Best AI for Generate vetted trade ideas
Surface high-conviction trade setups with entry, stop, target, position size, and backtest stats — rather than scrolling Twitter for guru picks with no plan attached.
Trade Ideas
Trade Ideas with Holly AI is the category leader for AI-generated trade ideas because Holly is a continuously-running ensemble of AI strategies that backtest themselves overnight and trade live with simulated capital — so the ideas you see in the morning come from strategies that just demonstrated profitability the previous trading day. Unlike a one-shot AI prompt that hallucinates a setup, Holly's recommendations include exact entry, stop, target, position size, and the strategy that produced them with audited backtest stats. Standard plan is $118/month; the AI-only tier is cheaper. Built for active traders who want vetted ideas, not idea inspiration.
Open Trade IdeasGenerate 5 trade ideas for [DATE] with the following structure for each: 1. Ticker and setup classification 2. Catalyst (earnings, technical breakout, news, etc.) 3. Entry price and reasoning 4. Stop loss and reasoning 5. First target and second target with R-multiples 6. Time horizon (day trade, swing, position) 7. Risk-on/risk-off market context fit Focus on liquid US large/mid caps with average volume > 1M.
See the difference
Before vs. after using this prompt
Trader opens StockTwits and Twitter at 9 AM looking for ideas. Sees ten 'TSLA to the moon' posts, three guru picks with no context, and a $NVDA earnings play with no stop. Picks one based on which had the most likes. Enters with no plan.
Same trader opens Trade Ideas at 9 AM. Holly AI has surfaced 5 setups overnight: each with entry, stop, target, the strategy that produced it (e.g. 'Pullback to 20-EMA on Strong Stock'), and live backtest stats showing 67% win rate over the last 90 days. Trader picks the one matching their style (swing, not day) and enters with a defined plan.
Finviz Elite
Better when you want to generate your own ideas from screens rather than receive AI-generated ones. Finviz Elite ($24.96/month) gives you real-time data and powerful screeners — you build the rules, you find the ideas. Use Finviz if you have a defined edge and want to surface candidates; use Trade Ideas if you want the system to find the edge for you.
Open Finviz EliteFrequently asked
Are Trade Ideas / Holly AI's picks actually profitable in live trading?
Trade Ideas publishes backtest stats for each Holly strategy, but live trading results depend heavily on execution quality — slippage, fills, and discipline following the system. The platform's own audited results suggest profitability over time for traders who follow the rules strictly; most retail users who lose money on it deviate from the entries, stops, or position sizing the system specifies.
Can I use ChatGPT or Claude to generate trade ideas instead?
You can, but the failure mode is different and more dangerous. LLMs will produce confident-sounding trade ideas that may be hallucinated (made-up technicals, outdated price levels, fabricated catalyst events). Trade Ideas pulls from live market data and runs actual strategies. Use LLMs to think through ideas you already have; use Trade Ideas to source ideas you don't.
Is $118/month worth it for a part-time trader?
Probably not. Trade Ideas is built for active traders placing 5+ trades per week. For a swing trader taking 1–2 trades a week, Finviz Elite at $25/month with manual screening is a better value. The cost of Trade Ideas only makes sense if the ideas it surfaces let you find setups you would have missed — and you have the discipline to execute them as specified.