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MarketSurge Review: Is the IBD Screener Worth $149.95 a Month?

The IBD growth stock terminal, proven and polished, with a price tag that demands an active process.

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What MarketSurge Actually Looks Like

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The Alpha Score Breakdown

MarketSurge scores 72 out of 100 across five pillars, 20 points each.

  • Signal Quality17 / 20
  • Transparency13 / 20
  • Price-to-Value12 / 20
  • Usability15 / 20
  • Community Verdict15 / 20
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The Verdict

MarketSurge scores 72, and signal quality leads at 17. It brings Investor's Business Daily's ratings, exclusive reports, automatic pattern recognition and 100+ technical indicators into one charting and screening platform, and its iOS app holds a 4.71 rating from 8,632 ratings. For a CANSLIM trader who uses it daily, the data is hard to match. The score comes from FullStack Alpha desk research plus public user sentiment, and the pillar split is provisional.

The Watch-Out

Price-to-value is 12 because $149.95 a month, or $1,499 a year, is steep for a screener when Deepvue sells similar screening for $49. Transparency is 13 because the intro offer conflicts on MarketSurge's own page: the banner says 30 days for $24.95, while its FAQ mentions 6 weeks for $49.95. Screenshot the offer you sign up under.

Who It's For

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Who this is for

The traders who get the most out of MarketSurge.

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Who this is for

  • Active CANSLIM and growth stock swing traders
  • Traders who want IBD ratings and reports inside their charts
  • Investors who want a proven app with a large user base

Who this isn't for

Where MarketSurge is the wrong spend.

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Who this isn't for

  • Budget traders who can get similar screening from Deepvue
  • Day traders who need level 2 and order execution
  • Investors who check positions only once a month

What Users Say

Sentiment pulled from one independent source, kept separate so you can weigh each one yourself.

App Store (4.71 from 8,632 ratings)App Store
“Best investing tool! Thank you for providing this app and these services.”
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App Store (4.71 from 8,632 ratings)App Store
“It's laggy, using different dataset therefore no consistency between app and web version”
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Pricing

Intro offer

$24.95 for 30 days

Banner offer at checkout; the site's FAQ also mentions 6 weeks for $49.95, so confirm at signup.

Our pick

Monthly

$149.95 / month

Full MarketSurge charts, screens, ratings and reports.

Annual

$1,499 / year

Same access billed yearly.

Prices change. Check the vendor’s page before you buy.

Pros and Cons

What works

  • IBD ratings and exclusive reports built into charts and screens
  • Automatic pattern recognition plus 100+ technical indicators
  • Well rated iOS app, 4.71 from 8,632 ratings
  • Intro offer lowers the cost of a first test
  • Strong fit for a rules-based growth stock process

What doesn’t

  • $149.95 a month is expensive next to Deepvue at $49
  • Conflicting intro offers on the same page
  • App users report lag and data that differs from the web version
  • Not built for intraday execution

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Our verdict on MarketSurge

MarketSurge scores 72, and signal quality leads at 17.

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