TradingView is the most used and popular stock market charting platform right now. You can use its basic features for free with or without registering an account. To enjoy the following premium features, you must buy one of its plans:
Alerts: TradingView free account will let you create a single alert only. In case you don’t know, the platform can send a custom text message to a user when a condition is met. The condition can be the price of a stock crossing a certain number, indicator’s reading reaching a certain value, etc. An alert is linked to a stock or index. Thus, you can monitor only 1 stock with the free plan. If you’ve a paid subscription of the platform, you can create more than 1 alert.
Layouts: Free users of the application can see a single chart at a time. Although you can use the compare feature to add another chart to the same frame, you will not be able to change the timeframe of the other scrip. A premium subscription of the application will unlock additional layouts i.e. You can view 2, 4, 3, 6 charts at a time.
More indicators: Indicators give you a clearer picture of the things happening in the stock market. Free plan of the app lets you use 3 indicators but the premium subscription allows you to use up to 25 of them.
Faster updates: The free version of the platform updates its canvas every 5 seconds. If you want the canvas to refresh faster, you will have to buy the premium edition of TradingView.
Replay charts: Replay is one of the coolest features of the app. You can learn or practice trading with this feature. The platform will play the chart as if you are watching a movie. It will show bars one by one as if the market was open.
Additional time intervals: The premium subscription of the stock market app will unlock new timeframes. You will see fewer bars in higher time frames and more of them in shorter ones. The intervals available in the free variant are – 1, 3, 5, 15, 30, 45 minutes and 1,2, 3, 4 hours respectively. If you purchase a subscription, the custom timeframe option will be unlocked i.e. you can set the time interval 2, 4, 6 minutes, etc.
The paid plans of the app cost 15, 30 and 60 dollars per month. Below, I’ve shared some tips and strategies that will get you a TradingView premium account for free:
Create an account with a new email ID: New users will see a banner to activate TradingView free trial which lasts for 30 days. When you click the banner, you will be asked to enter the credit card details. When you enter the details and click on the submit button, the application will verify your CC by debiting 1 Rs from your credit account. This amount will be refunded after a few days. Once the platform verifies the card, the trial will start. When the same ends, you will be charged a subscription fee. You can cancel the trial if you don’t want to use TradingView because of some reason.
Use a reputed broker: A broker with good revenue is expected to integrate the best available charting platform in their application. For example, ICICI Direct and Zerodha use TradingView Pro in their apps Zerodha Kite and ICICIdirect Markets. If the broker is reputed but is not using the Premium version of TradingView, you can request them to do so. For example, Kotak Securities was integrated with TradingView Pro in 2023 after many users requested the firm to do so. If the request isn’t honored, you can switch to another broker as you are allowed to operate more than one trading account. If the performance of the other broker is good, you can close your old demat account.
Participate in the platform’s referral program: TradingView has launched a referral program through which you can earn coins (credits). It generates an affiliate link automatically and displays the same in a textbox when you click on profile icon and choose the “referred friends” option. You should copy this URL and share it with people. If anyone purchases a subscription of the platform from the page that the browser opens when the link is clicked, you will earn $15/coins. You can use the coins to buy a premium plan of the application.
