Head-to-head comparison · 2026
Ghost is $69 a month and its copier is another $69. PickMyTrade is $50 with the copier included. Compare brokers, risk controls and both free trials.
Summary
If you want alert automation and a trade copier on one $50 bill, or you trade stocks, options, forex or CFDs alongside futures.
If you need MetaTrader 4 or 5, DXtrade or crypto platforms, or you want a kill switch, a max daily trades cap and a built-in journal in the same subscription.
Price
QuantCrawler sells Ghost and its Trade Copier as two separate products. Ghost Unlimited is $69 a month. The Trade Copier is another $69 a month, and QuantCrawler's own Elite page puts the two together at $138 before the $169 Elite bundle. PickMyTrade is $50 a month, and the copier is in that plan. All QuantCrawler figures below were checked 22 September 2026.
| What you need | QuantCrawler | PickMyTrade |
|---|---|---|
| TradingView alerts routed to one account or several | Ghost Unlimited, $69/mo | $50/mo |
| The same, plus leader-to-follower copying and per-account daily loss and profit limits | Ghost + Trade Copier, $138/mo | $50/mo |
| Everything above, plus the QC Signals indicator and AI chart analysis | Elite, $169/mo | Not offered |
| Alert automation paid a year at a time | Ghost Annual, $449/yr | $500/yr |
| Stocks, options, forex or CFDs from the same alerts | Not offered | $50/mo |
If one alert fanning out to several accounts is all you need, Ghost at $69 does that, and the honest gap is $19 a month. If you want a leader account whose fills are mirrored to followers, or per-account daily limits, their copier is a second purchase and the comparison becomes $138 against $50. Paid annually for alerts alone, Ghost Annual at $449 is below our $500, and that row is theirs.
One PickMyTrade subscription covers unlimited accounts under one broker login. Five Apex accounts held under a single Tradovate login all automate on one $50 subscription. A second, separate Tradovate login needs its own subscription, so check how your accounts are grouped before you compare totals.
Side by side
| Decision | PickMyTrade | QuantCrawler Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Brokers and platforms | Eight: Tradovate, Rithmic, ProjectX including TopstepX, Interactive Brokers, TradeStation, Tradier, TradeLocker, Match-Trader. Broker guides | Eleven listed, including Tradovate, ProjectX, Rithmic, NinjaTrader 8, TradeLocker, DXtrade, MetaTrader 4 and 5, and two crypto venues. Source |
| Markets | Futures, plus stocks and options through Interactive Brokers, TradeStation and Tradier (Tradier options are single-leg), plus forex and CFDs through TradeLocker and Match-Trader | Futures, forex and crypto. No stock or options broker is listed |
| Trade copier | Included in the $50 plan. A Tradovate admin account to follower accounts, each with its own quantity multiplier. Guide | A separate $69/mo product, or inside Elite at $169. Tradovate, ProjectX and Rithmic can lead; NinjaTrader 8 follows. Source |
| One alert to several accounts | Yes, with its own size per account, in the $50 plan. Guide | Yes, in Ghost at $69, with no per-account fee |
| Account risk limits | Daily and weekly profit and loss limits per account, trading-time windows, pause automation, and a news filter on Tradovate. Guide | GhostGuard: a global kill switch, a max daily trades cap, trading hours and a dollar daily loss limit. Per-account daily loss and profit limits sit in the Copy Trader, for Tradovate and ProjectX accounts. Source |
| Order tools from the alert | Stop loss and take profit five ways (points, percentage, price, ticks, total P/L), brackets and OCO, trailing stops on Tradovate and ProjectX, breakeven with offset, SL/TP updates on an open trade, partial close, reverse. Trailing | Native bracket orders, stop verification and breakeven on Tradovate, limit entries on Tradovate and ProjectX, demo and dry-run modes, session-close flatten |
| Where it runs | In the cloud. Interactive Brokers is the exception: TWS or IB Gateway and the PickMyTrade IB application must stay running. IBKR setup | In the cloud. Nothing runs on your machine |
| NinjaTrader | NinjaTrader accounts that log in through Tradovate work with the Tradovate integration. There is no NinjaTrader 8 add-on | NinjaTrader 8 is listed as an integration and as a follower platform in the copier |
| Journal and extras | Execution logs. No built-in trade journal, no published public API | A journal listed with the Trade Copier, AI chart analysis, an iOS app and a fleet-tracking Command Center |
| Free trial | 7 days, no credit card, full access, on every connected account | 7 days, and it asks for a valid card, your name, a verified email and an SMS-verified phone. One selected execution account during the trial, and it becomes $69/mo unless cancelled. Source |
Why PickMyTrade
Trade on an admin account and every follower account copies it, each with its own quantity multiplier. It sits in the $50 plan next to everything else, and that is the whole of the $138 comparison above. Read the copier guide.
Interactive Brokers, TradeStation and Tradier for stocks and options, with Tradier options single-leg. TradeLocker and Match-Trader for forex and CFDs. Adding one does not change the bill. See the broker guides.
Set profit and loss limits per account on a daily and a weekly basis, plus the hours automation is allowed to trade, and pause it whenever you want. They are settings, not guarantees, so match them to your firm's rules. Risk settings.
Stop loss and take profit by points, percentage, price, ticks or total P/L, then brackets, trailing stops on Tradovate and ProjectX, breakeven with an offset, changes to SL or TP on an open position, partial closes and reversals. Alert setup.
Tradovate connects by OAuth, so there is no separate Tradovate API subscription to buy first. Tradovate FAQ.
Honest take
Ghost lists all of them. PickMyTrade has none of them, and no amount of price comparison changes that.
GhostGuard has both. PickMyTrade's controls are daily and weekly profit and loss limits, trading-time windows and pausing automation, which is a different shape of protection.
QuantCrawler's copier can lead from Tradovate, ProjectX or Rithmic, with NinjaTrader 8 following. Ours leads from a Tradovate admin account only.
Ghost Annual is $449 against our $500, and it includes their AI chart analysis.
PickMyTrade has execution logs, not a journal, and no published public API. If a single subscription covering all of it matters more than broker breadth, Elite is a coherent answer at $169.
Switching
Start the 7-day trial and connect your broker. Sign in to Tradovate with OAuth, or follow the guide for Rithmic, ProjectX or whichever broker you trade.
Rebuild the alert message. Generate the PickMyTrade payload in the dashboard and paste it into your TradingView alert with our webhook URL. Ghost's JSON does not carry across as it is, so plan to rewrite each alert once.
Set accounts, sizing, exits and limits. Pick which accounts receive the alert and at what size, then the stop loss, take profit, any trailing or breakeven rule, and your daily and weekly limits.
Test on demo, then switch one account at a time. Run it on a demo account and check the order at your broker. Turn Ghost off for that account before you go live, so only one tool is placing orders. Remember that a Ghost trial converts to a paid month unless you cancel it.
FAQ
For alert automation alone, PickMyTrade is $50 a month against Ghost at $69, a difference of $19. Once you need leader-to-follower copying or per-account daily limits, QuantCrawler's Trade Copier is a separate $69 a month, so the comparison becomes $138 against $50. Paid annually for alerts only, Ghost Annual at $449 is cheaper than our $500.
PickMyTrade gives you 7 days with no credit card, full access, on every account you connect. QuantCrawler's 7-day trial asks for a valid card, your name, a verified email and an SMS-verified phone, runs on one selected execution account, and becomes a paid $69 month unless you cancel. Both figures were checked on 22 September 2026.
Eight: Tradovate, Rithmic, ProjectX including TopstepX, Interactive Brokers, TradeStation, Tradier, TradeLocker and Match-Trader. Futures run on Tradovate, Rithmic and ProjectX. Stocks and options run on Interactive Brokers, TradeStation and Tradier, where Tradier options are single-leg. Forex and CFDs run on TradeLocker and Match-Trader. If you see a longer list attributed to us elsewhere, this is the list.
NinjaTrader accounts that log in through Tradovate work with the PickMyTrade Tradovate integration. There is no NinjaTrader 8 add-on. QuantCrawler lists NinjaTrader 8 as its own integration and as a follower platform inside its copier, so if you work inside the NinjaTrader 8 platform itself, that is a real difference.
No to both. Our controls are daily and weekly profit and loss limits on each account, trading-time windows and the ability to pause automation. GhostGuard covers a global kill switch and a cap on trades per day, which PickMyTrade does not have. If those two controls are what your firm's rules turn on, weigh them honestly.
One subscription covers unlimited accounts under one broker login. Five Apex accounts under a single Tradovate login all automate on one $50 subscription. If your accounts sit under separate broker logins, each login needs its own subscription, so count your logins rather than your accounts before comparing totals.
Sources
Prepared by PickMyTrade. QuantCrawler details come from its own pages, checked 22 September 2026: Ghost, Trade Copier, Elite, GhostGuard, the Ghost trial and their comparison with us, which they reviewed on 7 September 2026. PickMyTrade details come from our pricing page and our documentation. Prices and features change on both sides; check each site 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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