Comparison
Obside vs Trade Ideas
Trade Ideas has been a reference for US day traders for two decades: real-time scanning, custom screens, and Holly, its AI engine that proposes trade signals every day. Obside approaches AI trading from the portfolio side: plain-language analysis, monitoring, backtests and agents on your own accounts, across stocks, ETFs, indices, forex and crypto. One is a scanner that hands you trades; the other is an agent platform that runs what you describe.
This comparison is published by Obside. Facts about Trade Ideas were checked on August 19, 2026 from public pages; if something is out of date, tell us at [email protected] and we will fix it.
At a glance
| Feature | Obside | Trade Ideas |
|---|---|---|
| Create automations in plain language | Yes, a prompt becomes a monitoring or trading agent | No, scans and strategies are configured in the platform |
| AI-generated trade signals | Agents act on the rules and context you define | Yes, Holly AI proposes entries daily (Premium) |
| Asset coverage | Stocks, ETFs, indices, forex and crypto | US equities |
| Analyze your existing brokerage portfolio | Yes, read-only connections worldwide | No, it is a scanning and trading workspace |
| Backtesting | On paid plans, with up to 20 years of history | On the Premium plan |
| Macro and news grounding | Official macro sources and continuously monitored news built in | Price action and scanning focus |
| Live order execution | Pro and Max, for US · CA residents via their connected broker | Via supported brokers (Brokerage Plus, auto-trading on Premium) |
| Free tier | $0 plan to connect your portfolio | Free sign-up, paid plans for the tools |
Pricing
Obside
- Free$0
Connect a broker account and view your holdings. AI and agents come with a paid plan.
- Plus$29/mo or $279/yr
Monthly AI usage (about 100 agent creations a month), up to 10 active agents, paper trading, smart alerts, portfolio monitoring and MCP access from Claude Code, Codex, Claude or ChatGPT.
- Pro$59/mo or $549/yr
Everything in Plus, with about 300 agent creations a month, up to 25 active agents, live trading for US and Canada residents, trade alerts from the arenas and the Signals API.
- Max$89/mo or $819/yr
Everything in Pro, with about 500 agent creations a month and unlimited active agents.
Trade Ideas
- TI Basicfrom $89/mo
$89/mo on annual billing ($1,068/yr) or $127 month to month; scanning without Holly AI or backtesting.
- TI Premiumfrom $178/mo
$178/mo on annual billing ($2,136/yr) or $254 month to month; adds Holly AI, backtesting and auto-trading.
Trade Ideas prices as listed on trade-ideas.com. Obside has a free plan, and paid plans from $29/mo (USD baseline). USD baseline prices; checkout is localized. Live order execution is currently available to US and Canada residents on eligible brokers and the Pro and Max plans.
Where each one is stronger
Where Obside is stronger
Plain language instead of scanner configuration: describe it, and an agent runs it.
Positions-first: your holdings, exposure and risk, not only new trade ideas.
Multi-asset coverage beyond US equities.
Macro and news context grounds decisions.
Backtesting on every paid plan, and a much lower entry price.
MCP access from Claude Code, Codex, Claude or ChatGPT.
Where Trade Ideas is stronger
Exceptional real-time scanning for US equities.
Holly AI hands active day traders concrete daily signals.
Two decades of specialization in the day-trading workflow.
Auto-trading through supported brokers on Premium.
Verdict
For fast-paced US equity day trading built around scanners and daily AI signals, Trade Ideas remains the specialist, at a specialist's price. For AI agents on your own positions, across more markets, with plain-language agents and backtesting from $29/mo, choose Obside.
Frequently asked questions
Is Obside a scanner like Trade Ideas?
No. Trade Ideas scans the US equity market in real time and proposes trades. Obside monitors the markets and your portfolio with agents you describe in plain language, and can backtest and execute what you define.
Which is cheaper?
Obside: free plan, then paid plans from $29/mo (USD baseline). Trade Ideas: from $89/mo on annual billing for Basic, $178/mo for Premium with Holly AI and backtesting.
Do they cover the same markets?
Trade Ideas focuses on US equities. Obside covers stocks, ETFs, indices, forex and crypto, with live execution currently for US and Canada residents on the Pro and Max plans, and paper trading worldwide.
More comparisons
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