LSG Club vs Edgewonk for MetaTrader traders
One journal with a single plan billed yearly or monthly, one that is free for club members — compared on sync, analytics and ICT detail.
Edgewonk and LSG Club both aim at traders who want to understand their own behaviour, not just store fills. This page is for forex, gold and index traders on MT4 or MT5 deciding between the two. Each Edgewonk fact was checked on 31 October 2026 on Edgewonk’s own pricing, feature, import and changelog pages. We are LSG Club, so we have an interest in the outcome; that is why every claim is dated and anything we could not confirm is marked.
Edgewonk and LSG Club at a glance
| LSG Club | Edgewonk | |
|---|---|---|
| Price of the journal | $0 for every club member, no card | $197 for 12 months, VAT calculated at checkout |
| Monthly option | MT5 auto-sync $9/month; LSG Journal Pro $29/month or $290/year | $35 for one month, same features as the yearly plan |
| Free plan, trial or refund | Free with no time limit | No free trial stated; 14-day money-back guarantee |
| MT4/MT5 file import | Free HTML or CSV report import | MT5 Excel/CSV files and HTML position reports, per its changelog; a manual MT4 file import found only for its legacy desktop version |
| MT4/MT5 auto-sync | Investor password; MT5 every hour, MT4 every 12 hours | FTP report publishing from MT4/MT5 at an interval you set; a read-only MT5 EA in early access, on request |
| Other brokers | CSV from cTrader, MatchTrader and DXtrade; eight crypto exchanges | Over 200 brokers, including FTMO, crypto exchanges, cTrader and NinjaTrader |
| Sessions and Kill Zones | Kill Zone set from the entry time, New York time | Session report cards; no Kill Zone feature found on the pages we checked |
| R-multiples | $, % or R on every trade | R-multiple statistics from the initial stop |
| Behaviour analytics | Behaviour report, optimal RR and break-even, trade simulator | Psychology analysis, Tiltmeter, performance simulator, Trade Management Optimizer |
| AI features | The club AI’s analyses with LSG Journal Pro | "AI-driven analysis" on its homepage; Edge Finder scans the journal automatically |
| Mobile | Web app in the phone browser plus a Telegram bot | Usable on phone and tablet, per its homepage; no store app found on the pages we checked |
| Mentor sharing | Read-only mentor link, R only if you choose, revocable | Read-only journal sharing with a mentor |
Where Edgewonk is stronger
- One plan with every feature: $197 for 12 months or $35 for a month, so there is no tier to outgrow.
- A 14-day money-back guarantee if the purchase does not suit you.
- Psychology and behaviour analytics are the core of the product, with a performance simulator and a Trade Management Optimizer that work on your own trades, and a Tiltmeter that shows how often you break your rules.
- Wider platform coverage — NinjaTrader, crypto exchanges and prop firms such as FTMO among the supported brokers — and unlimited prop accounts.
Where LSG Club is different
The overlap is real, since both journals take R and behaviour seriously, but the starting point differs.
- There is nothing to buy to start: the journal is free for every club member with no card and no time limit, so a year of history never waits on a renewal.
- ICT timing is automatic. The Kill Zone comes from the entry time — Asian 20:00–00:00, London 02:00–05:00, New York 07:00–10:00, New York time — and the analytics split by Kill Zone, session, setup, weekday and hour.
- Results read in $, % or R; optimal RR and optimal break-even replay your own trades on real candles.
- MetaTrader import costs nothing: HTML or CSV reports, with duplicates skipped. Auto-sync with the read-only investor password is a $9 monthly club contribution, or unlimited with LSG Journal Pro at $29 a month or $290 a year, which also opens the club AI’s analyses on the site.
- A Telegram bot sends a morning brief, alerts before Kill Zones and a weekly report, and a prop challenge tracker is built in.
- A mentor can get a read-only link to your journal; you can hide every amount of money, see each visit and revoke it at once.
Outside the journal there are free trading tools with no login, such as the Kill Zone time converter and the MT5 statement analyzer.
Who should pick which
- Pick Edgewonk if you want one plan with every feature and psychology analytics at the centre of your review.
- Pick Edgewonk if you journal futures on NinjaTrader as well as forex.
- Pick Edgewonk if you want a performance simulator and a Trade Management Optimizer built around your own exits.
- Pick LSG Club if you trade ICT or SMC on MT4/MT5 and want every trade tagged with its Kill Zone without doing it by hand.
- Pick LSG Club if you want to keep a journal for months before deciding whether anything is worth paying for.
Trying LSG Club alongside Edgewonk
You can test both on the same trades without moving anything out of Edgewonk. MetaTrader keeps the full history, so save an HTML report from the MT5 or MT4 History tab and import it into LSG Club for free; the duplicate check means an updated report can be imported later without double counting. Edgewonk’s changelog lists a journal export that includes trade comments, notes and custom stats, and its blog describes the journal export in Excel format.
Step-by-step instructions are in how to import MT5 trades. If you would rather keep a spreadsheet next to either journal, start from the journal template and weigh the two approaches in trading journal vs spreadsheet. Other comparisons: LSG Club vs TradeZella and LSG Club vs Tradervue.
Frequently asked questions
Is LSG Club really free?
The journal is. Analytics, planning, checklists, report import, the prop challenge tracker and the Telegram bot cost nothing for club members and have no time limit. You pay only if you want MT5 auto-sync ($9 a month per account) or LSG Journal Pro ($29 a month or $290 a year).
Can I import my Edgewonk trades into LSG Club?
Import the original MT4 or MT5 report instead; it holds every deal, commission and swap exactly as your broker booked them. Edgewonk’s changelog lists a journal export with trade comments and notes, and its blog describes that export in Excel format.
Which is better for ICT traders?
Edgewonk is a strong general behaviour journal with session report cards, but we found no Kill Zone feature on its pages. LSG Club tags every trade with its ICT Kill Zone automatically and ships ICT setups ready-made. If psychology analytics matter most to you, Edgewonk is worth a look; see the ICT trading journal page for our side.
Does Edgewonk have a free trial?
Its pricing page showed no free trial when we checked on 31 October 2026, but a 14-day money-back guarantee instead, and a one-month plan at $35 next to the $197 yearly one. Check Edgewonk’s own site for the current terms before you buy.