Trade Ideas Standard vs Premium: scanner core or AI/backtesting layer?

The fastest decision rule

If you cannot name the Premium-only feature you expect to use regularly, start your evaluation with Standard. Standard contains the real-time scanner/screener foundation. Premium is not required simply to build custom scans.

Capability map

Standard is enough when discovery is the problem

Use Standard as the comparison point if your routine is: run or monitor custom scans → reduce the symbol universe → create a watchlist → set price alerts → paper test or execute through the supported workflow. The scanner itself, real-time data, and paper-trading path are already present.

Premium earns its keep through specific workflows

Premium becomes easier to justify when Holly AI is part of your idea-generation process, OddsMaker is part of your strategy-development process, or you need the listed advanced risk/automation features. The extra tier should map to a behavior, not an aspiration.

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A plan can still be wrong even when the tier is right

Before annual billing, confirm that your device can run the required feature set. Mac users relying on the browser version should review the documented differences from the Windows desktop application. A perfect plan on the wrong platform is still the wrong purchase.

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