VOL. XCIV, NO. 247

★ FINANCIAL TOOLS & SERVICES DIRECTORY ★

PRICE: 5 CENTS

Sunday, October 5, 2025

Head-to-head

Fidelity (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC) vs Trendlyne comparison

Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.

Quick takeaways

Fidelity (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC) adds Brokerage, Advanced Order Types, Smart/Direct Routing, and Order Book / Level II coverage that Trendlyne skips.

Trendlyne includes Screeners, Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Recommendations, Data Visualizations, Backtesting, Investor Holdings, Alerts, Calendar, Dividends, Splits, Acquisitions, IPO, Scores, Transcripts, Insider Data, Institutional Data, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, and Broker Connectors categories that Fidelity (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC) omits.

Fidelity (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC) highlights: Commission-free online trades for U.S. stocks and ETFs; options contracts at $0.65 each (a small number of ETFs still carry a $100 service fee)., Execution quality reports highlight strong fill statistics, with most trades price-improved and executed in fractions of a second. Fidelity discloses savings per order and does not accept payment for order flow on stock and ETF trades., and Active Trader Pro® desktop platform provides streaming market data, Level II quotes with time & sales, and real-time analytics with trading signals..

Trendlyne is known for: Stock screener with over 1,000 parameters, plus prebuilt strategies and optional screener alerts (up to every 15 minutes on premium tiers)., Backtesting at both strategy and stock level, with plan-based limits (from a few hundred to over a thousand annual backtests)., and Consensus estimates platform (“Forecaster”) with historical and real-time views on revenue, EPS, profit, dividends, cash flow, capex, and more..

Trendlyne keeps a free entry point that Fidelity (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC) lacks.

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Fidelity (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC)

fidelity.com

A leading U.S. brokerage offering commission-free stock and ETF trades, plus robust platforms for both casual investors and active traders. Options contracts are priced at $0.65 each. Advanced conditional order types and streaming Level II data are available through Active Trader Pro, Fidelity’s professional desktop platform.

Platforms

Web
Mobile
Desktop

Pricing

Other

Quick highlights

  • Commission-free online trades for U.S. stocks and ETFs; options contracts at $0.65 each (a small number of ETFs still carry a $100 service fee).
  • Execution quality reports highlight strong fill statistics, with most trades price-improved and executed in fractions of a second. Fidelity discloses savings per order and does not accept payment for order flow on stock and ETF trades.
  • Active Trader Pro® desktop platform provides streaming market data, Level II quotes with time & sales, and real-time analytics with trading signals.
  • Supports advanced conditional orders including Contingent, Multi-Contingent, OCO, OTO, and OTOCO, both on Fidelity.com and within Active Trader Pro.
  • Options chain displays real-time Greeks and supports multi-leg strategies inside Active Trader Pro.

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Trendlyne

trendlyne.com

Hands-on review

Equity research and portfolio platform with coverage of both India and US markets. Screener alerts, backtests, and data downloads are tiered by plan—for example, screener alerts refresh as often as every 15 minutes on Pro/Pro Plus, backtest limits range from 200 to 1200 per year, and data exports expand from 2,000 rows to unlimited. Excel and Google Sheets integration is available on higher plans, with global access on Pro Plus. Broker sync works with major Indian brokers, and transcripts include AI summaries for faster digestion.

Platforms

Web
Mobile

Pricing

Free
Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Stock screener with over 1,000 parameters, plus prebuilt strategies and optional screener alerts (up to every 15 minutes on premium tiers).
  • Backtesting at both strategy and stock level, with plan-based limits (from a few hundred to over a thousand annual backtests).
  • Consensus estimates platform (“Forecaster”) with historical and real-time views on revenue, EPS, profit, dividends, cash flow, capex, and more.
  • DVM score (Durability-Valuation-Momentum) available with historical charts and exportable to CSV/XLS.
  • Flexible data downloads to Excel/CSV, with row limits on lower plans and unlimited access on higher tiers.

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Overlap

Shared focus areas

5 overlaps

Mutual strengths include Portfolio, Watchlist, and News plus 2 more areas.

Where they differ

Fidelity (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC)

Distinct strengths include:

  • Commission-free online trades for U.S. stocks and ETFs; options contracts at $0.65 each (a small number of ETFs still carry a $100 service fee).
  • Execution quality reports highlight strong fill statistics, with most trades price-improved and executed in fractions of a second. Fidelity discloses savings per order and does not accept payment for order flow on stock and ETF trades.
  • Active Trader Pro® desktop platform provides streaming market data, Level II quotes with time & sales, and real-time analytics with trading signals.
  • Supports advanced conditional orders including Contingent, Multi-Contingent, OCO, OTO, and OTOCO, both on Fidelity.com and within Active Trader Pro.

Trendlyne

Distinct strengths include:

  • Stock screener with over 1,000 parameters, plus prebuilt strategies and optional screener alerts (up to every 15 minutes on premium tiers).
  • Backtesting at both strategy and stock level, with plan-based limits (from a few hundred to over a thousand annual backtests).
  • Consensus estimates platform (“Forecaster”) with historical and real-time views on revenue, EPS, profit, dividends, cash flow, capex, and more.
  • DVM score (Durability-Valuation-Momentum) available with historical charts and exportable to CSV/XLS.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeFidelity (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC)Trendlyne
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Portfolio, Watchlist, News, Financials, Options & Derivatives

Unique: Brokerage, Advanced Order Types, Smart/Direct Routing, Order Book / Level II

Shared: Portfolio, Watchlist, News, Financials, Options & Derivatives

Unique: Screeners, Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Recommendations, Data Visualizations, Backtesting, Investor Holdings, Alerts, Calendar, Dividends, Splits, Acquisitions, IPO, Scores, Transcripts, Insider Data, Institutional Data, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Broker Connectors

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks, ETFs, Options, Bonds, Mutual Funds, Cryptos

Stocks, Mutual Funds, Options, Futures

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web, Mobile, Desktop

Web, Mobile

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Other

Free, Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Commission-free online trades for U.S. stocks and ETFs; options contracts at $0.65 each (a small number of ETFs still carry a $100 service fee).
  • Execution quality reports highlight strong fill statistics, with most trades price-improved and executed in fractions of a second. Fidelity discloses savings per order and does not accept payment for order flow on stock and ETF trades.
  • Active Trader Pro® desktop platform provides streaming market data, Level II quotes with time & sales, and real-time analytics with trading signals.
  • Supports advanced conditional orders including Contingent, Multi-Contingent, OCO, OTO, and OTOCO, both on Fidelity.com and within Active Trader Pro.
  • Options chain displays real-time Greeks and supports multi-leg strategies inside Active Trader Pro.
  • International trading access spanning 25 countries and 16 currencies for direct equity purchases outside the U.S.

Unique

  • Stock screener with over 1,000 parameters, plus prebuilt strategies and optional screener alerts (up to every 15 minutes on premium tiers).
  • Backtesting at both strategy and stock level, with plan-based limits (from a few hundred to over a thousand annual backtests).
  • Consensus estimates platform (“Forecaster”) with historical and real-time views on revenue, EPS, profit, dividends, cash flow, capex, and more.
  • DVM score (Durability-Valuation-Momentum) available with historical charts and exportable to CSV/XLS.
  • Flexible data downloads to Excel/CSV, with row limits on lower plans and unlimited access on higher tiers.
  • Excel Connect and Google Sheets add-ins to pull live data directly into spreadsheets—available by plan, with full India+US coverage on Pro Plus.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do Fidelity (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC) and Trendlyne both support?

Both platforms cover Portfolio, Watchlist, News, Financials, and Options & Derivatives workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Which tool offers a free plan?

Trendlyne offers a free entry point, while Fidelity (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC) requires a paid subscription. Review the pricing table to see how the paid tiers compare.

How can you access Fidelity (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC) and Trendlyne?

Both Fidelity (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC) and Trendlyne support web and mobile access, making it easy to keep tabs on research away from the desk.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

Fidelity (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC) differentiates itself with Commission-free online trades for U.S. stocks and ETFs; options contracts at $0.65 each (a small number of ETFs still carry a $100 service fee)., Execution quality reports highlight strong fill statistics, with most trades price-improved and executed in fractions of a second. Fidelity discloses savings per order and does not accept payment for order flow on stock and ETF trades., and Active Trader Pro® desktop platform provides streaming market data, Level II quotes with time & sales, and real-time analytics with trading signals., whereas Trendlyne stands out for Stock screener with over 1,000 parameters, plus prebuilt strategies and optional screener alerts (up to every 15 minutes on premium tiers)., Backtesting at both strategy and stock level, with plan-based limits (from a few hundred to over a thousand annual backtests)., and Consensus estimates platform (“Forecaster”) with historical and real-time views on revenue, EPS, profit, dividends, cash flow, capex, and more..

Curation & Accuracy

This directory blends AI‑assisted discovery with human curation. Entries are reviewed, edited, and organized with the goal of expanding coverage and sharpening quality over time. Your feedback helps steer improvements (because no single human can capture everything all at once).

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