Trade Ideas: make the subscription decision in the right order.

What Trade Ideas is built around

Trade Ideas is centered on active U.S. equity discovery. Its current Standard plan includes real-time data, customizable scans and screeners, price alerts, real-time paper trading, and in-app trading. Premium adds Holly AI signals, backtesting, smart risk tools, and automation-oriented capabilities.

The core decision is therefore not “does it have enough features?” but “is real-time stock discovery a recurring bottleneck in my process?”

Choose the question you are actually asking

Product-specific decisions that deserve their own pages

Holly AI, Test Drive access, and browser limitations can change the buying decision even when the scanner itself is a fit. Those questions are separated because the desired outcome is different: evaluating AI, trying the product before paying, or determining whether your device can run the required workflow.

• What Holly AI actually does
• Free account vs Test Drive vs paid subscription
• Mac and browser-version tradeoffs

When to compare competitors

Compare alternatives when the center of gravity is not real-time U.S. equity scanning. A chart-first workflow points toward TradingView; a broader technical-analysis and strategy-development suite makes TrendSpider relevant; a fast-news workflow makes Benzinga Pro relevant; simpler screening can make Finviz sufficient; and traders already working inside Schwab may prefer thinkorswim integration.

See Trade Ideas alternatives by workflow →