TradingView vs Yahoo Finance comparison

TradingView focuses on Data Visualizations, Quant, and Screeners while Yahoo Finance specializes in News, Alerts, and Calendar. They overlap in 9 categories, so choose based on your preferred workflow and pricing.

Good news—both TradingView and Yahoo Finance offer free plans. You can try each platform without commitment and only pay when you need premium features.

Choose TradingView if you need Markets covered include stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, bonds, FX, futures, and indices., and Supercharts with multi-chart layouts, custom intervals (incl. seconds and range bars), and more charts-per-tab on higher tiers (up to 16 on Ultimate).. Go with Yahoo Finance if Global exchange coverage with explicit exchange suffixes, delay tables, and data-provider attributions (e.g., ICE Data Services; CoinMarketCap for crypto)., and Portfolios + watchlists to track holdings/performance; supports importing holdings via CSV. better fits how you invest.

Both cover Stocks, ETFs, Cryptos, Currencies, and Futures. TradingView also includes Bonds. Yahoo Finance adds coverage for Mutual Funds, Options, and Commodities.

Yahoo Finance offers real-time data feeds, which is essential for active traders. TradingView uses delayed or end-of-day data, which works fine for longer-term investors who don't need up-to-the-second quotes.

Both platforms let you export data to spreadsheets (CSV). This is useful for custom analysis or record-keeping.

TradingView connects with brokers for portfolio syncing. Yahoo Finance requires manual portfolio entry or data import.

TradingView is built with active traders in mind, offering features like real-time data and technical analysis. Yahoo Finance is better suited for buy-and-hold investors focused on fundamentals.

Both TradingView and Yahoo Finance include stock screeners. Try each to see which filtering options and interface you prefer.

Both platforms include portfolio tracking, so you can monitor your holdings, performance, and allocation in one place.