DEFINTEL vs Trade Ideas
Trade Ideas is an AI-driven stock scanner. DEFINTEL takes a different approach: autonomous signal channels with composite scoring, starting at $0. Here's how they compare for independent traders.
Trade Ideas is a stock-analytics tool. DEFINTEL covers this vertical too: folding the signals into stock signal channels and composite convergence scoring (full stock detail below).
DEFINTEL covers sports too.
DEFINTEL covers prediction markets on Polymarket with calibration and ORACLE signal scoring.
Everything below is the stock-vs-stock detail.
Full platform from $14.99/mo through November 1, 2026
Competitor prices as listed on each company's public pricing page on October 12, 2026. Prices change, so check their sites.
| Feature | Trade Ideas | DEFINTEL Free | DEFINTEL ($14.99/mo through November 1, 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Stock Scanning | ✓ Holly AI | Top 5 scores | ✓ Full scoring + API |
| Backtesting | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free Tier | Free account available | ✓ Free plan | — |
What DEFINTEL includes
- Congressional trades, free, with AI scoring and front-running on the paid plan
- Contagion mapping, sector-level on Free, ticker-level on the paid plan, with alerts coming soon
- Gamma exposure for SPY on Free, all tickers with the overlay on the paid plan
- Dark pool flow on the paid plan
- Composite scoring, top 5 on Free, all tickers with API access on the paid plan
- Regime detection with run history, on Free
Many Data Sources, One Score
DEFINTEL processes separate data sources, from SEC filings to shipping traffic, and converges them into one combined score for every ranked stock.
Free Tier That's Useful
DEFINTEL's free tier includes congressional trades, regime state, SPY gamma, contagion sector map, and a morning brief, permanently free, no credit card.
Congressional Intelligence
DEFINTEL provides same-day STOCK Act filings with committee correlation.
Every Stock Channel
DEFINTEL Founder at $14.99/mo through November 1, 2026 gives you every stock channel, dark pool data, squeeze scanner, and full contagion mapping.
Where Trade Ideas does better
Backtesting engine: Trade Ideas has a backtesting system that lets you test strategies against historical data. DEFINTEL currently doesn't offer backtesting: it's a forward-looking signal engine, not a strategy simulator.
Real-time scanner alerts: Trade Ideas' Holly AI provides real-time stock suggestions, and the Trade Ideas platform has configurable alert windows. DEFINTEL's signal refresh varies by channel (real-time for some, daily for others), which may not suit very short-term scalpers.
See what DEFINTEL catches
See what DEFINTEL catches. DEFINTEL starts at $14.99 a month for founding members through November 1, 2026, then $29.99. Founding members keep their rate as long as they stay subscribed.