Open source software, built in the open.
PrismChart
Privacy-focused, open source charting toolkit for MetaTrader 5. Your charts, your data, your machine.
Everything you need for charting, journaling, and review — in one place.
- Custom Scales Canvas-rendered price and time axes with timezone support
- Rich Drawings Rectangles with text, lines with labels - objects that stay connected
- Layer System Organize by groups with visibility/lock controls and switchable visibility templates
- Alerts Price cross, zone entry, candle close alerts with enhanced SMTP email notifications
- Portability Copy/paste, import/export drawings between charts - all or selected
- Trade Journal ThinkPad app with notes, screenshots, calendar, and statistics
- Time Context Sessions, news events, period separators, and other technical analysis overlays
- Bar Replay Step through historical candles at your own pace — no subscription walls, no tier limits
FAQ
PrismChart is an open source charting toolkit that extends MetaTrader 5 with drawing and analysis tools. It consolidates charting, alerts, trade journaling, documentation, and statistical review into a single integrated workstation — eliminating the need to juggle multiple apps.
Windows + MetaTrader 5. ImageMagick is optional for screenshot splitting. That's it.
No, PrismChart is built exclusively for MetaTrader 5.
The best starting point is the documentation — it walks you through setup and basics.
PrismChart is free — no subscriptions, no paywalls, and no Black Friday specials.
The MIT License means it's yours to use however you want — no strings attached. The full source code is on GitHub, and the project is open to community contributions through issues and pull requests.
PrismChart doesn't know who you are — and it's designed that way. It runs entirely on your machine. No accounts, no KYC, no cloud — your data never leaves your desktop. It's open source, so you can verify that yourself.