Tradepurple vs Edgewonk: Tilt Tracking vs Behavior Change
Edgewonk is one of the few journals that has tried to integrate trader psychology, with its Tiltmeter and emotional state logging. It is a real step beyond pure trade logging. Tradepurple goes one layer deeper: instead of showing you when you tilted, it intervenes before you do, builds personal rules from your own debriefs, and turns recurring mistakes into a tiered playbook.
Quick verdict
Edgewonk is best for
Traders who want a flat-priced journal with manual trade entry, MT4/MT5/cTrader integration, and a Tiltmeter to log emotional state alongside trades.
Tradepurple is best for
Traders who already know they tilt and want a system that prevents it. Pre-session readiness, real-time intervention, and a personal playbook built from past rule-breaks.
Pricing at a glance
Edgewonk
$197/year (~$16/month)
Single all-in plan, no tiers. 14-day money-back guarantee. Note: Edgewonk shifted from a one-time payment model to annual billing.
14-day money-back guarantee, no free trial.
Tradepurple
€20/month
Monthly subscription, including VAT for EU customers.
7-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
Feature comparison
Where each wins
Where Edgewonk wins
- Established platform with one of the longest track records in psychology-aware journaling.
- Built-in MT4, MT5, and cTrader integrations for forex traders.
- Trade simulator that projects current performance into future scenarios.
- Flat annual price with no feature tiers.
- Exit analysis and trade management analysis tools.
Where Tradepurple wins
- Pre-session check-in that produces a 0 to 100 readiness score before the market opens.
- "I am struggling" intervention button with AI-generated 60-second action and enforced cooldown.
- Post-session debrief that extracts ten emotion tags, triggers, behaviors, severity, and proposed rules from a single sentence of free text.
- Pattern engine that detects recurring behaviors across multiple debriefs and estimates the monthly cost.
- Personal playbook organized in three tiers (core, active, archived) with frequency, cost, and worst-trigger data per rule.
The honest verdict
Edgewonk is the journal that took psychology seriously when no one else did. The Tiltmeter is a smart concept: it tracks your emotional state alongside your trades and shows you the dollar cost of trading on tilt. That alone puts Edgewonk ahead of most trade journals.
But the Tiltmeter is monitoring, not intervention. It tells you that you tilted last Tuesday. It does not stop you from doing it again next Tuesday. Tradepurple is built around the opposite premise: catch the moment, interrupt the pattern, extract the rule, and remind you of it before the next session.
If you want lifetime-feeling pricing, MT4 integration, and a sim alongside a journal, Edgewonk fits. If you want a system that actively changes your behavior under pressure, Tradepurple does that work directly.
Common questions
Is Tradepurple a replacement for Edgewonk?
For the psychology and discipline layer, yes. For trade simulation and broker-platform integration, no. Many traders use Edgewonk for MT4/MT5 trade logging and Tradepurple for behavior change.
How is Tradepurple's pattern detection different from Edgewonk's Tiltmeter?
The Tiltmeter logs emotional state per trade, then aggregates the cost. Tradepurple's pattern engine reads your free-text debriefs, extracts behaviors and triggers automatically, detects recurring patterns across sessions, and turns them into rules in your playbook.
Does Tradepurple have a trade simulator like Edgewonk?
No. We do not project hypothetical strategy outcomes. We focus on the behavior side: did you follow your rules, what happened when you did not, and what should change next session.
Why is Tradepurple monthly while Edgewonk is annual?
Monthly billing lowers the up-front commitment for traders testing whether psychology tooling fits their workflow. We do not currently offer annual billing.
Can I import my Edgewonk data into Tradepurple?
Not yet. Tradepurple's data model is built around behavioral inputs (check-ins, debriefs, struggles) rather than trade rows, so a direct import would not map cleanly.
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