Comparison

Trading Router vs TradersPost

These two are less like rivals and more like two halves of the same map. Both turn TradingView alerts into live orders — they just reach entirely different sets of brokers.

Short answer

Your broker decides this one. Trading Router routes to MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and NinjaTrader — forex and CFDs, at essentially any MT4/MT5 broker worldwide.

TradersPost routes to US-facing brokers — TradeStation, Alpaca, Interactive Brokers, Tradier, Tradovate, Coinbase, Robinhood, Bybit — covering equities, futures and crypto. It does not support MetaTrader.

If you trade both worlds, running both is a perfectly normal setup.

Coverage

Where each one can actually place an order

This is the whole decision, so it is worth putting first. Everything else — pricing, features, latency — only matters once a product can reach your broker at all.

VenueTrading RouterTradersPost
MetaTrader 4YesNo
MetaTrader 5YesNo
NinjaTrader 8YesYes
NinjaTrader 7YesNo
Interactive BrokersNoYes
TradeStationNoYes
TradovateNoYes
Alpaca / Tradier / RobinhoodNoYes
Coinbase / BybitNoYes
Forex & CFDs at MT4/MT5 brokersYesNo
US equitiesNoYes

The practical read: MetaTrader is where most non-US forex brokers live, and TradersPost does not go there. US equities, listed futures and crypto exchanges are where TradersPost lives, and MetaTrader bridges do not go there.

Pricing

Cost by account count

Both price by connected accounts, at quite different levels. TradersPost tiers also gate the number of asset classes you can trade, and the figures below are its annual-billing rates — monthly billing costs more.

AccountsTrading RouterTradersPost (annual billing)
1 live account$14.99/mo (3-account plan)$41.65/mo — Starter, 1 asset class
2 live accounts$14.99/mo$84.15/mo — Basic, 2 asset classes
3 live accounts$14.99/mo$169.15/mo — Pro, 3 asset classes
6 live accounts$34.99/mo (10-account plan)$254.15/mo — Premium, all asset classes
20 live accounts$69.99/moPremium + 14 add-ons at $10/mo each
Asset class limitsNone — unlimited symbolsTiered by plan
Free trial7 days, no card7 days

TradersPost figures taken from traderspost.io and verified July 2026. Pricing changes — check their site before deciding.

The price difference is real but it is not really the point. TradersPost's brokers involve regulated US market data and per-broker API integrations that MetaTrader's EA model simply does not require, and that cost shows up in the price. If you need a Tradovate connection, $169/month for it is not "expensive" — it is the only route.

Fit

Which one your setup calls for

Trading Router if…

  • You trade forex or CFDs through an MT4 or MT5 broker — the majority of non-US retail brokers.
  • You run prop firm evaluations, which are overwhelmingly MetaTrader-based.
  • You are on NinjaTrader 7, which TradersPost does not support.
  • You need several accounts without the bill scaling steeply.
  • You want an MT4/MT5 trade copier, a news filter, or portfolio-level Net TP and Net SL limits.

TradersPost if…

  • You trade US equities — no MetaTrader bridge reaches them.
  • You trade listed futures through Tradovate or TradeStation.
  • Your broker is Interactive Brokers, Alpaca, Tradier or Robinhood.
  • You trade crypto on Coinbase or Bybit.
  • You use TrendSpider as well as TradingView as a signal source.
  • You want paper-trading accounts included alongside live ones for testing.
Both

Running the two together

This is a common and entirely sensible setup: a strategy you have written once, trading a MetaTrader forex account and a US futures account simultaneously.

TradingView alerts support a webhook per alert, so the usual pattern is to create two alerts from the same strategy condition — one carrying Trading Router syntax to our endpoint, one carrying TradersPost's payload to theirs. Each service handles the venue it is built for, and neither knows or cares about the other.

The one thing to think through is position sizing. A forex position sized in lots and a futures position sized in contracts are not comparable units, so size each side against its own account rather than trying to mirror a single number across both.

FAQ

Trading Router vs TradersPost — Common Questions

Does TradersPost support MetaTrader 4 or 5?
No. It connects to US-facing brokers — TradeStation, Alpaca, Interactive Brokers, Tradier, Tradovate, Coinbase, Robinhood, Bybit. For MetaTrader you need a MetaTrader bridge such as Trading Router.
Which one is better?
Neither, in the abstract — they cover different venues. Your broker decides. Forex or CFDs on MetaTrader: Trading Router. US equities, listed futures or crypto: TradersPost.
How do the prices compare?
TradersPost runs $41.65/month for one live account up to $254.15 for six, on annual billing. Trading Router is $14.99/month for three accounts and $69.99 for twenty. The gap partly reflects that TradersPost maintains individual broker API integrations rather than a single EA.
Can I use both?
Yes — create one TradingView alert per service from the same strategy condition. One trades your MetaTrader account, the other your US broker account.
Both support NinjaTrader — is there a difference?
Trading Router supports NinjaTrader 7 as well as 8; TradersPost is NinjaTrader 8 only. If you are still on NT7, that is decisive. See the NinjaTrader page.
Which is better for prop firm accounts?
It depends on the firm's platform. Forex prop firms are overwhelmingly MetaTrader-based, which points to Trading Router — and its multi-account plans suit running several evaluations at once. Futures prop firms on Tradovate point to TradersPost.

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