How is SuperTrader
better than Plancana?
Plancana is a solid planning tool. SuperTrader is the journal that tells you why your plan keeps breaking down — and spots the patterns you'd never see manually.
TL;DR — Our verdict
SuperTrader wins on AI insights, pricing (free plan vs paid-only), broker integrations, mental tracking, and backtesting. Plancana wins on pre-trade plan creation and rule-adherence UX. If you need a journal that tells you why your plan broke down — not just that it did — SuperTrader is the stronger tool.
More insight. More automation. No monthly bill to start.
At a glance
The numbers side by side
Why traders outgrow Plancana
Four friction points. One switch.
You know you broke the plan. You don't know why.
Plancana shows rule violations. It can't tell you the time-of-day pattern, mood state, or tilt sequence that caused them — so the same mistakes keep happening.
Manual CSV upload for most brokers.
Outside a handful of direct integrations, you're exporting files and uploading them every single session. With 1,000+ brokers, SuperTrader pulls your trades the moment you close them.
No mood or mental-edge tracking.
The most expensive part of trading — emotions — is completely invisible in Plancana. No mood logging, no tilt detection, no correlation between your mental state and P&L.
No backtesting engine.
You can't test a setup against your own historical trade data before risking real money. SuperTrader's backtest engine runs any strategy scenario against your actual history.
AI insight engine
Know why your plan broke down. Not just that it did.
Detects time-of-day patterns, streak tilt, and setup-level win rate drift in real-time. Alerts you before you over-trade. Shows the pattern behind every rule break.
Tracks whether you followed your plan and flags violations. No automated pattern detection — no AI engine to explain the cause.
- Surfaces the time-of-day and mood patterns behind plan violations
- Streak-based tilt alerts before you blow your session gains
- Setup-by-setup win rate with trend over time
- AI insights update every 2 minutes during market hours
Win Rate by Time of Day
Last 90 sessions
Pattern detected: rule-break cluster
82% of your plan violations happen after 2pm. Closing your session at 1pm last month would have added +$2,610 to your P&L.
Broker integrations
1,000+ brokers. Trades flow in automatically.
Connects to 1,000+ brokers directly — stocks, options, futures, forex, crypto. Trades sync the moment you close them. Zero manual entry.
Limited direct integrations. Most brokers require manual CSV export and upload every session.
- Works with your exact broker — today
- Multi-account support across all connected brokers
- Real-time sync — no end-of-day manual uploads
- MT4, MT5, IBKR, Coinbase, Schwab, and 995 more
Mental game & mood tracking
Your emotions are your edge — or your leak.
Mood × P&L tracking shows exactly when frustration or fatigue costs you money. Tilt alerts, streak detection, and a mindset check-in before every session.
No mood logging, no mental-edge layer, no tilt detection or streak-based alerts. The psychological side of trading is completely untracked.
- Mood × P&L scatter shows when emotions hurt returns
- Pre-market mindset check-in to keep you on-plan
- Pattern detected: frustrated sessions cost $1,920/mo avg
- Know when to stop before it costs you
Sessions tagged 'frustrated' have a 24% win rate vs 69% on calm days. You're losing $1,920/mo to emotional trading.
82% of plan violations happen after 2pm on days where you had a loss in the first hour. SuperTrader flagged this automatically.
Your best weeks start with a pre-market routine check-in. Correlation with end-of-week P&L: 0.71.
Pricing & free access
Start free. Upgrade when you're ready.
Free plan covers journaling, AI basics, and full broker sync. No credit card. Starter $9/mo, Pro $19/mo.
No free plan available. Paid-only starting around $29/mo.
- Free forever — no time limit, no card required
- SuperTrader Pro costs less than Plancana's entry tier
- Cancel any time — no lock-in, no penalty
- Try everything before you pay a single dollar
- Unlimited journaling
- AI insights (basic)
- 1,000+ broker sync
- Mobile app
- Calendar heatmap
- Everything in Free
- Full AI pattern engine
- Mood & tilt tracking
- Advanced analytics
- Priority support
- Everything in Starter
- Backtesting engine
- Unlimited history
- Voice-to-text notes
- API access
- Trading plan creation
- Rule adherence tracking
- Mobile app
- Basic analytics
- No AI engine
- No mood tracking
- No backtesting
Full comparison
Feature by feature
| Feature | SuperTrader | Plancana |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | ||
| Free trial | ||
| Starting price | $0 / mo | ~$29 / mo |
| Pro / full-feature price | $19 / mo | $29+ / mo |
| Refund policy | Cancel anytime | Varies |
| Integrations | ||
| Broker integrations | 1,000+ | Limited |
| Auto trade import | ||
| Broker CSV import | ||
| Multi-account | Partial | |
| MT4 / MT5 support | Partial | |
| AI & Analytics | ||
| AI pattern detection | ||
| Time-of-day analysis | ||
| Streak / tilt alerts | ||
| Setup-by-setup win rate | Partial | |
| Equity curve | Partial | |
| P&L calendar heatmap | Partial | |
| Backtesting engine | ||
| Planning & Journaling | ||
| Pre-trade plan creation | ||
| Rule-adherence tracking | ||
| Mood tracking | ||
| Pre-market checklist | Partial | |
| Voice-to-text notes | ||
| Goal tracking | Partial | |
| Auto-tagging | ||
| Mobile & Platform | ||
| iOS app | ||
| Android app | ||
| Web app | ||
| Setup time | ~2 minutes | 5–10 min |
Data based on publicly available information. Last verified May 2026.
Switching is easy
Switch from Plancana in 2 minutes
SuperTrader reads any broker CSV format — including Plancana exports. Your full trade history, plan notes, and tags carry over automatically.
Export from Plancana
Download your trade history as CSV from Plancana's export settings.
Import into SuperTrader
Drop the CSV into SuperTrader. We auto-detect the format and map all fields.
You're done
Your full history, plan notes, and tags are live. AI analysis starts immediately.
From traders who switched
Real results, real people
"Plancana told me I broke my rules. SuperTrader told me I break them 80% of the time after 2pm on red days — and showed me exactly what that was costing. Night and day difference."
"I loved Plancana's planning UX, but the analytics were too shallow. SuperTrader's AI found patterns in my data I'd been ignoring for months. The free plan alone is worth switching for."
"Switching took about 5 minutes — imported my CSV and everything was there. The broker auto-sync alone saves me 20 minutes a day I used to spend uploading files."
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Free forever · Starter $9/mo · Pro $19/mo