# StockCharts Browser technical charting, custom scans and alerts, priced per service level. *https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/stockcharts · Stock Charting Platforms & Screeners* ## Facts ### At a glance | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Vendor | StockCharts | | Category | Stock Charting Platforms & Screeners | | Job | charting | | Website | https://stockcharts.com | | Pricing model | subscription | | Free tier | true | | Open source | false | | Licence | none | | Self-hosted | false | | Tested hands-on | false | | Last updated | 2026-09-14 | ### Pricing | Tier | USD | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | 0 USD | month | | Basic | 19.95 USD | month | | Extra | 29.95 USD | month | | Pro | 49.95 USD | month | ### Coverage | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Asset classes | stocks, etf, options, futures, forex, crypto, indices, mutual_funds, commodities | | Markets | us, ca, uk, asia | | Works outside the US | true | | Data latency | delayed | | Platforms | web, ios, android | | AI features | none | ### Interfaces | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | API | false | | Webhooks | false | | Scripting | none | | Python | false | | Spreadsheet add-in | false | | MCP server | false | | Export | csv | ### Capabilities Yes: charting, screening, scanning, live_trading, alerts, options_analysis No: backtesting, automation, paper_trading, portfolio_tracking, broker_import, tax_reporting, news *Verified: pricing 2026-09-14; capabilities 2026-09-14; coverage 2026-09-13.* ## What it is StockCharts is a technical-analysis website that never became anything else: two chart engines (the classic SharpCharts and the newer ACP), a scan engine, scheduled scans, price and multi-condition alerts, and dashboards like MarketCarpets, PerfCharts and RRG. It has run since 1999 and is a chartist's tool that has since grown one order-entry door — a Tradier account linked into ACP. Screening comes in two grades: the Screener applies pre-built technical and fundamental filters, while the Advanced Scan Workbench is the older query language, where anything specific has to be written. A scan can be run against a past date — as close to backtesting as it gets. Options quotes and chains are free; the strategy tooling (OptionsPlay) is a $40/month add-on. ## Pricing Basic $19.95, Extra $29.95, Pro $49.95 a month; pay twelve months up front and the thirteenth is free. What the money mostly buys is capacity, and the steps are large. Basic saves one ChartList, one scan and three alerts — enough to try the features, not to use them. Extra is the first level that works: 250 ChartLists, 200 scans, 10 scheduled scans, 100 price and 100 advanced alerts. Pro doubles or quintuples each of those and is the only level with 5-second refresh, 2500px charts, quarterly and yearly bars, history back to 1900 and the CSV download. Data bills separately. Every account includes a free plan: BATS real-time for the US, at least 15 minutes delayed everywhere else. Official real-time for the US, Canada or the UK is $9.95 a month each, billed monthly even on an annual membership, and non-refundable. OptionsPlay is a further $40 a month on top of any membership — it is in no tier. New accounts get a free first month at the Extra level. ## Data & coverage NYSE, Nasdaq, Amex and BATS in the US; TSX, TSX-Venture, CSE and NEO in Canada; the LSE; the NSE in India. Over 30,000 symbols — stocks, ETFs, mutual funds (daily bars only), indexes, breadth indicators, economic series, commodities, futures and crypto. Very low-priced stocks are excluded on purpose. Depth is gated by level: non-members get five years, Basic and Extra reach back to 1980, and only Pro gets the full archive. Intraday bars run from 1 minute to 195, but non-members get daily and weekly only; mutual funds report one point a day and chart as lines. Prices are split-, dividend- and distribution-adjusted by default. ## Integrations Everything that plugs in does so through ACP's Platform Integrations menu, bottom right, and there are two sockets. One is plug-ins, which add indicators: StockCharts' own Advanced Indicator Pack and the RVOL Relative Volume pack are free, the rest are paid third-party packs — GoNoGo Charts, MarketGauge, Larry Williams, Trend Investor Pro, Simpler Trading, MEM. The other is Tradier, the one broker connection. OptionsPlay is neither; it is a sitewide add-on. ChartPacks go the other way — pre-built ChartLists, free or paid, installed into your account — and need Extra or Pro. The data behind all of it is bought in, and the footer names the suppliers: Xignite for market data, Pinnacle Data for commodities and historical indexes, CryptoCompare for crypto. ## Limitations - No API, no webhooks, no spreadsheet add-in at any price: nothing outside the site can read your scans, lists or data. The iOS and Android apps are companions to a membership, not a second door. - No backtesting, paper trading or automation, and one broker only — a Tradier account, or nothing. - ChartLists are watchlists, not a portfolio: no cost basis, no returns, no tax lots. - The included real-time is one exchange's prints, not the consolidated tape: BATS covers only the last 15 minutes, carries no usable volume, and is missing for thinly traded names. The official feed is an extra line item annual billing does not discount. - Downloading price history as CSV is Pro-only — Basic and Extra cannot. Scan results export at any member level. - Scripted access is a terms violation, not merely unsupported: non-Pro members are also capped at one chart request per second, Pro at two. ## Alternatives [TradingView](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/tradingview) for charting that is scriptable and backtestable, Finviz for free screening, Barchart for futures and options depth, [Koyfin](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/koyfin) when the question is fundamental rather than technical. The rest are in [charting platforms and screeners](https://stockmarketstack.com/categories/charting-screeners). ## FAQ ### Is StockCharts free? Partly, and the free level is thinner than it looks. Without an account you get SharpCharts, ACP, Point & Figure, PerfCharts, CandleGlance, MarketCarpets, RRG and options chains — but only three indicators per chart, 900px wide, daily and weekly bars only, five years back, and nothing saved — no ChartList, no scan, no alert. Saving anything starts at $19.95 a month. ### Does StockCharts have an API? No. There is no public or developer API, and the usage policy goes further — access must be through a normal browser, and scripted or automated access is forbidden and blocked. Pro members can download daily, weekly or monthly bars as CSV from the chart workbench; every other tier is limited to what the browser draws. ### Is the real-time data included in the subscription? Only BATS real-time for US symbols, and only as a patch. Because official data is delayed 15 minutes, BATS fills just the most recent 15 minutes, price-only — StockCharts suppresses volume on those bars and they are absent for pink sheets and thinly traded names. Official NYSE and Nasdaq data is a $9.95/month Data Plan, as are Canada (TSX) and the UK (LSE); everything else is delayed at least 15 minutes. Data Plans bill monthly even on an annual membership. ### Can you backtest a strategy on StockCharts? No. The scan engine answers what matches today or on a chosen past date; it will not simulate a rule over a period or report what it would have returned. That is the line between this and a backtesting framework. ### Can you place trades from StockCharts? Yes, but only through Tradier. Click the Tradier icon on the Platform Integrations menu at the bottom right of StockChartsACP, link a Tradier brokerage account, and a trading drawer opens with a summary of your accounts and order entry. US equities trading is free on any Tradier account and unlimited options contracts are a flat $25 a month, both billed by Tradier rather than StockCharts. Trading is on every paid level and absent from the free one; Tradier is the only broker StockCharts connects to. ## Also worth comparing - [Koyfin](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/koyfin.md) — A browser research terminal for global equities, funds, macro and estimates. - [Optuma Desktop](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/optuma.md) — Windows technical-analysis desktop for analysts, with Optuma's own EOD data bundled in. - [Optuma Web App](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/optuma-web.md) — Browser rebuild of Optuma, per seat, with scans and backtests run on Optuma's servers. - [TC2000](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/tc2000.md) — Real-time charting and EasyScan screening for US and Canadian stocks and options. - [TradingView](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/tradingview.md) — Charting across 50-plus markets, with Pine Script, server-side alerts and broker trading. - [ATAS](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/atas.md) — Footprint charts and a market-by-order DOM for futures, with data bought separately. ## Named as a replacement for - [TradingView](https://stockmarketstack.com/alternatives/tradingview.md)