Head-to-head comparison · 2026
SignalStack bills per signal, PickMyTrade is one flat $50 plan. See the order count where each one is cheaper, plus brokers, the copier and risk limits.
Price
These two products do not bill for the same thing. SignalStack sells signals, and its pricing page defines a Signal as "a trade order successfully sent to a linked broker account". Broker connections themselves cost nothing there. PickMyTrade sells one subscription — $50 a month or $500 a year — with no order cap and every feature in the plan.
| SignalStack plan | Per month | Per year | Live signals included each month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 5 |
| Basic | $27 | $270 | 50 |
| Premium | $97 | $970 | 250 |
| Pro | $340 | $3,470 | 1,000 |
Three details matter when you budget. Unused signals do not accumulate, so an allowance you do not spend is gone at month end. The yearly toggle is pre-selected, so the first prices you see are the annual ones. And SignalStack provides no refunds; its free route is the Free plan rather than a trial clock, with no card either way.
If you arrived from TrendSpider: SignalStack is a TrendSpider company, and TrendSpider alerts are an accepted source on both tools, so you can price the same alert either way.
A signal is one order to one account, so the bill is orders multiplied by accounts. The table runs one strategy at four sizes over 21 trading days, counting a round trip as two orders.
| Your setup | Orders a month | SignalStack plan | SignalStack | PickMyTrade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 account, 1 round trip a day | about 42 | Basic (50) | $27 | $50 |
| 1 account, 2 round trips a day | about 84 | Premium (250) | $97 | $50 |
| 5 accounts, 1 round trip a day | about 210 | Premium (250) | $97 | $50 |
| 5 accounts, 2 round trips a day | about 420 | Pro (1,000) | $340 | $50 |
The line falls at 50 orders a month. At or below it, Basic at $27 is genuinely cheaper than our $50, and at five orders or fewer SignalStack costs nothing. Above it, its next step is $97 while PickMyTrade stays at $50. Across five accounts the allowance divides five ways: 50 signals is ten orders each, about five round trips a month per account.
One caveat we cannot settle for you. SignalStack does not state whether a stop or take-profit sent as its own order counts as another signal, and its Tradovate documentation lists single orders rather than brackets. If your exits are separate orders, halve the round trips above.
On our side, one subscription covers unlimited accounts under one broker login: five Apex accounts under a single Tradovate login all run on one $50 subscription. If those five accounts sit under five separate broker logins, that is five subscriptions, and at low volume SignalStack, which does not charge for connections, is the cheaper bill. Check how your accounts are grouped before you compare totals.
Side by side
| Decision | PickMyTrade | SignalStack |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay for | One subscription, $50 a month or $500 a year. No order cap | A monthly signal allowance of 5, 50, 250 or 1,000 orders. Broker connections are not charged. Source |
| Brokers and platforms | Tradovate, Rithmic, ProjectX, Interactive Brokers, TradeStation, Tradier, TradeLocker, Match-Trader. Broker guides | 32 broker and venue integrations, wider than ours. Rithmic, ProjectX, TradeLocker and Match-Trader are not among them. Source |
| Markets | Futures; stocks and options through Interactive Brokers, TradeStation and Tradier; forex and CFDs through TradeLocker and Match-Trader. No crypto | Stocks, options, futures, forex and crypto across its directory |
| Signal sources | TradingView strategy and indicator alerts, and TrendSpider. Alert setup | Any platform that can send a webhook, including TradingView and TrendSpider |
| One alert to several accounts | Yes, each account with its own size, on one subscription. Guide | Webhooks are created per connected account, and each account's order is its own signal, so fan-out multiplies the allowance |
| Trade copier | Tradovate admin account to follower accounts, with a quantity multiplier per follower. Guide | None documented in its help center |
| Order tools on Tradovate | Stop loss and take profit five ways, brackets and OCO, trailing stop, breakeven with offset, SL/TP changes on an open trade, partial close, reverse. Trailing · Breakeven | Its Tradovate documentation lists Market, Limit, Stop and Stop-Limit orders. Source |
| Account risk limits | Daily and weekly profit and loss limits per account, trading-time windows, pause automation. Guide | Not documented on its pricing page or in its help center |
| Futures contract rollover | Automatic rollover, plus symbol mapping so an NQ alert can trade MNQ | The contract month and year go in the payload, so alerts are edited by hand at each roll |
| Published API | Not offered | SignalStack Connect, with its own developer price list from $195 a month for 1,000 signals. Source |
| Free way in | 7-day trial, full access, no credit card | A Free plan with 5 signals a month and no credit card. Paid plans carry no refunds |
Why PickMyTrade
Rithmic, ProjectX including TopstepX, TradeLocker and Match-Trader are not among SignalStack's 32 integrations. If your prop-firm account or your forex account lives on one of those platforms, breadth elsewhere does not help you. See the broker guides.
One alert reaches every account you have connected, each with its own quantity. The fourth and fifth account change the sizing, not the invoice, as long as they sit under the same broker login. Multi-account guide.
Trade an admin account on Tradovate and the follower accounts copy it, each with its own quantity multiplier. There is no higher tier to reach for it. Copier guide.
Daily and weekly profit and loss limits on each connected account, plus the hours automation may trade. They are settings you configure, not promises, so match them to your firm's rules. Risk settings.
Stop loss and take profit by points, percentage, price, ticks or total P/L. Brackets and OCO, trailing stops on Tradovate and ProjectX, breakeven with an offset, SL/TP changes on an open position, partial closes and reversals, all from the alert. Alert setup.
Rollover is automatic, and symbol mapping lets an alert written on NQ place the trade on MNQ. Nothing has to be rewritten on roll week.
Switching
Start the 7-day trial and connect your broker. Sign in to Tradovate with OAuth, or follow the guide for Rithmic, ProjectX, Interactive Brokers, TradeStation, Tradier, TradeLocker or Match-Trader.
Rebuild the alert message. Generate the JSON in the dashboard and paste it into your TradingView or TrendSpider alert with our webhook URL. SignalStack payloads do not carry across unchanged, and the hand-typed contract month goes away here.
Set the accounts, the sizing and the exits. Choose which accounts receive the alert and at what quantity, then the stop loss, take profit, trailing or breakeven behaviour and your loss limits.
Test on a demo account, then switch one account at a time. Check the order at the broker before going live, and turn SignalStack off for that account first, so only one tool is sending it orders.
FAQ
It depends entirely on volume. SignalStack's Basic plan covers 50 orders a month for $27, which beats our $50, and its Free plan covers five orders at no cost. Past 50 orders the next SignalStack plan is $97 a month while PickMyTrade stays at $50 with no cap, so heavier and multi-account traders pay less with us.
SignalStack defines a Signal as a trade order successfully sent to a linked broker account, and its plans include 5, 50, 250 or 1,000 of them a month. Broker connections are not charged separately, so the cost driver is orders multiplied by accounts. Unused signals do not roll into the next month.
There is no order cap and no per-trade fee. The plan is $50 a month or $500 a year, and a strategy that trades twenty times a day costs the same as one that trades twice a week. Your broker's own commissions and exchange fees still apply, as they do with any automation tool.
Not in its broker directory as we read it on 22 September 2026. Its Tradovate integration does mean a prop-firm account issued on Tradovate can still connect. PickMyTrade supports Tradovate, Rithmic and ProjectX including TopstepX, which covers most prop-firm futures accounts that are not on Tradovate.
Yes. TrendSpider is an accepted signal source alongside TradingView strategy and indicator alerts. It is worth knowing because SignalStack is a TrendSpider company, so a TrendSpider user can send the same alert to either tool and compare the result on a demo account before committing.
Not for Tradovate, Rithmic, ProjectX or the other cloud routes, where alerts execute with your machine off and no VPS to rent. Interactive Brokers is the exception, because TWS or IB Gateway and the PickMyTrade IB application have to keep running for orders to reach the account.
Sources
Prepared by PickMyTrade. SignalStack details come from its own pages, checked 22 September 2026: pricing, broker directory, Tradovate integration, developer pricing and its help center. PickMyTrade figures are our own published terms. Prices and features change on both sides, so check the live pages before you buy.
Risk disclosure. Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The content on this page is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, or trading advice. Only trade with capital you can afford to lose.
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