setup: embed the Equity Curve and Session Heatmap widgets directly on your Monthly Performance Overview page, and embed the AI Trade Coaching widget on your Daily Session Journal template. Your Notion workspace becomes a single environment for both journaling and analytics — no switching tabs.
TSB Pro connects to MT4, MT5, Binance, Bybit, OKX, and Bitget for auto-import. You still log qualitative notes in Notion. The broker data flows into TSB, and TSB data flows back into Notion via widgets. It is the best of both systems without duplicating effort.
Free template vs building from scratch
You can build a Notion trading journal from scratch. The question is whether it is worth the time. Here is an honest comparison:
Free TSB Template
Free- Ready in under 10 minutes
- 18 pre-built Trade Log fields — nothing missing
- Rollup formulas pre-configured and tested
- Prop Firm Tracker included out of the box
- Fully customisable after duplicating
- Compatible with TSB Pro widgets
Building from scratch
3–6 hours- Database design takes 1–2 hours minimum
- Rollup formulas require trial and error
- Easy to miss fields you will need later
- Prop Firm Tracker requires separate design effort
- Relation links between databases require care to set up correctly
- Complete control over every design decision
Building from scratch makes sense if you have a highly specific journaling system that the template cannot accommodate. For most traders — especially those new to Notion journaling — the template is the right starting point. You can still customise every part of it after duplicating; starting with the template just means you skip the database design phase entirely.
