At a glance
TradingView is where many traders already study charts, and Pine Script is how they turn an idea into a tested strategy there. Horizon takes the same idea in plain English, tests it and runs it unattended through your broker. Most people keep TradingView for charts and use Horizon for the part that has to run on its own.
Side by side
| Question | Horizon | TradingView |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | HorizonAn investing platform. Copy strategies that creators are running live, or describe your own idea in plain English and run it through your own broker. | TradingViewA charting and market analysis platform, with Pine Script for writing indicators and strategies. |
| How you build a strategy | HorizonDescribe the idea in plain English. Horizon turns it into rules you can read, edit and test. No code. | TradingViewWrite it in Pine Script, or adapt a script someone published, then run it in the Strategy Tester. |
| Where strategies run | HorizonIn your own account at Binance, Bybit, Coinbase, Hyperliquid, Kraken, Robinhood, Webull, TradeStation, Tradier, E*TRADE, tastytrade and moomoo, or on Horizon Paper with simulated money. | TradingViewFrom the chart through a connected broker, or by sending alerts to a third-party tool that places the orders. |
| Markets | HorizonUS stocks and ETFs through the stock brokers; crypto spot and derivatives through the exchanges. No forex or CFDs. | TradingViewCharts for almost every market. Trading depends on which brokers are integrated. |
| Backtesting | HorizonEvery strategy is backtested on historical data before it runs, and you see the rules it tested. | TradingViewYes. The Strategy Tester runs a Pine strategy over the chart's history. |
| Paper trading | HorizonYes. Horizon Paper runs any strategy with simulated money at real market prices. | TradingViewYes, through its paper trading account. |
| Copying other people's strategies | HorizonYes. Discover lists creators' strategies with live track records. Creators keep 80% of what subscribers pay. | TradingViewYou can use scripts other users publish, but there is no record of them running with real money. |
| Pricing model | HorizonDiscover is free. The Builder plan is a subscription, monthly or yearly, with a 14-day money-back guarantee. | TradingViewA free tier, and paid plans that add alerts, indicators per chart and data. Current prices on tradingview.com. |
| Holds your money? | HorizonNever. Funds stay with your broker. Horizon can place trades for a strategy but cannot withdraw money. | TradingViewNo. Trades go through the broker you connect. |
Choose Horizon if
- You can say what the strategy should do but do not want to write or debug Pine Script.
- The strategy has to run on its own, without a chart open or a computer on.
- You want to run it on paper, then live, through your own broker, from one place.
- You want to copy strategies that creators are running live, or publish your own.
Choose TradingView if
- You want the charts. Horizon is not a charting platform.
- You already write Pine Script and want full control of the code.
- You trade by hand from the chart and want alerts, not automation.
