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Postmortem vs TradesViz: which journal fits a crypto futures trader?

Last updated August 21, 2026 · By the Postmortem team · 8 min read
Postmortem is our product — we say plainly where TradesViz is the better pick, and on price and analytics breadth it frequently is. Every TradesViz figure on this page was read off their own pricing and crypto pages on 21 August 2026 and is linked at the foot of the page.

THE SHORT VERSION

TradesViz is the analytics-heaviest journal in this field — 600+ charts and statistics across stocks, options, forex and crypto — and it is also the cheapest serious tool here: a free-forever Basic tier with 3,000 imports a month, Pro at $19.99/month ($14.99 billed annually, $179/year), Platinum at $29.99/month ($22.49 annually). It claims to be the only online journal that syncs from most popular crypto exchanges, and it backs that with a crypto replay simulator.

Postmortem is the opposite bet — one asset class, crypto futures, and a journal that hands you a conclusion rather than another dashboard, at ₱399–₱1,149/month (about $7–$20) with a free plan. The short version: if you trade multiple asset classes and genuinely enjoy slicing your own data, TradesViz gives you more ways to do it than anyone, at a price that is hard to argue with. If you trade perps and what you actually want is “tell me which habit is costing me the most, and how much”, that is the entire product Postmortem sells.

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At a glance

FeaturePostmortemTradesViz
FocusCrypto futures onlyStocks, options, forex, crypto
Crypto exchange auto-sync✅ Binance, Bybit, OKX, MEXC, Bitget, BingX, Bitunix✅ "most popular crypto exchanges"; same feature tier as stocks and futures
Stocks / options / forex❌ by design✅ all three
Markets coveredGlobal — exchange-basedUS, Canada, India, Australia
Analytics breadthFocused: setup, session, symbol, hold time600+ charts and statistics — their headline strength
AI coaching / trade verdicts✅ Verdict on every trade, unprompted✅ AI Coach, AI Q&A, AI trade chat — ask-and-answer
Mistake auto-tagging✅ Pro⚠️ Mistakes analysis via trade/day plans you define
Mood & psychology tagging✅ all plansCustom tag groups + trading psychology analysis
Backtesting / chart replay✅ Blind — hidden date✅ Simulator up to 100× speed, incl. crypto; 35,000+ symbols
Exit analysis❌✅ Best-exit, EOD and multi-timeframe (Platinum)
Position size calculator✅ free plan❌ (targets simulator, not a risk-based sizer)
Funding & fees netted out✅Commission and fee tracking; perp funding not documented
Free tier✅ forever (1 exchange, 30 days)✅ forever — 3,000 imports/month
Entry paid price, monthly₱299–₱859 ≈ $5–$15$19.99 ($14.99 billed annually)
Top price, monthly₱399–₱1,149 ≈ $7–$20$29.99 ($22.49 billed annually)
Auto-renewalNone — one payment, one periodSubscription
PaymentsGCash, Maya, GrabPay, QR Ph, banking, cardCard

Postmortem pricing from our own [pricing page](/#pricing). TradesViz rows read off [their pricing page](https://www.tradesviz.com/pricing) and [crypto journal page](https://www.tradesviz.com/crypto-trading-journal) on 21 August 2026.

Pricing

TradesViz is the price leader in this category and it is not particularly close. Basic is $0, free forever, with a 3,000-trades-per-month import limit — a genuinely usable free tier, not a demo. Pro is $19.99/month, or $14.99/month billed annually ($179/year), and covers all asset types with the full chart and grid feature set. Platinum is $29.99/month, or $22.49/month billed annually, and adds the real-time screener, universal simulator, exit analysis, options flow and the options backtester. Paid tiers come with a 7-day trial.

Postmortem Pro is ₱399–₱1,149/month (~$7–$20, depending on your country) or ₱4,309–₱12,409/year, Basic is ₱299–₱859, and Free is genuinely free forever — auto-sync for one exchange, 30 days analysed, the leak diagnosis and the position-sizing calculator, no card. Payments buy one period and never auto-renew, and GCash, Maya, GrabPay, QR Ph and online banking work alongside cards.

Honestly: at the top of our regional band ($20) TradesViz Pro at $14.99 annually is cheaper than we are, for vastly more surface area. Where the numbers flip is at the bottom of the band — a Philippine trader pays about $7 for Postmortem Pro — and in what a payment commits you to. But nobody should choose between these two on price alone; they are close enough that the actual question is what you want the tool to do.

Analytics: breadth vs a conclusion

This is the honest heart of the comparison, and it isn’t really about features. TradesViz gives you an enormous surface: 600+ charts and statistics, 10 stock charts per trade, 8 indicators per chart, custom dashboards you build from scratch, tag-group analysis, MFE/MAE, running-P&L, seasonality, fundamentals, SEC 13F data. Handed to a trader who will actually sit down and interrogate it, that surface is worth far more than the money.

Postmortem deliberately gives you less. It slices P&L by setup, session, symbol and hold time with funding and fees netted out, and then does the part most traders skip: it names the pattern. Every trade gets a CLEAN / FLAGGED / MIXED verdict with the reason in plain English — “Entered 4 minutes after the previous loss. 3.1× your usual position size.” — mistakes are auto-tagged, and the damage is totalled: “Third revenge trade this week — total drag −$118.”

Both have AI. The difference is who starts the conversation. TradesViz’s AI Q&A and AI Coach are excellent when you ask them something; Postmortem’s verdict lands on the trade whether or not you open the app. If you’ve had a journal for six months and still can’t name the habit costing you the most money, another 40 report types is not the fix — and neither is an AI you have to remember to prompt after a losing day.

Crypto futures depth

TradesViz takes crypto more seriously than any other multi-asset journal here. Their crypto page states plainly that crypto gets "the same tier and list of features as we do for stocks, futures and forex", including sync from most popular exchanges, backtesting and paper trading on historical data. That is a real commitment, not a checkbox.

The gap that remains is the perp-specific one. They document commission and fee tracking; they do not document perpetual funding anywhere public, and their stated market coverage is US, Canada, India and Australia — a brokerage framing that sits oddly on a 24/7 global perp venue. Two things to test during the free tier: import a week of real perp trades and check realised P&L after fees, funding over the hold, and the leverage on each entry.

Postmortem treats all three as first-class because it has no other asset class to compromise for; how the read-only auto-sync works covers the seven exchanges end to end, with requests signed in your browser and secrets stored AES-256-encrypted.

What TradesViz does better

  • Analytics depth. Nothing here is close. 600+ charts and statistics against our deliberately narrow set. If you want to slice your data every conceivable way, this is the tool.
  • Price. A free-forever tier with a 3,000/month import limit, and Pro at $14.99/month billed annually. On raw value per dollar, TradesViz wins this category outright.
  • Multi-asset coverage. Stocks, options and forex are categories Postmortem doesn’t serve at all.
  • Simulator breadth. Up to 100× speed with auto-journaling, 35,000+ symbols, 70+ indicators, plus an options strategy backtester. Our blind backtesting is one asset class and one idea.
  • Exit analysis. Best-exit, end-of-day and multi-timeframe exit insight on Platinum. We have no equivalent, and it is a genuinely useful lens.
  • Custom dashboards. A blank canvas you fill with any widget, as many boards as you like. Ours are fixed.

What Postmortem does that TradesViz doesn’t

  • A verdict on every trade, unprompted, plus the named habit and its running cost — no question to ask, no dashboard to build.
  • A published exchange list. "Most popular crypto exchanges" is not a list; you can check ours against your venue before signing up.
  • Crypto-futures-first maths — funding and fees netted out by default, leverage and liquidation first-class, no multi-asset compromise.
  • [Fixed-risk position sizing](/features/position-size-calculator) on the free plan — capital, risk %, entry, stop, out comes the size.
  • Mood and mistake tagging built for the four minutes after a loss, where futures accounts actually die.
  • No auto-renewal, and local SEA payment rails — GCash, Maya, GrabPay, QR Ph.

Which one should you pick?

Pick TradesViz if you trade more than crypto, you want the deepest analytics available at any price, you’re the kind of trader who will genuinely use them — or you simply want the most journal per dollar, in which case start on their free tier today.

Pick Postmortem if you trade crypto perps and you want the review done for you — funding-accurate numbers, auto-tagged mistakes, and your most expensive habit named with a price on it. Start free and let a week of your own fills decide. Running both free tiers side by side for a week costs nothing and settles it properly.

Comparing more broadly? See the roundup of the best crypto futures trading journals, Postmortem vs Coin Market Manager, or Postmortem vs TraderSync.

Common questions

Does TradesViz support crypto futures?

Yes, and more seriously than most multi-asset journals. Their crypto page states that crypto gets the same feature tier as stocks, futures and forex — sync from most popular crypto exchanges, advanced analysis, strategy backtesting and paper trading on historical data. What they do not publish is how perpetual funding is handled, so test that with real perp fills on their free tier before committing. Checked 21 August 2026.

Which has better analytics?

TradesViz, on breadth, comfortably — 600+ charts and statistics, custom dashboards, exit analysis and MFE/MAE against Postmortem’s deliberately narrow set. Postmortem’s analytics are pointed at one job instead: identifying the behaviour costing you the most money and putting a number on it, without you having to build a dashboard to find it.

Which is cheaper?

It depends where you live. TradesViz Pro is $19.99/month, or $14.99/month billed annually, with a free-forever Basic tier capped at 3,000 imports a month. Postmortem Pro is ₱399–₱1,149/month — about $7–$20 depending on your country — so it is cheaper at the bottom of our regional band and dearer at the top. Both have a genuinely free tier, so run them side by side for a week. Figures checked 21 August 2026.

Is there a free plan?

Both, and both are real. Postmortem Free: one exchange auto-synced, 30 days of history, the full leak diagnosis, no card. TradesViz Basic: free forever with a 3,000-trades-per-month import limit. Their paid tiers add a 7-day trial on top.

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Sources (verified August 21, 2026, re-verified quarterly): TradesViz pricing · TradesViz crypto trading journal · Postmortem pricing

Postmortem is a journaling tool, not financial advice. Competitor information verified from public sources on the date above — tell us at support@postmortem-tradingjournal.com if anything is out of date.