Privacy

Short version: your journal is yours. It lives on your computer first. While you're signed in, a private copy is kept in your account so your other computers stay in step and nothing is lost with a broken PC. Nobody else can see it, we don't sell or share it, and you can turn the copy off or delete it any time.

Last updated 22 October 2026.

Your journal

Everything you write (notes, answers, trades, screenshots, settings) is stored in a folder on your computer (%APPDATA%\Trading Journal). If you choose a sync folder (for example your own OneDrive), that copy is governed by that service.

Your account and the cloud copy

• Account. Your email address. You sign in with a code we email you; there is no password.
• Cloud copy. While signed in (and unless you turn it off in Settings → General → Account), ChartBook uploads a copy of your journal, your screenshots and your preferences to your private space. Only your account can read it; it is stored encrypted at rest with our provider Supabase. We don't look at journals, except if you ask us to help with a problem.
• Deleting. Settings → General → Account → Delete account deletes the cloud copy and the account. Settings → General → Your data → Delete all my data removes the journal from a computer.

The beta waitlist

When you join the waitlist we keep what you typed (email, first name, trading experience, markets, platform, note) to decide who joins the beta and to email you about it. Emails are sent through Resend. Ask us to remove you any time.

What goes over the internet

• Updates. The app checks download.chartbook.app for a new version a few times a day and downloads it. The request contains nothing about you or your journal. You can turn this off in Settings → General.
• Signing in. Your email and the code, and a check every few hours that your account is still active.
• News. Only when you click "Get from Forex Factory", the app downloads that week's public economic calendar.
• Feedback. Only when you click Send, your message, the contact details you typed, an optional screenshot you attached, and your app and Windows version.
• Crash reports. Only if you turn them on in Settings → General: the error and where it happened, with your Windows user folder removed from file paths. Never journal content.

This website

No cookies, no tracking scripts, no analytics. The waitlist form sends only what you type into it.

Questions

Use "Send feedback" in the app, or write to the person who invited you to the beta.