An NSE screener alternative to TradingView's global one
TradingView's screener is excellent at what it is for: filter 150 exchanges in real time, click a row, land on the best chart in the business. What it is not is an Indian EOD research tool — there is no delivery percentage anywhere in its data model, no way to ask what a screen would have matched last quarter, and whole-market screening stays within preset fields unless you scope a Pine script to a watchlist. If your workflow is NSE, after the close, and increasingly about whether setups actually work, the gap you have noticed is real.
| Capability | PatternsRadar | TradingView |
|---|---|---|
| Real-time / intraday screening | No — end-of-day by design | Yes — 10s/1-min refresh; NSE real-time free for non-professionals |
| Scan-level backtesting (what would this screen have matched?) | Every scan, 250-session replay | No |
| Per-symbol strategy backtesting | No | Pine strategy tester — deeper than our replay, one symbol at a time |
| Delivery % screening | Scannable and backtestable | Not in the data model |
| Query model | Sift — event operators over the whole market | Preset filters; Pine Screener scripts scoped to watchlists |
| Sector & fundamentals filters | NSE classification, P/E, market cap, growth, shareholding — point-in-time, coverage still backfilling | Extensive fundamental fields, global |
| NSE F&O as stock-screener fields (futures OI, put-call ratio) | Per-stock aggregates, backtestable | OI lives on derivative symbols and charts, not as cash-screener columns |
| Charting | Basic price charts | Best in the business, plus the Pine ecosystem |
| Markets | NSE cash equities only | 150+ exchanges, all asset classes |
| Daily history depth | 30 years, every plan | 10K–40K bars, capped by plan tier |
| Scan alerts after the close | One digest email per day; webhooks on Max | Chart/watchlist alerts (20–1,000 by tier), webhooks on paid |
| REST API + MCP for agents | Every plan, including Free | No public API — alert webhooks only |
| Paid plans | ₹400–2,000/month | ₹995–17,333/month (annual billing) |
TradingView INR prices verified on tradingview.com/pricing on 2026-08-16, quoted at annual billing; monthly billing costs more. This page is maintained by PatternsRadar. Competitor capabilities as generally available at the time of writing; verify current features on their site.
The differences that matter
Two kinds of backtest, honestly distinguished
TradingView has serious backtesting — the Pine strategy tester is deeper than anything here, with entries, exits, position sizing and costs. It runs one symbol at a time, on a chart. What it cannot answer is the screener question: what would this scan have matched across the whole market last year, and what did those matches do next? That scan-level replay is PatternsRadar's entire premise. Different instruments for different questions — and if you trade one symbol's strategy, TradingView's is the better tool.
Delivery percentage does not exist there
TradingView's data model is built from global exchange feeds, and NSE delivery volume — the share of trade actually taken to demat — is not in it. For Indian EOD analysis that is a missing sense: the field that separates conviction from churn is unscannable. Here it is a first-class query token, backtestable like everything else.
Whole-market sentences vs watchlist scripts
TradingView's stock screener filters the whole market on preset fields; the Pine Screener runs any indicator, but over a watchlist you assemble first. Sift inverts that: event conditions — crossed above within three bars, has been above for ten — run across every NSE equity at once, no watchlist required. If the setup you want is a sequence, not a threshold, that inversion matters daily.
Which should you use?
When TradingView is the right choice
Choose TradingView for charts — there is no contest — and for anything intraday, global, or Pine-shaped. Real-time NSE data free of charge, alerts across hundreds of symbols, a community of scripts, and a per-symbol strategy tester that is the reference implementation. If you trade during market hours, it is simply the right tool.
When PatternsRadar is the right choice
Choose PatternsRadar for the after-close NSE workflow: write the setup in a sentence, replay it across 250 sessions, screen delivery alongside price and volume over 30 years of history, and let the alert email arrive when it matches. Many users keep TradingView open for charts and run their scans here — the tools compose.
Common questions
Is PatternsRadar a free alternative to TradingView's screener?
For NSE end-of-day screening, yes — free with no account, including backtest replay and delivery data that TradingView does not carry at any price. It is not an alternative for charting, intraday screening or non-Indian markets; TradingView keeps those jobs.
Why use anything besides TradingView for NSE stocks?
Three concrete gaps: delivery percentage is absent from TradingView's data model; no feature answers what a screen would have matched historically; and daily history is capped by plan tier (10K–40K bars) where PatternsRadar carries 30 years on every plan. If none of those bite, TradingView plus patience is a fine screener.
Can PatternsRadar replace TradingView charts?
No, and it does not try. The charts here are functional price-and-indicator views for checking a scan's matches. The realistic setup, which many users run, is scans and alerts here, charting there.