Tools traders ask us about

Short, honest notes on software traders in this niche actually use. Some of these links pay us. That is written next to every one of them, and it changes nothing about what we say — including the parts that are not flattering.

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TradingView

Charting, screening and alerting. It is the default charting package in this niche: most prop firms show TradingView charts, and a lot of firm dashboards expect you to already know it. The free tier is genuinely usable — one chart layout, a handful of indicators, delayed data on some markets.

Who it isn't for

You do not need a paid plan to evaluate a prop firm challenge, and we would not tell you to buy one for that reason alone. Paid tiers are worth it for more charts per screen, more alerts and real-time data on specific exchanges — nothing about them makes anyone a better trader. Futures traders on a firm's own platform may never touch it.

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What isn't here, and why

We have deliberately not filled this page. A tools list that names thirty products is a directory of whoever pays best, and everyone can tell. It grows when we hold an account with a company whose product we would recommend anyway — not before.

What we will never do here

Publish a discount or coupon page. Several programmes forbid it outright, and a page built around a code is an advert wearing a review's clothes.
Let a commission rate decide an order, a score, or a rule-change label. Our labels are generated from the text of a firm's own pages before anyone looks at who pays us.
Recommend a prop firm as a place to put your money. We report what firms change. Which firm to trade with is your call, and we are not qualified to make it for you.

Nothing on this page is financial advice, and none of it is a prediction about any company's future.