We haven't run money through any of the three. Every fact below is from the company's own pages, read on 29 October 2026, and none of them is a claim about trading results. ProEA is a TradersPost affiliate (disclosed above); we have no relationship with PickMyTrade or CrossTrade.
The three side by side
| What you compare | TradersPost | PickMyTrade | CrossTrade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price a month | Starter $49, Basic $99, Pro $199, Premium $299 | $50, one plan | Standard $29, Pro $49, Elite $99 |
| Yearly | 15% off: $41.65 to $254.15 a month | $500 a year on its comparison page (a sale banner showed $350 on 29 Oct) | $279, $469 or $949 a year |
| Accounts in the price | 1 to 6 live and 4 to 10 paper, by plan; $10 a month per extra live, $5 per paper | Unlimited under one broker login; a second login is another $50 | Unlimited on every plan |
| Brokers | 17 connections: Tradovate, NinjaTrader (through Tradovate), ProjectX, TradeStation, Interactive Brokers, tastytrade, Alpaca, Robinhood, Webull, E*TRADE, Tradier, Public.com, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, Binance.com, Crypto.com | Tradovate, Rithmic, ProjectX, Interactive Brokers, TradeStation, TradeLocker, Match-Trader; Tradier, cTrader and Ironbeam in beta | NinjaTrader 8 (any account type it holds) and Tradovate |
| What it trades | Stocks, options, index options, futures, crypto, by broker and plan | Futures; stocks and options at IB, TradeStation and Tradier; forex at TradeStation; forex and CFDs at TradeLocker, Match-Trader and cTrader | What your NinjaTrader 8 or Tradovate account trades |
| Where it runs | In the cloud | In the cloud, except Interactive Brokers: TWS or IB Gateway and its IB app must stay running | An add-on inside NinjaTrader 8 on your machine or VPS; Tradovate in the cloud |
| The alert | JSON with ticker and action; the password is in the webhook URL | JSON with symbol, data and quantity; your token goes in the message | Flat JSON or key=value; text; your secret key goes in the message |
| Free trial | 7 days: paper accounts automated, live orders approved by hand | 7 days, no credit card | 7 days, every feature |
Sources: TradersPost pricing and its connection pages; PickMyTrade's pricing and its own comparison page, for its billing unit and broker list; CrossTrade's pricing page and its FAQ. The alert formats are the ones our webhook JSON builder checks, read on each company's docs.
What five common setups cost
Monthly list prices, from the table above. TradersPost's column also shows the price with PROEA, our affiliate code, which takes 20% off the plan (not, as far as TradersPost's page says, off add-ons). Funded accounts count as live; TradersPost's pricing page lists "sim or eval prop firm accounts" under both live and paper add-ons, so evaluation accounts may bill as paper ($5): ask TradersPost before you count them.
| Setup | TradersPost | PickMyTrade | CrossTrade |
|---|---|---|---|
| One futures account on Tradovate | $49 Starter ($39.20 with PROEA) | $50 | $29 Standard |
| Five funded prop accounts under one Tradovate login | $89: Starter + 4 live add-ons ($79.20 with PROEA) | $50 | $29 Standard (unlimited accounts); per-account sizing needs Pro, $49 |
| Futures at one broker, stocks at another | $99 Basic, 2 asset classes ($79.20 with PROEA) | $100: two broker logins | Not its job: NinjaTrader 8 and Tradovate only |
| Stocks and crypto at Robinhood and Coinbase | $99 Basic ($79.20 with PROEA) | Not listed | Not listed |
| Several Rithmic prop accounts in NinjaTrader 8 | No Rithmic connection | $50 per Rithmic login | $29 Standard; $99 Elite to copy across several NT8 installations |
For your own numbers on TradersPost, the cost calculator prices every plan with its add-ons, monthly and yearly.
When each one wins
TradersPost wins when you trade more than futures, or at more than one kind of broker: it is the only one of the three that reaches stock brokers like Robinhood, Webull and Alpaca and crypto exchanges, and one subscription covers several brokers and asset classes. Its signal format has the most options of the three (brackets by amount or percent, breakeven, resize to a target, formulas, batches of five), which also means more ways to get it wrong; our TradersPost webhook builder checks a message against the rejection codes TradersPost lists that can be told from the JSON, and against your broker's limits. It loses on price once you run many futures accounts under one login.
PickMyTrade wins on many futures accounts under one login (one price, however many accounts) and on brokers TradersPost doesn't reach: Rithmic, TradeLocker and Match-Trader. Its own comparison page says a second broker login is a second subscription, so futures plus stocks at two brokers costs $100. Our PickMyTrade builder page checks its JSON.
CrossTrade wins if you already trade in NinjaTrader 8: its add-on runs inside your NinjaTrader, so any account NinjaTrader holds can take the alert, and it has the lowest starting price for Tradovate. The other side of that is that NinjaTrader has to be running on your machine or a VPS for NT8 accounts. Our CrossTrade builder page checks its flat JSON.
Before you pick one
- Check your prop firm allows automation. The firms' rules differ; our TradersPost builder page has a table of what eight futures firms say, each linked to its rule.
- TradingView needs a paid plan for webhooks (Essential or higher, with two-factor authentication on), whichever bridge you choose. The webhook guide has the setup.
- Send a test alert to a paper or sim account first. All three have a 7-day trial; TradersPost's automates paper accounts only until you pick a plan.
- Mind the futures symbol. TradingView's continuous
NQ1!isn't always the broker's: TradersPost maps it to the front month on its own roll schedule and recommends an explicit contract such asMNQZ2026; PickMyTrade wants Tradovate'sNQ.
If TradersPost fits, our code PROEA takes 20% off your plan for as long as you stay subscribed: type it under "Have a coupon?" in the order summary when you pick a plan. Start with TradersPost's free trial.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between TradersPost and PickMyTrade?
Both turn TradingView alerts into orders from the cloud (PickMyTrade's Interactive Brokers route also needs TWS or IB Gateway running). TradersPost prices by plan, $49 to $299 a month with 1 to 6 live accounts and 1 to 4 asset classes, plus $10 a month per extra live account; it lists 17 connections, stock brokers like Robinhood and Webull and crypto exchanges among them. PickMyTrade is $50 a month for unlimited accounts under one broker login, and reaches brokers TradersPost doesn't, such as Rithmic, TradeLocker and Match-Trader.
Is PickMyTrade cheaper than TradersPost?
For one futures account, no: TradersPost Starter is $49 against PickMyTrade's $50 (PROEA, our affiliate code, makes the Starter plan $39.20). From two funded accounts under one login, yes: five live accounts are $89 a month on TradersPost Starter with four add-ons and $50 on PickMyTrade. Prices read on both companies' pages, 29 October 2026.
Does CrossTrade work without NinjaTrader?
Yes, for Tradovate. CrossTrade's pricing page says Tradovate is fully supported on every plan, linked with no desktop add-on. For NinjaTrader 8 accounts it works through its NT8 add-on, which runs inside NinjaTrader on your own machine or VPS.
Which bridge works with Rithmic prop firm accounts?
Of these three, PickMyTrade lists Rithmic as a broker, and CrossTrade reaches Rithmic accounts through NinjaTrader 8. TradersPost has no Rithmic connection: its NinjaTrader connection runs on Tradovate.
Can TradersPost automate stocks and crypto?
Yes. Its connection pages list stocks at Interactive Brokers, Robinhood, Webull, Alpaca, E*TRADE, Tradier, TradeStation, tastytrade and Public.com, options and index options at several of them, and crypto at Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, Binance.com, Crypto.com, Alpaca and tastytrade. PickMyTrade's are mainly futures, with stocks and options at Interactive Brokers, TradeStation and Tradier and forex at TradeLocker, Match-Trader and cTrader; CrossTrade's are NinjaTrader 8 and Tradovate.
Is there a TradersPost discount code?
PROEA, our affiliate code: 20% off the subscription for as long as you stay subscribed, TradersPost's affiliate page says. TradersPost pays us a share of what you pay with it. We have no code or affiliation with PickMyTrade or CrossTrade.
