Tradespoon is a price-forecasting platform wrapped around a stack of done-for-you trade-alert services, live trading rooms, and coaching, built by founder Vlad Karpel for self-directed traders who would rather follow a model than build one. It fits swing traders and intermediate-term investors who want directional forecasts and ready-made setups across stocks, options, and ETFs. It is the wrong tool for momentum day traders, because Tradespoon predicts and advises but never scans the market in real time or routes a single order.
What Tradespoon Actually Does
The platform monitors roughly 3,000 US stocks and forecasts price direction, turning points, and support and resistance for stocks and ETFs out to 180 days. Its engine relies on artificial neural networks alongside digital filtration and statistical spectral analysis, and the workflow runs in three stages: the system surfaces signals, the trader cross-references models to build a shortlist, then manages the resulting positions in a portfolio module.
What separates a forecasting product like this from a conventional scanner is timing. Tradespoon’s 10-day forecasts refresh once per day, after the close at 6 p.m. CST, so the output is built for planning the next session rather than reacting inside it. Intraday forecasts do exist, generated in 5-minute intervals for the hour ahead, but the platform’s center of gravity sits at the 10-day-to-6-month range.
The Forecasting Tools
Stock Forecast Toolbox
The flagship is the Stock Forecast Toolbox, and it carries most of the platform’s value. The Stock Forecast Tool predicts a stock’s trend over horizons from 1 hour to 10 business days, with a separate 6-month projection, and each forecast carries an Accuracy grade of A, B, or C scored against the full data universe. Around it sit a Company Screener that ranks S&P 500 names by simulated annual growth rate, a Profit Calculator that backtests a buy-low-sell-high strategy over 300 trading days, and a Portfolio Manager that overlays 1-, 3-, and 6-month forecasts on current holdings.
A separate Model Grade screener narrows the universe further, surfacing only the symbols that rank in the top 10% (grade A) or top 25% (grade B) for predictive accuracy. The practical limitation is the refresh schedule. Because the 10-day predictions update only once daily at 6 p.m. CST, a trader uses them to set tomorrow’s plan, not to chase a move as it happens.
Bulls/Bears, Seasonal Charts, and Probability Tools
Beyond the core toolbox, the platform leans on a set of probability and ranking tools, each tuned to a different time horizon. Tradespoon Bulls/Bears publishes a weekly ranking of the names the system reads as most over- or under-performing relative to the S&P 500, built from models that forecast 20, 30, 40, and 50 days out. Seasonal Charts plot how a stock has behaved historically and project 40 to 75 days forward, refreshed every Sunday. The Probability Calculator estimates the odds of a stock closing above, below, or between two price targets by a chosen date, and the Trade Idea Tool folds a trader’s own risk profile and market bias into a proprietary Buy/Sell rating optimized for a 40-to-50-day window.
None of these behaves like a real-time scanner, and the FAQ is candid about why: a regulated broker cannot legally tell a customer where a price will land on a future date, so forward price prediction is the niche Tradespoon occupies instead. That framing matters for buyers, because it is the clearest signal of what the platform is and is not.
Portfolio Toolbox
The Portfolio Toolbox is the management layer. It tracks holdings across multiple portfolios, reports return, volatility, and weighting, and benchmarks each portfolio against US indices with export to Excel. For rebalancing, the tool offers three schemes: a Markowitz mean-variance optimization, a static buy-and-hold allocation, and an equal-weight model that rebalances as prices drift. This is a more analytical feature set than most retail forecasting services bother to include, though it assumes a trader who wants to manage a portfolio rather than flip intraday positions.
The Done-for-You Services
For traders who would rather receive ideas than generate them, Tradespoon runs a layered set of alert services, and the useful part is that each one publishes its own defined parameters. ActiveTrader sends 3 bullish and 3 bearish stock-and-option recommendations each day with two entry prices, a stop loss, and a target gain, aimed at intraday or 1-to-2-day holds. MonthlyTrader runs the same structure on a weekly cadence for swing traders.
The rest split by strategy and horizon. WeeklyTrader targets 2 to 50% on 1-to-2-week stock and option holds, SpreadTrader works options spreads for 30 to 50% over 1 to 3 months, RoboInvestor manages a longer book of stocks for roughly 10% per position, and ShadowTrader pushes real-time SMS alerts on holds running anywhere from 1 to 120 days. Premium Member Picks bundle a stock trade, an option trade, and an option-spread trade around the same underlying, each with an exact direction and entry and exit price.
The clarity here is a real strength. A trader can read the strategy, hold time, alert frequency, and target gain for each service before paying, which turns service selection into a deliberate match rather than a guess.
Live Rooms, Coaching, and Integrations
Higher tiers add a human layer that pure software tools skip. Members get a daily Morning Bell live trading room, a Closing Bell session at the top tiers, a weekly Strategy Roundtable, and one-on-one coaching, alongside a library of training videos. This is the point where Tradespoon stops being software and starts resembling a trading-education subscription, which will appeal to traders who learn by watching someone trade live.
On integrations, the platform reaches outward rather than building its own broker. A NinjaTrader add-on drops the Stock and Futures Forecast Toolbox directly into the NinjaTrader interface, which connects on to Interactive Brokers, TD Ameritrade, and NinjaTrader’s own brokerage. There is also a MetaStock add-on, a TradingBlock brokerage partnership, a Barchart Premier tie-in for data, and a Thomson Reuters StockReports+ feed on the Tools and Premium tiers. Execution still happens somewhere else, which is the honest tradeoff of a product that forecasts but does not place orders.
Pricing
Pricing is where Tradespoon gets harder to read than it should be. The site sells five packages and five standalone services, each billed either month-to-month or annually, on top of separate lifetime and trial pages. The packages overlap heavily, with the same handful of services reshuffled across tiers, so the real task is working out which bundle covers the specific services a trader actually wants.
The packages, with current retail pricing as listed:
| Package | Key Services Included | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tools | ActiveTrader, MonthlyTrader, Stock Forecast Toolbox, Strategy Roundtable | $147/mo | $997/yr |
| Picks | ActiveTrader, MonthlyTrader, WeeklyTrader, Strategy Roundtable | $297/mo | $1,497/yr |
| Premium | ActiveTrader, MonthlyTrader, RoboInvestor, SpreadTrader, Morning Bell room, Roundtable | $197/mo | $1,497/yr |
| Vlad’s Portfolio | RoboInvestor, SpreadTrader, Morning and Closing Bell rooms, Roundtable | $297/mo | $1,497/yr |
| Elite Trading Circle | All core services plus ShadowTrader, both live rooms, Roundtable | $497/mo | $4,997/yr |
The standalone services, for traders who want a single product rather than a bundle:
| Standalone Service | Strategy and Hold | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| WeeklyTrader | Stocks and options, 1 to 2 weeks | $147/mo | $997/yr |
| SpreadTrader | Options spreads, 1 to 3 months | $147/mo | $1,197/yr |
| RoboInvestor | Stocks, 1 to 3 months | $147/mo | $997/yr |
| ShadowTrader | Stocks, options, and spreads, real-time alerts | $297/mo | $1,497/yr |
| Tradespoon LIVE | Real-time picks in the live trading room | $197/mo | $1,197/yr |
For most self-directed traders, the Tools package at $997 per year is the natural entry point, since it covers the forecasting toolbox plus the two core daily and weekly alert services. Premium at $1,497 per year is the step up for anyone who wants RoboInvestor and the daily live room. Elite Trading Circle at $4,997 per year only earns its price for a trader who will use nearly every service and both live sessions, which is a narrow group.
The Fine Print That Changes the Price
The headline prices are not the whole story, and three mechanics deserve attention before anyone signs up.
The refund policy is real but narrow. Tradespoon offers a 30-day money-back guarantee, yet it applies to first-time subscribers only. A trader who refunds one service and later subscribes to another forfeits refund eligibility on that second purchase, so the guarantee works as a single one-time safety net rather than a standing return policy.
Auto-renewal is the mechanic most likely to catch a member off guard. Every membership renews automatically at the then-current rate until the trader contacts support to cancel, and the pricing page itself warns that the discounted annual rate reverts toward a $197-per-month regular price. The effect is that a plan bought at $997 for the first year can renew at a materially higher number, so year-two budgeting should not assume year-one pricing holds.
The lifetime plans carry a similar catch. A Tradespoon lifetime subscription covers only the first year up front and then bills an annual maintenance fee every year after, so “lifetime” describes access duration, not a one-time payment. Each of these terms is disclosed, but each one changes the true cost of ownership, which is exactly why they belong in front of a buying decision.
What the Performance Numbers Really Say
Tradespoon publishes more performance detail than most services in this category, and that transparency cuts both ways. The RoboInvestor page logs every closed trade from April 2018 through the present, and as of this writing it shows 345 winning trades against 51 losers, an 87.12% winning-trade rate, and an average return of 3.47% per trade. A backtest on the same page grows a $100,000 account to $197,707 over that span, assuming 5% of capital per trade.
The win rate is genuine, but it needs reading carefully. A figure near 90% is partly a function of how the service closes trades, holding many positions until they tick into small gains, and the log is full of closes under 1%. The same log also contains a handful of severe losers, including a VXX position down 95% and individual stock and ETF trades down 40 to 57%. Those outliers are why the average return per trade lands at 3.47% despite so many winners.
The dollar figure deserves the most caution. The $197,707 result is a backtest, and the page states plainly that the trades are hypothetical and should not be expected to repeat in a live account. Read correctly, the performance page is strong evidence of idea quality and a rare level of disclosure, not a forecast of what a subscriber’s account will do.
One more honesty note on currency. The forecasts, picks, and performance log are all current to the present day, but the platform’s public update feed and its iOS app both date to 2018, so the toolset and interface feel static even as the underlying data stays fresh.
Bottom Line
Tradespoon is a capable forecasting-and-ideas service for the trader it actually fits: a self-directed swing or position trader who wants algorithmic price direction, ready-made trade setups, and the live rooms and coaching to learn from. For that person, the defined-parameter services and the long, transparent track record are worth a trial. For a momentum day trader who needs real-time scanning and fast execution, it is the wrong product, and for any buyer the fragmented pricing and renewal terms warrant a close read before committing.
Pros
- Forecasts price direction and support and resistance across 1-hour, 10-day, and 6-month horizons for roughly 3,000 US stocks and ETFs, on a defined refresh schedule.
- Every alert service publishes its strategy, hold time, alert frequency, and target gain, which makes matching a service to a trading style straightforward.
- Unusually transparent performance record, with every RoboInvestor trade since April 2018 listed and current to the present, plus Model Grade and per-forecast Accuracy ratings.
- Daily live trading rooms, a weekly Strategy Roundtable, and one-on-one coaching included at the higher tiers.
- NinjaTrader and MetaStock add-ons bring the forecasts into established charting and execution environments.
Cons
- The headline $100,000-to-$197,707 result is a hypothetical backtest, and the 87.12% win rate masks several positions that lost 40 to 95%, so the numbers signal idea quality rather than account growth.
- Pricing is fragmented across five packages, five standalone services, and separate lifetime and trial pages, making it hard to see what a given dollar buys.
- The discounted annual rate auto-renews at the higher then-current price, and refunds are limited to first-time subscribers, so second-year cost and exit terms need scrutiny.
- Not a real-time scanner or an execution platform, with intraday coverage limited to next-hour 5-minute forecasts.
- The public feature-update feed and the iOS app both date to 2018, so the toolset and interface feel static even though the data and picks stay current.