Trade Ideas

AI Trading Bot — Paid

AI-powered stock scanning and automated trading bot built around the Holly AI engine for active US traders.

Overview

Trade Ideas is an AI trading bot platform built for active day traders who need speed and precision from real-time signal generation, not another static scanner to babysit. At the center of the platform is Holly AI, a proprietary engine that runs more than 70 algorithms every night to surface high-probability setups before the next session opens. This Trade Ideas review looks at what Holly actually does for a trader's morning, and what it costs to access it.

Holly's real value is curation. Instead of scanning thousands of tickers by hand, a trader starts the day with a ranked, filtered, and scored list of setups Holly already vetted overnight. Real-time scanning continues through market hours, flagging momentum shifts, volume spikes, breakouts, and earnings reactions as they happen rather than after the fact. For traders who want to go further, the Brokerage Plus add-on connects Trade Ideas to a compatible broker and lets the platform auto-execute trades directly off Holly's signals — a genuinely optional step up to fully hands-free execution. The OddsMaker backtesting tool lets a trader stress-test any strategy against historical data before risking capital on it live.

The cost of that depth is real. Pricing starts at $118/mo (Standard), premium territory compared to most retail scanners, and the platform carries a steep learning curve for anyone new to active trading. This isn't a tool you open and immediately understand — Holly's scoring system, the scanner's filters, and the optional automation all take time to learn.

Coverage runs across stocks and ETFs, built for day traders and swing traders who want semi-automated execution backed by an AI engine running continuously in the background. A free trial is available before committing to the monthly cost. There's no mobile app and no API access, so this is a desktop tool for traders sitting at a screen during the session. Beginners who want something simpler, or traders working entirely from a phone, should look elsewhere first.

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