Trade Ideas

Trade Ideas is an AI-powered stock scanning platform that delivers dynamic trade alerts, actionable insights, and simulated trading for active self-directed investors.

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What is Trade Ideas?

  • Founder: Founded in 2003 by Dan Mirkin (with co-founder Philip Smolen).
  • Launch: Launched as Trade Ideas LLC in 2003.
  • Use Cases: Real-time stock scanning, alert notifications, AI-generated entry/exit suggestions, backtesting, simulated trading, and live trading via brokerage integration.
  • Technology: Proprietary US-based servers monitor every stock and ETF trade tick-by-tick, enhanced with AI engines (“Holly” and “Money Machine”), OddsMaker backtesting, visual analytics, and brokerage execution modules.

Trade Ideas is an AI-powered market scanning and trading platform for traders and investors both interested in the technological advantage of automation to assist them. Trade Ideas uses its virtual trading assistant, Holly AI, to constantly and automatically analyze real-time market data, generate dynamic entry and exit signals, and modify strategies to reflect the market environment overnight. Features include real-time “Stock Races,” which show a visual comparison of high-momentum symbols; streaming alerts; stock scanners; customizable chart layouts; and integrated broker execution. The platform also includes a complete backtesting tool called “OddMaker,” practice trading setups, and user-set alerts based on important statistics, enabling users to make adjustments in real-time without risking money. Trade Ideas allows users to build multi-monitor layouts, conduct real-time monitoring, and execute fully customizable workflows. Ultimately, Trade Ideas represents much more than a traditional screener; rather, it offers an end-to-end trading research and execution ecosystem.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Trade Ideas analyzes every trade in real time with AI-driven signals, includes strategy optimization and visual tools, and integrates with brokerages—all in one platform.

It's ideal for active traders—day traders and swing traders looking for fast-moving opportunities and AI-assisted strategies. Beginners can start with web tools and simulated trading.

Holly is Trade Ideas’ AI robo-assistant that runs numerous strategies, backtests them, and delivers daily entry and exit signals based on live market behavior.

Yes. Trade Ideas includes simulated (paper) trading, allowing users to practice strategies without financial risk before going live.

Yes. Through its Brokerage Plus module, users can connect to participating brokers to send live orders directly from the platform.
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