Tickerbot vs Trade Ideas

A modern alternative to Trade Ideas

Trade Ideas is powerful but it's a desktop client with a steep learning curve and a monthly bill that starts at $118. Tickerbot does the same job in plain English, on your phone, for less.

Side-by-side comparison

Feature	Tickerbot	Trade Ideas
Build a scan	✓ Plain English sentence	Drag-and-drop blocks in a desktop client
Mobile app	✓ iOS native, alerts on your phone	Desktop only (Windows + slow web)
Learning curve	✓ Type a sentence. Done.	Hours of YouTube tutorials
Cross-asset (FX, crypto, commodities)	✓ 20 FX, 100 crypto, gold, oil, treasuries	US equities only
Analyst ratings	✓ Benzinga consensus, upgrades, price targets	Limited
Macro & economic indicators	✓ Fed funds, treasuries, CPI, NFP, GDP	Not supported
Pricing	✓ $39.99/mo with 14-day free trial	$118/mo Standard, $228/mo Premium

Where Tickerbot wins

Plain English instead of drag-and-drop

Trade Ideas asks you to assemble blocks in a visual scan builder. Tickerbot asks you to write one sentence. The same scan that takes 10 minutes to build in Trade Ideas takes 10 seconds in Tickerbot — and the results are identical.

Example

Small-cap stock breaking the 20-day high on 3× volume with a recent analyst upgrade and EPS estimates revised up

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4 stocks match. Notification sent.

Alerts on your phone, not your desk

Trade Ideas lives on a Windows desktop. If you're not at your computer, you don't get alerts. Tickerbot pings your phone the moment a setup fires — which means you can actually go outside.

Example

Notify me on any setup match

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NVDA just broke the 20-day high at $142.30 on 2.4× volume.

Cross-asset, not just stocks

Trade Ideas is a US equities tool. Tickerbot covers stocks, FX, crypto, commodities, and macro indicators in the same alert.

Example

Notify me when oil rallies 5% in a week and the energy ETF is up less than 1%

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WTI +5.7% wkly, XLE +0.4%. Catch-up trade.

Try Tickerbot free

No desktop install. No tutorials. No credit card. Build your first alert in 30 seconds.