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TrendSpider Review

Automated charting that does the drawing for you, at a price that is the whole argument.

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What TrendSpider Actually Looks Like

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The Alpha Score Breakdown

TrendSpider scores 92 out of 100 across five pillars, 20 points each.

  • Signal Quality19 / 20
  • Transparency18 / 20
  • Price-to-Value17 / 20
  • Usability19 / 20
  • Community Verdict19 / 20
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Do You Have a Strategy, or Just Settings?

TrendSpider's automated analysis and backtester are only as good as the rules you feed them. Five quick questions tell you whether you've got a strategy worth testing, or a screen full of indicators pretending to be one.

Reddit
The trap most traders miss
“Screener settings itself are not a strategy.”
r/swingtrading
Question 1 of 5
0/10 strategy readiness

Where your strategy stands
$1914-day trial (no free plan)
~$54/moStandard, billed yearly
50 yrsbacktest data depth

TrendSpider prices are annual-billing estimates and move with promotions, so check the live pricing page before you pay.

Editorial Deep Dive

TrendSpider Backtesting: The Engine Most Traders Never Run

Punchline: This TrendSpider review finds the backtesting engine is genuinely functional and no-code, but it's locked behind a tier most subscribers don't buy, and the setup work…

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  • Length3,900 words
  • Read time18 min
  • RefreshedEvery 6 to 12 months

The Verdict

TrendSpider scores 92 on the strength of automation. Trendlines, Fibonacci levels and support zones are drawn algorithmically rather than by hand, the scanners are well regarded, and backtesting is built in rather than bolted on. Signal quality and usability both sit at 19. The pillar that drags is price-to-value at 17, and seven years of trader discussion lands on the same phrasing: good, but overpriced. Almost nobody calls it bad.

The Watch-Out

Read the pricing page carefully. Every headline figure is a first-twelve-months promotional rate on annual prepay, and TrendSpider's own fine print states the discount applies to the first renewal invoice only. Premium advertises around $54.60 a month and renews at $1,092 a year. Budget against the renewal, not the banner.

Who It's For

Hover, tap, or focus a card to see who we'd point at this tool — and who should walk away.

Who this is for

The traders who get the most out of TrendSpider.

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Who this is for

  • Technical traders who draw a lot of levels by hand and want that time back
  • Anyone who wants backtesting without writing code
  • Traders who will use the scanners often enough to justify the tier

Who this isn't for

Where TrendSpider is the wrong spend.

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Who this isn't for

  • Anyone shopping mainly on price — TradingView does the basics for far less
  • Traders wanting a permanently free tier, which does not exist here
  • Fundamental investors, this is a technical tool end to end

The Pain It Solves

A real complaint from the trading forums, and what this tool actually does about it.

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YouTube
“Wish 90% of these videos would actually show the results of 30 days of activity”

Source: YouTube

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Backtesting is TrendSpider's direct answer to that. Rather than trusting a claim about a strategy, you run it against historical data yourself and read your own numbers. The constraint is backtest depth, which is tiered by plan.

What Users Say

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

Reddit logor/DaytradingReddit
“I think TS is much more capable and has much better customer service. I am not going back to TV had it forever tired of it.”
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“I've used both and prefer Tradingview, but I wouldn't say Trendspider is bad... just overpriced and Tradingview is a little easier to use.”
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Reddit logor/TradingReddit
“Without comparison, TrendSpider is good. But, comparing with others, it's not worth such expensive.”
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Pricing

Standard

$708 / year on renewal

Full platform access, 5 workspaces, 10 alerts, 2-hour backtests. Promo pricing applies to year one only.

Our pick

Premium

$1,092 / year on renewal

10 workspaces, 50 alerts, 5-minute backtests, 150 symbols per test. The tier TrendSpider positions for most active traders.

Enhanced

$1,596 / year on renewal

15 workspaces, 100 alerts, 1-minute backtests and scanning, priority support.

Trial

$7 to $49 for 14 days

Paid trial, priced by tier. Discounts never apply to trial fees.

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

Pros and Cons

What works

  • Automated trendlines and support zones genuinely save chart time
  • Backtesting is native rather than an add-on
  • Scanners are repeatedly rated above the competition
  • Sidekick AI includes 25 free messages a month on every plan

What doesn’t

  • Price is the single most common criticism, across seven years of discussion
  • Headline prices are first-year promotional rates; renewal is roughly double
  • No permanently free tier, and the trial itself is paid
  • Market data and extra backtest depth cost more on top

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92/ 100

Our verdict on TrendSpider

TrendSpider scores 92 on the strength of automation.