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Macrotrends vs TradingView comparison

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

Quick takeaways

Macrotrends adds Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, GDP, Interest Rates, Housing & Construction, Retail Sales, and Consumer Sentiment coverage that TradingView skips.

TradingView includes ETF Screeners, Stock Ideas, Options & Derivatives, Portfolio, Watchlist, Backtesting, Paper Trading, Advanced Order Types, Smart/Direct Routing, News, Alerts, Calendar, Order Book / Level II, Dividends, Splits, ETF Overview, Forums, and Education categories that Macrotrends omits.

Macrotrends highlights: Interactive charts for stocks, commodities, indices, currencies, crypto, and macroeconomic data, often with history spanning back 50–100 years., Free stock screener with 50+ filters covering fundamentals, technicals, and performance; includes U.S. and international equities., and Company profile pages combine daily prices, dividends, and full annual/quarterly financial statements, with fundamentals sourced from Zacks..

TradingView is known for: Flexible charting with up to 16 charts per layout, synchronized by symbol and timeframe., Over 400 built-in indicators, 100,000+ community scripts, and 110+ drawing tools., and Server-side alerts with 13 conditions, drawing-tool triggers, and webhook integrations..

TradingView offers mobile access, which Macrotrends skips.

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Macrotrends

macrotrends.net

Free web-based portal for long-run charts and datasets across stocks, commodities, indices, FX, and macro indicators. Many series span 50–100+ years. Features include a stock screener and CSV downloads. Some content is gated by registration, and Terms mention fee-based premium products. No public API is advertised.

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Free
Other

Quick highlights

  • Interactive charts for stocks, commodities, indices, currencies, crypto, and macroeconomic data, often with history spanning back 50–100 years.
  • Free stock screener with 50+ filters covering fundamentals, technicals, and performance; includes U.S. and international equities.
  • Company profile pages combine daily prices, dividends, and full annual/quarterly financial statements, with fundamentals sourced from Zacks.
  • Macro indicator pages cite primary data sources such as BEA (GDP), University of Michigan (consumer sentiment), and Optimal Blue (mortgage rates).
  • CSV downloads available for many “Global Metrics” datasets via a dedicated download link.

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TradingView

tradingview.com

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A global, multi-asset charting and trading platform with advanced analytics, strategy backtesting, and broker connectivity. Features include Pine Script® v6 for custom indicators, server-side alerts, options chains with strategy builder, and multi-asset screeners. Real-time data feeds are sold as add-ons, with availability and pricing varying by exchange and region.

Platforms

Web
Mobile
Desktop

Pricing

Free
Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Flexible charting with up to 16 charts per layout, synchronized by symbol and timeframe.
  • Over 400 built-in indicators, 100,000+ community scripts, and 110+ drawing tools.
  • Server-side alerts with 13 conditions, drawing-tool triggers, and webhook integrations.
  • Equity, ETF, forex, and crypto screeners with auto-refresh and export options.
  • Pine Script® v6 for creating custom indicators and strategies.

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Overlap

Shared focus areas

3 overlaps

Mutual strengths include Screeners, Data Visualizations, and Financials.

Where they differ

Macrotrends

Distinct strengths include:

Inflation Rates
Unemployment Rates
GDP
Interest Rates
Housing & Construction
Retail Sales
Consumer Sentiment
  • Interactive charts for stocks, commodities, indices, currencies, crypto, and macroeconomic data, often with history spanning back 50–100 years.
  • Free stock screener with 50+ filters covering fundamentals, technicals, and performance; includes U.S. and international equities.
  • Company profile pages combine daily prices, dividends, and full annual/quarterly financial statements, with fundamentals sourced from Zacks.
  • Macro indicator pages cite primary data sources such as BEA (GDP), University of Michigan (consumer sentiment), and Optimal Blue (mortgage rates).

TradingView

Distinct strengths include:

ETF Screeners
Stock Ideas
Options & Derivatives
Portfolio
Watchlist
Backtesting
Paper Trading
Advanced Order Types
  • Flexible charting with up to 16 charts per layout, synchronized by symbol and timeframe.
  • Over 400 built-in indicators, 100,000+ community scripts, and 110+ drawing tools.
  • Server-side alerts with 13 conditions, drawing-tool triggers, and webhook integrations.
  • Equity, ETF, forex, and crypto screeners with auto-refresh and export options.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeMacrotrendsTradingView
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Screeners, Data Visualizations, Financials

Unique: Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, GDP, Interest Rates, Housing & Construction, Retail Sales, Consumer Sentiment

Shared: Screeners, Data Visualizations, Financials

Unique: ETF Screeners, Stock Ideas, Options & Derivatives, Portfolio, Watchlist, Backtesting, Paper Trading, Advanced Order Types, Smart/Direct Routing, News, Alerts, Calendar, Order Book / Level II, Dividends, Splits, ETF Overview, Forums, Education

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks, ETFs, Commodities, Currencies, Cryptos

Stocks, ETFs, Options, Futures, Bonds, Currencies, Commodities, Cryptos

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web

Web, Mobile, Desktop

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free, Other

Free, Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Interactive charts for stocks, commodities, indices, currencies, crypto, and macroeconomic data, often with history spanning back 50–100 years.
  • Free stock screener with 50+ filters covering fundamentals, technicals, and performance; includes U.S. and international equities.
  • Company profile pages combine daily prices, dividends, and full annual/quarterly financial statements, with fundamentals sourced from Zacks.
  • Macro indicator pages cite primary data sources such as BEA (GDP), University of Michigan (consumer sentiment), and Optimal Blue (mortgage rates).
  • CSV downloads available for many “Global Metrics” datasets via a dedicated download link.
  • Certain index charts update intramonth, with hourly refreshes for the current month.

Unique

  • Flexible charting with up to 16 charts per layout, synchronized by symbol and timeframe.
  • Over 400 built-in indicators, 100,000+ community scripts, and 110+ drawing tools.
  • Server-side alerts with 13 conditions, drawing-tool triggers, and webhook integrations.
  • Equity, ETF, forex, and crypto screeners with auto-refresh and export options.
  • Pine Script® v6 for creating custom indicators and strategies.
  • Strategy Tester with robust backtesting and Bar Replay for historical simulation.
Tested

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Editor pick

Featured inside curated shortlists

Standard listing

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do Macrotrends and TradingView both support?

Both platforms cover Screeners, Data Visualizations, and Financials workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do Macrotrends and TradingView require subscriptions?

Both Macrotrends and TradingView keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

Which tool has mobile access?

TradingView ships a dedicated mobile experience, while Macrotrends focuses on web or desktop access.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

Macrotrends differentiates itself with Interactive charts for stocks, commodities, indices, currencies, crypto, and macroeconomic data, often with history spanning back 50–100 years., Free stock screener with 50+ filters covering fundamentals, technicals, and performance; includes U.S. and international equities., and Company profile pages combine daily prices, dividends, and full annual/quarterly financial statements, with fundamentals sourced from Zacks., whereas TradingView stands out for Flexible charting with up to 16 charts per layout, synchronized by symbol and timeframe., Over 400 built-in indicators, 100,000+ community scripts, and 110+ drawing tools., and Server-side alerts with 13 conditions, drawing-tool triggers, and webhook integrations..

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