# Trade Ideas Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Trade Ideas Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Trade Ideas

## What is Trade Ideas?

Trade Ideas empowers traders to consistently make better trading and investing decisions with the tools, education, and community they need to become successful. Since 2003, Trade Ideas has offered real-time scanning along with charting, backtesting, simulation, entry/exit signals, and risk analysis. Additionally, what separates Trade Ideas from other vendors is their Artificial Intelligence component that analyzes the statistical patterns of the market.

## What is Trade Ideas used for?

[Investment Management](https://www.capterra.com/investment-management-software/)

Top alternative

Featured

Overall rating

Based on 37 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

95%

Neutral

3%

Negative

3%

Starting price

$17

Flat Rate, Per Month

Free trial  
not available

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### Trade Ideas

4.7 (37)

VS.

[4.7 (133)](https://www.capterra.com/p/130149/bpm-online-CRM/reviews/)

Starting Price

$17

Flat Rate, Per Month

Starting Price

$25

Per User, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.5 (37)

Ease Of Use

4.7 (251)

Value For Money

4.5 (34)

Value For Money

4.7 (241)

Customer Service

4.6 (33)

Customer Service

4.7 (247)

## Trade Ideas alternatives

[4.7 (85)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10011368/Macabacus/reviews/)

Starting price

$200.00

Per User, Per Month

[Morningstar Direct](https://www.capterra.com/p/10027902/Morningstar-Direct/)

[4.1 (251)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10027902/Morningstar-Direct/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/10027902/Morningstar-Direct/)

[Plaid](https://www.capterra.com/p/174384/Plaid/)

[4.4 (91)](https://www.capterra.com/p/174384/Plaid/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/174384/Plaid/)

Highest Rated

[Allvue](https://www.capterra.com/p/122634/Allvue-Systems/)

[5.0 (1)](https://www.capterra.com/p/122634/Allvue-Systems/#reviews)

Starting price

$1.00

Per User, Per Month

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/122634/Allvue-Systems/)

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Alerts/Notifications

4.8 (16)

93.75% of 16 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Bonds/Stocks

4.9 (16)

68.75% of 16 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Purchase and track both bonds and stocks in the portfolio

Investments Tracking

4.4 (15)

46.67% of 15 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Monitor capital allocation and asset prices over time

Modeling & Simulation

4.3 (15)

40.00% of 15 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Using physical, mathematical, or logical models as a basis for simulations to generate data for managerial or technical decision-making

Order Management

4.3 (15)

46.67% of 15 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Manage and track customer orders for goods, investments, or any other purchases

Data Import/Export

4.6 (14)

64.29% of 14 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Import and export data to and from software applications

Trade Ideas 14 features

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Purchase and track both bonds and stocks in the portfolio

Import and export data to and from software applications

Used by financial advisors and money managers

Used by retail investors and active traders/day traders

Monitor capital allocation and asset prices over time

Using physical, mathematical, or logical models as a basis for simulations to generate data for managerial or technical decision-making

Manage and track customer orders for goods, investments, or any other purchases

A set of indicators that tracks the performance of networks, applications, systems, teams, etc.

Overview of all programs that help compare initiatives, align projects with strategic goals and identify risk

Receive data and information in real time

Process of identifying, evaluating, mitigating, addressing and reporting on potential risks or uncertainties

Interact with data visualization elements, such as charts and graphs, to drill down into data

Features

4.6 (37)

4.6

Based on 37 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.5 (34)

Basic

$17.00

Flat Rate,Per Month

Value for money

4.5 (34)

4.5

Based on 34 reviews

## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.6 (33)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.6 (33)

4.6

Based on 33 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.7

Based on 37 reviews

Filter by rating

5(28)

4(7)

3(1)

2(1)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

NZ

Nicolas Z.

Project Manager

Business Supplies and Equipment

### "Best scanner on the market"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

October 20, 2025

My overall experience is very positive, using the tool every day for scanning the market and identifying buying signals. Customer support is very efficient as well!

Pros

The software is really made for traders. The user interface is easy to use and to configure and most important very stable. Data management is very powerful.

Cons

The "weakness" is the charting area, there are lacking of some basic indicators (SAR, EMA, OBV, FINONACCI).

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

DB

Daryl B.

President

Construction

### "Trade ideas #1"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

September 25, 2025

So many great features in this software. Trade wave is just the best and quickest at getting me into positions and keeps me in much longer to maximize profits

Pros

This is the most advanced trading platform I have used in my 30+ years of trading TI has the best tech team. Excellent help and education the daily chat room is an excellent source for learning

Cons

No issues with trade ideas I have no cons to report the team are so helpful and respond quickly to questions.

Switched from

[TradingWorks](https://www.capterra.com/p/276697/TradingWorks/)

Much better software with lots more features

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

KD

Keyvan D.

Broker

Commercial Real Estate

### "User unfriendly zero support no reliable tut"

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

2.0

Ease of Use

1.0

1.0

Features

1.0

1.0

Customer Service

1.0

1.0

Likelihood to Recommend

0/10

July 12, 2024

Zero support, zero welcome new customers, zero trying to keep you for next month. Not a customer freindly business

Pros

If you can figure it out it have good scanner but extremely hard to set up and use. Worse than coding.

Cons

It was malfunctioning from the start. I tried three different credit cards, each time encountering a different error, and I ended up giving the card information through a chatbot with a live support to make it work. Once you have access, it is extremely hard to use or to save chart designs or any changes. There won’t be any live support for products only for pay! As for Holy AI, the same issues persist. You can't see what it is trading. When you email them, they send you to their YouTube channel. When you call, they never answer their phone. It's a hit-and-miss way to do business. They should care about new customers and at least offer a 30-minute walkthrough. Instead, they again email you a link to YouTube. Their YouTube tutorials are said to be by an AI, and it's not easy to listen to—machine vs. man. Overall, they charge you $250 per month for hard-to-use software and do not provide a proper user manual.

Review source

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RG

Ricky G.

Application Support

Computer Software

### "Why I Use TI"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

April 28, 2024

I have been using Trade Ideas since I was with Scottrade and they had some of the scans from TI. I have been hooked ever since.

Pros

TI ability to scan the mkts and find stocks meeting a multitude of scanning criteria that would be impossible for me to do. Stocks that I may not even know exists could be presented as a possible trade that w/o TI I would miss out.

Cons

It can be a bit of a resource hog at times. But in all fairness, my system is in need of upgrade/replacement.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

BR

Bill R.

President

Construction

### "Still needs work."

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

April 6, 2024

Still using it but actively searching for a product with an auto-trade option.

Pros

\[sensitive content hidden\] is amazing and provides diligent, courteous and prompt reply.

Cons

The product is not profitable yet and there are no advertised updates now. Some of the advertised features like Holly, Holly Grail, etc, are no longer available and this was disappointing. I wish someone would tell me about product development so I can continue my subscription.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

JM

Jad M.

Trader

Financial Services

### "Great service, couldn’t trade without it"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

March 29, 2024

Pros

Provides a very stable and efficient method to pick out stocks every day

Cons

Interface can use some work, not the sleekest design

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MM

Mark M.

trader

Accounting

### "Big fan of trade ideas"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

March 26, 2024

A+. I have used Trade Ideas for six or so years and I will continue.

Pros

I use it find stocks gapping up pre market and high relative volume stocks intraday

Cons

Charts are not particularly user friendly

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

RE

Richard E.

Self

Investment Management

### "Trade ideas is the corner stone of my trading tool set."

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

March 25, 2024

Overall, the product is quite good. I have been able to customize scanners to find stocks of interest, and the backtester lets me know if the strategies are profitable.

Pros

The custom settings and alerts to find stocks of interest

Cons

seems to get hung up later in the day. A restart of TI usually clears the cache but I lose the alerts that have triggered. Also, when backtesting, a symbol will only trigger once per day, so its tough to develop a scalping strategy with the backtester

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

JS

Jeremy S.

Trader

Financial Services

### "10+ year user"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

March 24, 2024

Pros

Reliable, flexible, & very customizable. Customer service excellent.

Cons

History only goes back 3 months. An option to pay a premium for much more history would be great.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

ET

elijah t.

don't have one

Entertainment

### "Trade Ideas: It's what's for dinner!"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

March 23, 2024

It fills the roll of strategy scanner that got removed from etrade pro which was absolutely critical to the kind of trading I do. And don't get me wrong, I do LOVE trade ideas, it's an absolutely invaluable service. It's completely customizable, easy to learn, especially if you used to use strategy scanner because it's the same thing even the alert and filter icons are the same graphics lol.

Pros

The live real time scanners. Sense etrade got rid of strategy scanner there's nothing else you can use to build real time live scanners. I mean at this point you don't even need to keep advertising it. You're literally all there is.

Cons

I hate those giant race things that take up most of the screen. You need to make those adjustable in size. It's also overly complex to build a docked layout. A non docked window layout is easy, but a docked one is hard, and I flip between multiple screens so I'm constantly minimizing things down and pulling them pack up. That's a serious pain in the butt when it's not a docked layout.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

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