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Sunday, October 5, 2025

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Head-to-head

QuantRocket vs TradingView comparison

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

Quick takeaways

QuantRocket adds Quant, Auto-Trading & Bots, Data APIs, and Broker Connectors coverage that TradingView skips.

TradingView includes ETF Screeners, Stock Ideas, Data Visualizations, Options & Derivatives, Portfolio, Watchlist, Smart/Direct Routing, News, Alerts, Calendar, Order Book / Level II, Dividends, Splits, Financials, ETF Overview, Forums, and Education categories that QuantRocket omits.

QuantRocket highlights: Includes survivorship-bias-free US minute-bar data (from 2007 onward) for Zipline backtests and live trading, with optional real-time feeds from brokers like IBKR and Alpaca., Supports point-in-time screening and ranking pipelines, and integrates with Alphalens and Pyfolio for in-notebook analysis inside Jupyter., and Global coverage through Interactive Brokers’ historical and real-time data across 60+ exchanges, plus optional feeds like EDI global EOD, Sharadar fundamentals, and Brain sentiment datasets..

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 QuantRocket skips.

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QuantRocket

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A Docker-based research, backtesting, and live-trading platform built around Jupyter. The free tier is limited to research, while paid plans unlock live and paper trading along with bundled US minute-bar data. Broader global datasets are available via third-party providers. Its tight IBKR integration brings advanced order types, while real-time market data can be streamed from IBKR, Polygon, or Alpaca.

Platforms

Web
API

Pricing

Free
Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Includes survivorship-bias-free US minute-bar data (from 2007 onward) for Zipline backtests and live trading, with optional real-time feeds from brokers like IBKR and Alpaca.
  • Supports point-in-time screening and ranking pipelines, and integrates with Alphalens and Pyfolio for in-notebook analysis inside Jupyter.
  • Global coverage through Interactive Brokers’ historical and real-time data across 60+ exchanges, plus optional feeds like EDI global EOD, Sharadar fundamentals, and Brain sentiment datasets.
  • Deep IBKR integration enabling advanced order types such as algorithmic, parent-child, and bracket orders, as well as combos/spreads, margin 'what-if' checks, option greeks, and auction imbalance data.
  • Streams tick-level data into TimescaleDB with WebSocket access, and allows flexible bar aggregation.

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TradingView

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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

4 overlaps

Mutual strengths include Screeners, Backtesting, and Advanced Order Types plus 1 more area.

Where they differ

QuantRocket

Distinct strengths include:

Quant
Auto-Trading & Bots
Data APIs
Broker Connectors
  • Includes survivorship-bias-free US minute-bar data (from 2007 onward) for Zipline backtests and live trading, with optional real-time feeds from brokers like IBKR and Alpaca.
  • Supports point-in-time screening and ranking pipelines, and integrates with Alphalens and Pyfolio for in-notebook analysis inside Jupyter.
  • Global coverage through Interactive Brokers’ historical and real-time data across 60+ exchanges, plus optional feeds like EDI global EOD, Sharadar fundamentals, and Brain sentiment datasets.
  • Deep IBKR integration enabling advanced order types such as algorithmic, parent-child, and bracket orders, as well as combos/spreads, margin 'what-if' checks, option greeks, and auction imbalance data.

TradingView

Distinct strengths include:

ETF Screeners
Stock Ideas
Data Visualizations
Options & Derivatives
Portfolio
Watchlist
Smart/Direct Routing
News
  • 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

AttributeQuantRocketTradingView
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Screeners, Backtesting, Advanced Order Types, Paper Trading

Unique: Quant, Auto-Trading & Bots, Data APIs, Broker Connectors

Shared: Screeners, Backtesting, Advanced Order Types, Paper Trading

Unique: ETF Screeners, Stock Ideas, Data Visualizations, Options & Derivatives, Portfolio, Watchlist, Smart/Direct Routing, News, Alerts, Calendar, Order Book / Level II, Dividends, Splits, Financials, ETF Overview, Forums, Education

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks, ETFs, Futures, Currencies, Options

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, API

Web, Mobile, Desktop

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free, Subscription

Free, Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Includes survivorship-bias-free US minute-bar data (from 2007 onward) for Zipline backtests and live trading, with optional real-time feeds from brokers like IBKR and Alpaca.
  • Supports point-in-time screening and ranking pipelines, and integrates with Alphalens and Pyfolio for in-notebook analysis inside Jupyter.
  • Global coverage through Interactive Brokers’ historical and real-time data across 60+ exchanges, plus optional feeds like EDI global EOD, Sharadar fundamentals, and Brain sentiment datasets.
  • Deep IBKR integration enabling advanced order types such as algorithmic, parent-child, and bracket orders, as well as combos/spreads, margin 'what-if' checks, option greeks, and auction imbalance data.
  • Streams tick-level data into TimescaleDB with WebSocket access, and allows flexible bar aggregation.
  • REST API ('Houston') with Python client and CLI tools; endpoints return CSV or JSON for easy downstream use.

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

Verified by hands-on testing inside Find My Moat

Not yet

Yes

Editor pick

Featured inside curated shortlists

Standard listing

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do QuantRocket and TradingView both support?

Both platforms cover Screeners, Backtesting, Advanced Order Types, and Paper Trading workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do QuantRocket and TradingView require subscriptions?

Both QuantRocket 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 QuantRocket focuses on web or desktop access.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

QuantRocket differentiates itself with Includes survivorship-bias-free US minute-bar data (from 2007 onward) for Zipline backtests and live trading, with optional real-time feeds from brokers like IBKR and Alpaca., Supports point-in-time screening and ranking pipelines, and integrates with Alphalens and Pyfolio for in-notebook analysis inside Jupyter., and Global coverage through Interactive Brokers’ historical and real-time data across 60+ exchanges, plus optional feeds like EDI global EOD, Sharadar fundamentals, and Brain sentiment datasets., 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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