What TradingView-to-broker automation costs in 2026
Short answer
Between roughly $280 and $3,050 a year, and the spread comes from two things: whether the tool charges per account, and whether it needs a computer of yours switched on. Flat-price tools charge one fee for unlimited accounts — Shifu $480 a year, QuantLynk $996 for 14 months; PickMyTrade $500 a year per broker login. TradersPost prices by live-account count, roughly $500 to $3,050 a year billed yearly, plus $10 a month per extra live account. CrossTrade is $29 to $99 a month; its PC add-on is for NinjaTrader 8 only. Every figure is the vendor's own, dated below.
Updated: September 25, 2026
| Tool | Price | Accounts included | Extra-account fees | Runs with your PC off |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shifu | $40/mo · $480/yr | Yes — Unlimited | Yes — None | Yes |
| QuantLynk | $99/mo · $996/yr | Yes — Unlimited | Yes — None | Yes |
| TradersPost | $500–$3,050/yr | No — 1–6 live accounts per plan | No — $10/mo per extra live account | Yes |
| PickMyTrade | $50/mo · $500/yr | Yes — Unlimited under one broker login | No — A subscription per broker login | Yes — Interactive Brokers needs TWS or IB Gateway running |
| CrossTrade | $29–$99/mo | Yes — Unlimited; one NT8 machine per plan | Yes — None; a second live NT8 machine is a second plan | Yes — Tradovate in the cloud; NT8 needs its add-on on a PC or VPS |
Every rival cell is what that vendor's own pricing page, docs, FAQ and other public pages said on Sept 25, 2026; "Not listed" means none of those pages said. Their prices are theirs to change.
The list price is rarely the bill. Two questions decide what you actually pay: how many accounts you attach, and whether anything has to keep running on a machine you own.
| Five funded accounts, one strategy | What the vendor’s pages add up to | Where the figure comes from |
|---|---|---|
| TradersPost | Starter (1 live account, 1 asset class) at $41.65/mo billed yearly, plus 4 extra live accounts at $10/mo each — about $980 a year ($89/mo on monthly billing). Premium (6 live, every asset class) is $254.15/mo billed yearly, about $3,050 a year. | traderspost.io/pricing, September 25, 2026 |
| PickMyTrade | $50/mo or $500/yr when all five accounts sit under one broker login; each further broker login is its own subscription, so five logins come to $250/mo or $2,500/yr. A quarterly plan is $135 per 91 days. | pickmytrade.trade/pages/pricing, its multi-account page and docs FAQ, September 25, 2026 |
| QuantLynk | One plan, unlimited accounts: $99/mo, or $996 for a year plus two bonus months. | Its pricing page, Sept 25, 2026 |
| CrossTrade | $29 to $99 a month by tier ($279 to $949 billed yearly), unlimited accounts; each plan card reads “Single machine”, and a second NinjaTrader 8 machine running live at the same time needs a second subscription. Tradovate runs in its cloud; NinjaTrader 8 needs its add-on on your PC or its rented VPS. | crosstrade.io/pricing and its billing FAQ, September 25, 2026 |
| Shifu | One plan, unlimited accounts and bots: $40/mo or $480/yr. Any dated launch offer on the yearly plan is shown on the pricing page. | shifu.trade/pricing |
Yearly totals are the monthly figure the page quotes for yearly billing, times twelve, rounded.
- Your broker still charges what it charges: commissions, exchange and data fees, platform fees. No routing tool changes that.
- TradingView webhook alerts need a paid TradingView plan; the free plan does not send webhooks. That is a TradingView cost, not a tool cost.
- A tool that runs on your desktop adds a second bill — the computer that never sleeps, or the VPS you rent instead — and a second thing that can be off when the alert fires.
- Trials: Shifu 7 days with a card on file; TradersPost 7 days with no card; PickMyTrade 7 days with no card (five when read on September 14, 2026). Read the day the first charge lands before you start one.
Questions people ask
Is there a free TradingView-to-broker automation?
Not a lasting one. Every tool above charges; the closest to free is a trial — and the practice account inside Shifu, which is free for every member with no card and no plan. TradingView itself needs a paid plan for webhook alerts.
Why does per-account pricing matter so much for prop traders?
Because a prop trader tends to run several accounts at once — an evaluation, a funded account, a second firm. At $10 a month per extra account, five accounts double a plan’s price before you have placed a trade.
Where do these numbers come from?
Each vendor's own pricing page, docs, FAQ and other public pages, read on Sept 25, 2026, the date shown in the tables. Their prices are theirs to change — check the page before you decide.
What does Shifu cost for ten accounts?
The same as for one: $40 a month or $480 a year, unlimited accounts and unlimited bots. There is no per-account fee to look for.