TradeClever publishes this comparison and makes one of the two products compared. Every fact below was checked on the product’s own pages; plans and prices change, so confirm them before you decide.
Side by side
Only the points both products document are compared, each in the products’ own terms as checked on the date shown in the sources.
| Topic | StockCharts | TradeClever |
|---|---|---|
| Markets covered | US stocks (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX), ETFs and US mutual funds; Canadian, UK and Indian stocks; plus indexes, commodities, currencies, bonds and cryptocurrencies. | US stocks, researched in a browser workspace. |
| Screening | A Screener with Groups, Key Properties, Price/Performance, Technicals, Chart Patterns and Fundamentals tabs; a screen can be converted into a scan for the Advanced Scan Workbench. | Stock Screener with manual filters or CleverScan rules, selectable result columns and sorting, saved scans and share links; Scan as of runs a rule for an earlier session. |
| Custom rules or formulas | Advanced Scan Workbench: scans built from scan clauses with a cross operator, min and max functions and arithmetic, on daily, weekly or monthly bars; intraday bars are not scanned. | CleverScan rules with AND, OR, NOT, parentheses, comparisons, arithmetic, in lists, ranges and magnitude suffixes, plus a fixed set of functions such as SMA, EMA, RSI and ATR. |
| Charts | Bar, candlestick, Point & Figure, Seasonality and RRG charts, among others. Free: 3 indicators per chart. Basic, Extra and PRO: 25 indicators and intraday charts. | Daily candlestick charts with up to three SMA overlays, an EMA, Bollinger Bands, separate RSI and MACD panes and volume; no drawing tools or intraday bars. |
| Alerts | Alerts start at Basic. Price alerts: Basic 2, Extra 100, PRO 500. Advanced alerts: Basic 1, Extra 100, PRO 250. | Saved-scan and market or sector alerts on published session observations, delivered to a browser inbox as one-time triggers; no email. |
| Data timing | Every account includes BATS real-time US data and delayed data for other markets; official real-time plans for the US, Canada and the UK cost $9.95 a month each. | Daily data from published sessions. |
| Access | Free level with ads and 3 indicators per chart. New members get a free 1-month trial at the Extra level; subscription and data plan charges are non-refundable. | Stock analysis works without an account, and the screener and heatmap offer a preview without one; running your own scans and saving research need an account. TradeClever does not place trades and is not a broker. |
A chart-workbench language or readable daily conditions?
StockCharts pairs its Screener and ChartLists with an Advanced Scan Workbench. TradeClever pairs manual filters with CleverScan expressions and linked daily chart and symbol research.
Try the same research question in each tool
Translate one trend-and-volume question into each product's actual syntax and compare its lookbacks and boundary operators. StockCharts can use daily, weekly and monthly scan clauses and specialized chart types. TradeClever's expressions make grouping, arithmetic and session conditions explicit. Preserve the rule, observation date and research note together.
- Write the universe, observation window and thresholds before opening either product.
- Use the same securities and distinguish completed bars from live observations.
- Review matched and rejected examples and record why their definitions differ.
- Time the complete scan-to-chart-to-research-note process on the intended subscription tier.
Which requirement changes the decision?
StockCharts' selected tier controls chart and alert limits, and exchange subscriptions can add cost. TradeClever registration has no payment-details step. Judge the chart and saved-rule workflow you need, while keeping historical-condition research separate from a portfolio backtest.
Compare the selected tier and billing term
Read the documented access and pricing rows with the source date. Separate monthly billing, an annual equivalent, introductory offers, renewal totals, market-data add-ons and optional services. The cheapest first invoice may not be the lowest cost over your intended research period.
- Identify the tier that supplies the required filters, timeframe and saved-work limits.
- Check the amount charged at signup and the amount and date of renewal.
- Test export, alert and chart limits using an ordinary research session.
- Read cancellation and trial terms on the current vendor checkout before subscribing.
Keep a decision record
Choose based on the task you can complete consistently. Record the rule, product tier, operating environment, observation date and remaining question. A feature table helps identify differences; it does not establish expected returns or a universal winner.
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Sources
- StockCharts: stockcharts.com/pricing/ (checked October 1, 2026)
- StockCharts: help.stockcharts.com/scanning-and-alerts/screener (checked October 1, 2026)
- StockCharts: help.stockcharts.com/scanning-and-alerts/technical-scans/scanning-for-stocks-the-basics (checked October 1, 2026)
- TradeClever: tradeclever.ai/platform (checked October 1, 2026)
- TradeClever: tradeclever.ai/docs/cleverscan (checked October 1, 2026)