TradingView Promo Code and Free Trial 2026: What TradingView Actually Offers

I could not find a working TradingView promo code, and I do not think you need one. What TradingView publishes is a free Basic plan, a free trial on its paid plans, a discount for paying annually, a $15 referral reward, and a Black Friday sale that is dormant right now. I read the pricing page, the plan comparison table, the terms of use, the referral rules and the Black Friday page on October 7, 2026, so everything below is a snapshot from that day.

I have been in ecommerce for 15+ years, and at Ecommerce Paradise most of my readers are building high-ticket stores. Charting software is a side question for them, and discount hunting is a side question inside that side question. If you are still deciding whether to build a store at all, start with my guide on what high-ticket dropshipping is, because a store that sells is worth more than any coupon.

This is general information, not personalized financial advice, and I am not a licensed financial advisor. I will not tell you to buy or sell anything. I also did not open a paid account to test the trial, so I report what TradingView’s own pages say and flag every place where they disagree or go quiet.

Disclosure: I may earn a commission if you sign up through my TradingView link, at no extra cost to you. That link is a partner link, which is different from the in-app referral program covered below.

Offer	What TradingView’s pages say	Who qualifies	The catch
TradingView free Basic plan	$0, with 1 chart per tab, 2 indicators per chart and 3 price alerts per the compare table	Anyone who signs up	Delayed data on many exchanges, ads, tight limits
Free trial of a paid plan	A Try free button for Essential, Plus, Premium and Ultimate; length shown at signup	Users who are offered it, once	Converts to a paid plan unless you cancel, and cancelling ends the trial at once
Annual billing	“Save up to 17%”, which is $24 to $480 a year depending on plan	Anyone paying yearly	Refund window is 14 days, then you are committed for the year
Referral reward	$15 toward a subscription per invited friend	New users who sign up through a referral link	Website purchases only, 15-day hold, expires after 12 months
Black Friday sale	A sale page that currently says the mission is complete until the next countdown	Whoever is there when it opens	No dates or percentages are public until it starts
Promo code at checkout	No standing code published	Not applicable	Any code you find elsewhere is unconfirmed

Is There a TradingView Promo Code Right Now?

As of October 7, 2026, I found no standing TradingView promo code. The pricing page showed no sale banner, no coupon call-out and no countdown. The annual prices on the plan cards are labeled “Special price,” but that is simply TradingView’s regular annual rate, not a hidden code.

There is one place where TradingView itself mentions promo codes. Its referral rules say a referred friend receives “a promo code with $15 discount” for their next subscription. So codes exist inside the system, but the one published use is tied to the referral program, not a public coupon you can paste in from a deals site.

That is the short version of how most software discounts work. Companies run a few official levers: a free tier, a trial, a price cut for annual billing, a referral reward and one or two seasonal sales. Anything beyond those usually comes from a targeted email, and I cannot see which emails TradingView sends to which users.

The Free Basic Plan: What $0 Gets You

The cheapest way to use TradingView is to not pay at all. The plan comparison table lists Basic as a free tier with 1 chart per tab, 1 saved chart layout, 2 indicators per chart and 3 active price alerts. It also lists free access to the stock, ETF and crypto screeners with 500+ fields, and the compare table marks ad-free charts as not included on Basic, so expect ads on the free plan.

TradingView’s support documentation says paper trading is a risk-free simulator with no fees, available to every user. It does not say how much virtual money you get, so I will not quote a number. NerdWallet’s April 2026 screener roundup also describes TradingView’s screener as one of the friendlier interfaces, with a clean look that suits beginners. If you want the full screener comparison, my guide to the best stock screeners covers what the free tiers allow across seven tools.

My advice here is practical. Create a free TradingView account and use it for a few weeks before you think about any paid plan. If you hit a specific limit, such as needing two charts at once or more than 3 alerts, you will know exactly which tier fixes it, and you will not be paying for features you never touch.

What the free plan does not include

The compare table shows no technical alerts on Basic, no AI screener requests, no screener auto-refresh and no data export. The screener timeframes on Basic are limited to daily, weekly and monthly. Alerts also expire sooner, with the table listing 1 month on Basic against 2 months on Essential and Plus.

None of that is a problem for casual chart checking. It becomes a problem when you run several setups at once, which is the point where a paid tier starts to earn its price.

The Free Trial: What TradingView Says and What I Could Not Confirm

On the plan comparison table, Basic shows a Sign up button, while Essential, Plus, Premium and Ultimate each show Try free. The big plan cards at the top of the page say Start now instead, so the wording is not consistent across the page. The terms of use say users “may be offered a free trial of selected paid plans,” and that the duration “may vary depending on the plan, region, and platform, and will be shown when the user signs up for the trial.”

The length is where sources thin out. The data embedded in the pricing page lists a trial length of 30 days and a separate 14-day figure for what looks like the Ultimate plan, but that is page code, not a sentence TradingView wrote for readers. I could not find a help article that states the length in plain text. My best read is 30 days on most plans, and you should treat the number on your own signup screen as the only one that counts.

The terms that matter before you start

Three rules in the terms are worth reading twice. First, ordering any subscription “including a free trial period” authorizes TradingView to charge your card, PayPal account or other supported method automatically. Second, unless you cancel before the trial expires, it converts to the monthly or annual plan you selected and the fee is charged. Third, the pricing FAQ says a canceled trial stops immediately after cancellation.

Put those together and you get a real trade-off. To be certain you are not billed, you have to cancel before the trial ends, but cancelling cuts off the remaining trial days. I would set a calendar reminder for a day or two before the end, decide then, and accept that you may lose the last hours. The FTC’s consumer guidance on free trials says the same thing in general terms: find the terms, note the cancellation deadline and watch your statements.

Also note that the terms for the iOS and Android apps say the trial period can only be used once. If you already used a trial on an old account, do not assume a new one will be offered. When you are ready, you can start from the TradingView plans page and see which trial, if any, appears for your account.

Annual vs Monthly: The Discount That Is Always There

The only discount I can verify on any day of the year is the annual billing discount. The pricing page says “Save up to 17%” for annual plans, and each card shows a dollar figure for the year. The monthly prices are in the page data, and the arithmetic below is my own, based on the published numbers.

Plan	Billed monthly	Billed annually (per month)	Annual total	Saved vs monthly
Essential	$14.95	$12.95	$155.40	$24 a year (about 13%)
Plus	$34.95	$29.95	$359.40	$60 a year (about 14%)
Premium	$69.95	$59.95	$719.40	$120 a year (about 14%)
Ultimate	$239.95	$199.95	$2,399.40	$480 a year (about 17%)

The 17% headline only applies to Ultimate. On Essential the gap is about $2 a month, which is small enough that a short monthly stretch costs you very little while you decide. On the higher tiers the annual saving is larger, but so is the money you commit upfront.

Here is how I would think about it. If you have used the free plan for a month or two and know which limit you keep hitting, annual billing on that one plan is the cheapest route. If you are still guessing, start monthly and switch later, because TradingView’s pricing FAQ says you can upgrade an annual plan and the unused days convert into equivalent value on the new tier.

The $15 Referral Reward and How It Differs From My Link

TradingView runs a Refer-a-Friend program that its referral page describes as “$15 towards the purchase of any subscription for every” friend you invite. The rules in its terms of use add the conditions. The referred person must be a new user, must create the account through the referrer’s shared link and must make the purchase on the website, not in the apps.

The rules say the reward is earned when the referee makes a first payment within three months of creating the account. The earnings face a 15-day hold, can only be used once, expire 12 months after they are issued and cannot pay for exchange market data. If the referee files a chargeback or claims a refund, the reward is cancelled for both sides. The wording on who gets what is a little loose, so read the live rules before you count on the $15.

My link is a partner link, not that in-app referral link. I could not confirm whether a partner link and a friend’s referral link can be combined, and the rules say the referee must create the account via the referrer’s link. If you have a friend who uses TradingView, ask them for their referral link, and compare what your signup screen shows against what you get through my partner link before you pay.

As a quick sanity check on the size of the reward, $15 off an Essential annual plan of $155.40 would be about 10%. That is my own arithmetic, and it assumes the credit applies to an annual plan, which the page does not spell out. It is a nice bonus, not a reason to choose a plan.

Black Friday and Other Sales: What Is Public and What Is Not

TradingView has a dedicated Black Friday page, and it was live when I checked. The title reads “TradingView Black Friday Sale: Biggest Discounts of the Year,” and on October 7, 2026 the page text said the Black Friday mission was complete and the engines were cooling until the next big countdown, with a button to be ready and sign up. That tells me the sale is a recurring event, but it gives no dates, no percentages and no plans.

The data embedded in the pricing page also references Black Friday offers by year, including 2025, with discount tiers that rise with the plan level. I am not going to quote those percentages as fact, because they are code on a page, not an announcement, and I cannot tell what any visitor was actually shown. The same data lists other offer types with names I cannot interpret, so I will say only that targeted offers may exist and I cannot tell who receives them.

What I can say is practical. If you are not in a hurry, the cheapest time to buy a paid plan is more likely to be a seasonal sale than a random Tuesday. If you need the paid features now, waiting two months to save a percentage is a bad trade, because two months of Essential billed monthly is $29.90 on the published price, which is small next to the work you are trying to do.

Gift Subscriptions and the Student Program

Two other routes exist, and neither is a discount code. TradingView lets you gift an Essential, Plus, Premium or Ultimate subscription to a registered user who has no active plan. When the paid period ends, the recipient drops back to the free Basic plan, and the regular refund policy applies. A gift is a purchase at the normal price, so it only helps if someone else is paying.

The student program works through institutions, not individuals. TradingView’s education page says a school or university signs up as an Educational Partner and then gets free access to paid plans for its students. The page tells students to ask their institution to apply, so there is no form for you to fill in yourself. If you are a student, that is a question for your department, not a coupon to hunt for.

Plan Prices and What You Get at Each Tier

A trial or a coupon only matters in context, so here is what the compare table says each plan includes. All prices are the annual rates per month from the pricing page, and the limits are the ones listed in the table on October 7, 2026.

Plan	Price per month (billed annually)	Charts per tab	Indicators per chart	Price alerts
Basic	$0	1	2	3
Essential	$12.95	2	5	20
Plus	$29.95	4	10	100
Premium	$59.95	8	25	400
Ultimate	$199.95	16	50	1,000

Essential adds 20 technical alerts, 5 saved layouts and ad-free charts. Plus adds 100 technical alerts and 10 saved layouts. Premium adds 2 watchlist alerts, and Ultimate adds 15, according to the table. Check the table for the specific feature you care about before you pick, since the lists are long and the limits that matter differ by person.

The prices here match what I found in the data behind the page, which lists monthly rates of $14.95, $34.95, $69.95 and $239.95. If a price on your screen differs, trust your screen, since prices can vary by region and TradingView can change them at any time.

Real Cost Scenarios (My Own Arithmetic)

These are worked examples, not quotes. They use the published prices above and assume nothing about discounts you may or may not get.

Scenario 1: You only want to look around

Use the free Basic plan, which costs $0. If you start a trial and cancel before it ends, TradingView’s terms say a trial only converts to a paid plan if you do not cancel, so the cost is also $0. The risk is forgetting, which is why the reminder matters.

Scenario 2: You want two charts and ad-free

Essential billed annually is $155.40 for the year, or $179.40 billed monthly. If you pay monthly for three months and then switch to annual, you will have spent $44.85 before the annual charge, so it is cheaper to decide early. If you use a $15 referral credit on the annual plan, the net would be $140.40, assuming it applies.

Scenario 3: You want four charts and real-time US data

Plus billed annually is $359.40. The data coverage page lists a US Stock Markets bundle at $9.95 per month in the view I fetched, which would add $119.40 over a year for a total of $478.80. TradingView also lists separate prices for individual exchanges, and professional users pay differently, so confirm your own number at checkout.

That last scenario is the one that surprises people. A coupon would reduce the plan price but not the exchange data fee, since the referral rules explicitly exclude market data from reward spending.

Refunds, Cancellation and Billing Traps

This is the part where TradingView’s own pages disagree. The pricing page FAQ says refunds are available for annual plans only, within 14 calendar days of payment, and that there are no refunds for upgrades, monthly plans or market data. The terms of use say annual refunds are available within 14 calendar days and monthly subscription refunds within 7 calendar days. They also say annual market data is refundable within 14 days with the current month deducted, while the FAQ says no refunds on market data.

I cannot tell you which one wins if you dispute a monthly charge. Plan on the stricter reading, which is no refund on monthly plans, and treat the 7-day line in the terms as a possible bonus. Both documents agree that users who file a chargeback or dispute are not eligible for a refund, so contact support first.

A few other billing details are worth knowing. You can cancel any time and the plan will not auto-renew after the current paid term. If auto-renewal fails on an annual plan, the terms say you are switched to a monthly plan. The accepted payment methods listed on the pricing page include cards, PayPal, Apple Pay and crypto, and subscriptions bought through the mobile apps follow the Apple or Google refund rules instead.

Where to pay from

If you run a store, think about whether you pay for investing tools from a personal account or a business one. My guide to business formation for high-ticket dropshipping explains why keeping business and personal money separate saves headaches. Whether a charting subscription counts as a business expense depends on how you use it, so ask a tax professional, not a blog.

Market Data Fees: The Cost a Coupon Will Not Touch

TradingView’s terms say Essential, Plus and Premium include market data that is available without additional per-user fees, and that other data is bought separately. The pricing FAQ says extra real-time data is available to add to a paid plan or a trial account, and that it only works on the TradingView website, not in embedded widgets. Delayed data is listed as free on the data coverage page.

If you only check charts once a day, delayed data may be fine, and you can skip this cost entirely. If you are watching prices move during the session, the exchange fees can rival the plan itself. This is why I would read the data page before comparing plan prices.

It also matters for your risk. FINRA’s guidance on frequent intraday trading notes that frequent trading brings higher costs that can erode returns, along with potential tax implications. A faster feed does not change that. You can read FINRA’s page on frequent intraday trading for the margin rules and the risks.

How to Spot a Fake TradingView Promo Code

Search for a TradingView promo code and you will find pages listing codes with a confident percentage. I could not verify any of them, and TradingView publishes none. Treat those lists as unconfirmed, especially the ones that say a code works on every plan or never expires.

Here is the check I would use. Start the checkout on the real TradingView site, look for a place to enter a code, and apply it there. If the price does not change, the code did not work, and no list should talk you into paying anyway. Never pay a third party for a “code” and never download a cracked version of a paid plan.

Also be careful with anyone who says they can get you a deep discount for a fee. A real referral reward shows up inside your own account, so nobody needs your login to give you one. If a trial charge ever shows up that you did not expect, the FTC guidance above says to call your card company if you cannot cancel, so start there.

Who Should Skip the Trial or Any Paid Plan

Skip the trial if the free plan already covers what you do. If you check a handful of tickers a day, one chart is enough, and 2 indicators per chart is fine, you have no reason to hand over a card. The same goes if you are new to investing and do not yet know what you would use the extra tools for.

I would also skip it if the real goal is to place trades. TradingView is a charting platform, and if you want an account to hold funds you need a broker. My guide to the best stock trading apps compares eight options. For charts and paper trading, see the guide to the best trading platforms for beginners.

Finally, skip it if money is tight in the business. Profit that comes from a working store should come first. If you are still building, my guide to high-ticket niches is a better use of your hours than comparing chart subscriptions.

Supplier terms and margins matter more than a $12.95 subscription, so my guide to finding suppliers comes first. Investing involves risk, and the SEC’s introduction to investing states that all investments carry some degree of risk and may lose value.

Alternatives If You Want Free or Cheaper

TradingView is not the only charting and screening option, and a few alternatives have their own free tiers and trials. The details below come from each company’s own plans page, which I read on October 7, 2026.

Tool	Free option	Paid plan as published	Trial or refund
Finviz	Free version with quotes delayed by 1 minute and basic screener filters	Elite at $24.96 a month billed annually ($299.50 a year) or $39.50 monthly	A trial is offered, and refunds are issued in the first 30 days on written request
Yahoo Finance	Free plan for all investors	Plus tiers at $7.95, $19.95 and $39.95 a month billed yearly	A 7-day trial is listed on the Gold tier
Stock Rover	A free plan for basic research on individual stocks	Premium at $29 a month billed annually ($348 a year), or $34 billed monthly	14-day trial with no credit card requested, and no refunds

The right pick depends on what you do. Finviz is built for fast scanning of US stocks, Yahoo Finance is a free place to track a portfolio, and Stock Rover leans toward fundamental research. TradingView’s strength is charting across many markets plus the community, and the free tier is the reason people start there. For broader context, my best investing apps for beginners guide covers the broker side.

My Verdict on TradingView Promos in 2026

Here is where I land. There is no promo code to chase, and I would not trust one I could not verify. The real deals are the free Basic plan, the free trial on the paid plans, the annual discount and a seasonal sale if you can wait for it.

My order of operations is simple. Start with the free plan and learn what you actually use. If a limit blocks you, try the plan that fixes it with a calendar reminder set to cancel before the trial ends. If you keep it, choose annual billing for that single plan and read the refund terms first.

If you want to see what a trial looks like for your account, start with the TradingView free plan and trial options and read every line before you enter a card. Confirm every number on this page against the signup screen, because TradingView can change prices and terms at any time. Again, this is general information, not personalized financial advice, and I am not a licensed advisor.

If you want a second opinion on how charting tools and investing fit next to a store, my coaching is where to ask. If you are earlier than that, the mini course is the place to start.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a TradingView promo code in 2026?
I could not verify one. As of October 7, 2026 the pricing page showed no sale banner, and TradingView publishes no standing code. The official levers are the free plan, the trial, annual billing, the $15 referral reward and the Black Friday sale.

Is TradingView free?
Yes, there is a free Basic plan with 1 chart per tab, 2 indicators per chart and 3 price alerts, per the compare table. You can open a free TradingView account and upgrade only if a limit gets in your way.

How long is the TradingView free trial?
TradingView’s terms say the length varies by plan, region and platform and is shown at signup. The page data lists 30 days, and 14 for Ultimate, but I could not confirm that in plain text, so go by your signup screen.

Do I get charged after the TradingView free trial?
Yes, unless you cancel before it ends. The terms say the trial converts to the paid plan you selected, and the pricing FAQ says a canceled trial stops immediately, so set a reminder a day or two before the end.

When is the TradingView Black Friday sale?
TradingView has not published dates. Its Black Friday page said on October 7, 2026 that the mission was complete until the next big countdown, so check the page in November and confirm any percentage on the page itself.

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