S&P Capital IQ vs. TradingView

Cap IQ is well suited for analyzing security pricing and valuation, tracking stock performance over time, looking up comparable transactions, and analyzing valuations on an industry basis. The service is also well suited for charting and data analysis purposes.

Incentivized

This platform is suited for retail traders that use discretionary trading strategies and automated strategies alike. As far as HFT goes I cannot say as I haven't developed any strategies of that kind. So, i can't determine its appropriateness. For forex and stock trading I would say it has everything you need. I also can't vouch for how well it performs for options traders, I would imagine it may not be the go to app as I don't see any og the Greeks that options traders would need to monitor to make trading decisions.

• Plugins that change and analyze analysis improve it.
• Capital IQ is user-driven, unlike other market participants, which helps streamline the dashboard and acquire accurate data.
• Any report or analysis delivers the most in fewest words. In this data-driven world.

Incentivized

• Indicators.
• History patterns.
• Comparison between different stocks or crypto coins.

Incentivized

• S&P Capital IQ's add-in slows down my Excel when I incorporate formulas into it.
• S&P Capital IQ's algorithms don't necessarily look in the footnotes of company filings, which can make for a less robust analysis of financials and multiples than desired.
• The user interface is not very user-friendly and thus makes maximizing the software's features difficult. It could be more intuitive to use and not so busy (e.g. not so many small icons on one web page). The S&P Capital IQ support team, however, is always available and very helpful.

Incentivized

• nothing I can think of so far

[It's the] best ever.

Incentivized

We had Capital IQ in addition to Bloomberg. It was much easier for a new person to use Capital IQ than Bloomberg. The ease of use was a huge selling point for us. Yahoo finance on the other hand is free, but you cannot gather all the data you may need in one location like you can in Capital IQ.

Incentivized

TradingView is used by more people, and most of the investing shows I watch use TradingView

Incentivized

• We were a boutique investment bank, so it helped multiple people doing their job at the same time instead of waiting for a turn on the Bloomberg terminal.
• Brought more interactive reports in PDF format to the table.
• Saved some money, if I have to go basic.

Incentivized

• Trading is a peculier activity so this metric is purely subjective and depends on each trader's experience.