How we review tools

Updated Oct 22, 2026 · 40 tools listed

TraderStacks describes trading software: what it does, what it costs, how it touches your money, and what to watch out for. We are an education site. We never publish our own trade signals, tickers, price targets, or advice to buy or sell anything.

What we list

• Software that traders use in their workflow: backtesting and strategy tools, charting and screening, journaling, news, sentiment and flow data, and crypto automation.
• Some listed products sell signals, ratings or trade ideas of their own. We list them neutrally, as software, and describe what they provide in factual terms. Listing a product is not an endorsement of its signals or of any trade.
• We hide a tool when we cannot verify basic facts about it from official sources, such as its pricing.

What we check for every tool

• Official site: we open it and record the date.
• Pricing: plans, billing period and trials, from the vendor's own pricing page, help center or app store listing.
• Markets: which markets the tool supports, as stated by the vendor.
• How it touches your money: never, read-only trade history, API keys you create, a brokerage connection that can place orders, or custody of your funds.
• Known incidents: see the search method below.
• What to watch out for: a short, factual note on common limits or risks of that kind of tool.

Source labels

• Linked "source" with a "checked" date: verified on the vendor's official page on that date.
• Not verified yet: we could not confirm it from an official source. We never fill the gap with guesses.
• Updated date: the most recent date we checked any fact on that page.

Prices and features change. Always confirm on the vendor's site before you pay.

How we search for incidents

For each tool we search for security breaches, outages that affected customer funds, regulator actions, lawsuits, and data leaks. We only record an incident when a credible source covers it: the company itself, a regulator or court record, or an established news outlet. Each entry has a date and a link, in neutral wording. We leave out forum posts, unconfirmed reports and speculation. If nothing credible turns up, the page says "No incidents found in our search" with the search date. That is not a guarantee that nothing happened.

Affiliate links and independence

Some links on TraderStacks are affiliate links, marked as such, and we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Commissions never affect which tools we list, the order they appear in, or what our notes say. See our affiliate disclosure.

Corrections and suggestions

Spotted an error, or want us to look at a tool? Submit a tool. Submissions are reviewed by a person and are never published automatically.

Before connecting any tool to a brokerage or exchange, read Before you connect a tool.