Head-to-head comparison · 2026
TradersPost charges per live account and per asset class. PickMyTrade is $50 with unlimited accounts under one broker login. Compared, checked Sept 2026.
Summary
If you automate a TradingView strategy on several futures accounts under one broker login: $50 covers all of them, copier and daily and weekly loss limits included.
If you need crypto, Alpaca or Robinhood, a built-in paper broker, or you run one live account in one asset class and want the cheapest entry.
Price
TradersPost opens its comparison with $49 against our $50 and stops there. That Starter plan buys one live account and one asset class. Each extra live account is $10 a month, and a second asset class moves you to Basic at $99. The deciding number is not the plan price but your live-account and asset-class count.
| What you actually run | TradersPost | PickMyTrade |
|---|---|---|
| 1 live account, futures only | Starter, $49 ($499.80 billed yearly) | $50 ($500 billed yearly) |
| 5 live futures accounts under one broker login | Starter plus 4 live add-ons at $10 each = $89 | $50 |
| Futures on one broker, stocks on another | Basic, $99 (2 asset classes) | $100 — two broker logins, one subscription each |
| Futures on one broker, stocks and options on another | Pro, $199 (3 asset classes) | $100 — two broker logins |
At one live account TradersPost is genuinely a dollar cheaper, and billed yearly the two are twenty cents apart. That anchor is honest, and it holds right up to the second account.
Our billing unit is the broker login. One Tradovate login holding five Apex accounts automates all five on a single $50 subscription, however many you add. A different broker is a different login, so Tradovate plus TradeStation is two subscriptions — which is why TradersPost Basic at $99 beats our $100 on futures plus stocks. Count your logins before you compare totals; that is where our math stops helping you.
Before you start either trial. The TradersPost trial automates paper accounts only: on a live account you submit every order by hand until you pay, and its FAQ says the account is disabled when the trial ends. Ours takes no credit card and gives full access. Its comparison page also lists our trial as five days; it is seven, checked 22 September 2026. The same page says PickMyTrade caps webhooks at 1,000 signals a month. We have no webhook, alert or signal cap, on any plan.
Side by side
| Decision | PickMyTrade | TradersPost |
|---|---|---|
| Billing unit | $50 a month, unlimited accounts under one broker login; a second login, including a second broker, needs its own subscription at the same price. Pricing | Tiered plan, plus $10 a month per extra live account and $5 per paper account, plus asset-class gates. Source |
| Brokers | Tradovate, Rithmic, ProjectX, Interactive Brokers, TradeStation, Tradier, TradeLocker, Match-Trader. Broker guides | 16 brokers plus its own paper broker, including Alpaca, Robinhood and crypto venues. No Rithmic, TradeLocker or Match-Trader, not even on its wait list. Source |
| Markets | Futures; stocks and options (Interactive Brokers, TradeStation, Tradier, single-leg on Tradier); forex and CFDs (TradeLocker, Match-Trader) | Stocks, options including index options, futures, crypto. Its IBKR route is beta and stocks only; forex is "coming soon". Source |
| Trade copier | A Tradovate admin account's trades copy to followers, each with a quantity multiplier. Guide | No broker-level copier. Its blog states it does not offer trade copying that listens for broker-level trades |
| One signal to several accounts | Included, with per-account sizing. Guide | Parallel account execution on paid plans, within the plan's account allowance. Source |
| Daily and weekly loss limits | Per account, plus trading-time windows and a pause switch. Guide | None found in its pricing page, strategy field reference or Command Pad docs on 22 September 2026; its session limits cover manual trading |
| Changing a stop after entry | Update the stop or target on an open position, breakeven with an offset, partial close, reverse. Breakeven | Its FAQ says you cannot update stop losses held at the broker that were set at entry |
| ProjectX brackets | Brackets via Auto OCO on ProjectX, including TopstepX | Its docs say ProjectX prop-firm accounts do not currently support bracket orders through TradersPost |
| Where it runs | Cloud, except Interactive Brokers: TWS or IB Gateway and the PickMyTrade IB application must stay running. IBKR setup | Hosted. No VPS, no Tradovate API purchase |
| Free trial | 7 days, no credit card, full access including live accounts | 7 days. Live accounts are manual-submit only; automation runs on paper accounts. Source |
| Journal and published API | Neither offered | Neither offered. Its API page is a wait list. Source |
Four cells in TradersPost's own comparison are wrong about us, checked 22 September 2026: the trial is 7 days, not 5; trailing stops work on Tradovate and ProjectX; brackets do attach a stop and a target at entry; and our asset classes are given as futures and stocks, which drops options, forex and CFDs.
Why PickMyTrade
Every account under the same broker login runs on one $50 subscription, each with its own size. A second broker login is a second subscription at the same $50, with the same features — there is no higher tier to climb to. Multi-account setup.
Trade on a Tradovate admin account and every follower copies it with its own quantity multiplier. Set daily and weekly profit and loss limits per account, and the hours automation may trade. Both are in the same $50. Copier · 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, changes to an open position, partial closes, reversals. Alert setup · Trailing stop.
Rithmic, TradeLocker and Match-Trader are not on its connections page or its wait list. That covers Rithmic prop accounts, and forex and CFDs today rather than "coming soon". Guides.
Seven days, no credit card, full access. Connect a live account and watch a real order fill before you decide, which is the one thing a paper account cannot tell you.
Honest take
PickMyTrade has no crypto, no Alpaca and no Robinhood, and no per-account arithmetic changes that.
TradersPost includes one, with 4 to 10 paper accounts by plan. We have none; you test on your broker's demo account.
TradersPost supports SPX, NDX, RUT, XSP and VIX options and IRA accounts. Our options run through Interactive Brokers, TradeStation and Tradier, and Tradier is single-leg only.
TradersPost reaches IBKR through its web API with nothing on your machine. Ours needs TWS or IB Gateway plus our IB application. Theirs is beta and stocks only, so check your instrument first.
Starter is $49 against our $50, and user management and strategy templates arrive on their Pro plan. TradersPost also publishes a per-firm prop-account policy table and a per-broker capability matrix, better reference assets than anything we publish today.
Switching
Start the trial and connect one broker. Tradovate signs in with OAuth; the other seven have setup guides.
Rebuild the alert message. Generate the PickMyTrade JSON and paste it into your TradingView alert with our webhook URL. TradersPost payloads and field names do not carry across.
Set accounts, sizing, exits and limits. Pick which accounts get the alert and at what size, set the stop and target, then the daily and weekly limits and the trading hours.
Test on a demo account, then switch one at a time. Check the order at your broker, and disconnect that account from TradersPost before going live, so only one tool sends it orders.
FAQ
For one live account in one asset class, yes, by a dollar a month: Starter is $49 against our $50, and billed yearly the two are twenty cents apart. The gap opens at the second account, because TradersPost charges $10 a month for each extra live account and we do not charge for extra accounts under the same broker login.
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 before you compare totals.
No. Its trial automates paper accounts only: on a live account you submit each order by hand until you pay, and its FAQ says the account is disabled when the trial ends, checked 22 September 2026. Ours takes no credit card and gives full access, so you can watch a live order first.
It routes one signal to the accounts you select, which it calls parallel account execution and includes on paid plans. It is not a broker-level copier: its own blog says it does not offer copying that listens for broker-level trades. PickMyTrade has both, including a Tradovate admin account whose trades copy to followers with quantity multipliers.
Yes. Daily and weekly profit and loss limits on each connected account, the hours automation is allowed to trade, and a pause switch. They are settings you configure, not a guarantee, so match them to your firm's rules. No daily or weekly loss limit was found in TradersPost's pricing page, strategy field reference or Command Pad docs on 22 September 2026.
Yes, on the platforms it supports — any prop firm that offers Tradovate, Rithmic or ProjectX accounts, including TopstepX. Firms set their own rules on automation and copy trading, and those rules change, so read yours before you go live. TradersPost publishes a per-firm policy table worth reading whichever tool you pick.
Sources
Prepared by PickMyTrade. TradersPost details come from its own pages, checked 22 September 2026: pricing, connections, its PickMyTrade comparison and its API page, plus its blog and docs. Prices change; check both sites first. All comparisons.
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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