TickSurfers is a subscription-based, web-based charting platform for equities, futures, options, FX, and crypto.
It combines interactive charts with strategy backtest, parameter optimization, walk-forward analysis, multi-chart layouts, an options chain and multi-leg builder with interactive P/L, watchlists with alerts, drawing tools, bar replay, a trade journal, and custom indicators/strategies in pure JavaScript (optional WASM/WAT). Official Jake Bernstein indicators are available as a separate add-on. See the platform features overview, pricing, or launch the chart.
No. The core product is the TickSurfers Charting Platform — a full research and charting workspace.
Specialized studies (including Jake Bernstein indicators) are optional add-ons that run on that platform. Browse the indicator catalog or read the feature list.
A free account is required to open the chart. Pro ($30/month or $300/year; you save $60 on the annual plan) adds backtesting, walk-forward analysis, options tools, and private indicators.
The free plan includes the chart at no charge: multi-chart layouts, drawings, bar replay, built-in studies, watchlists, and pure JavaScript coding (optional WASM/WAT). Create a free account to open the chart. Pro ($30/month or $300/year; you save $60 on the annual plan) adds strategy backtesting, optimization, walk-forward analysis, the options chain and builder, private and shared indicators, watchlist alerts and self-optimization, and a trade journal. See pricing.
Choose Free or Pro on the pricing page and complete Stripe checkout, then sign in and launch the chart.
Pro is $30/month or $300/year (you save $60 on the annual plan). Create a free account to use the chart before you buy Pro. Compare plans at pricing, then launch the chart after you sign in.
Yes. TickSurfers Chart is web-based — it runs on desktop and mobile with no desktop install required.
Custom indicators and strategies are written in pure JavaScript with the built-in technical-analysis helpers; performance-critical studies can optionally use WebAssembly (WASM/WAT).
Pro includes strategy backtest, parameter optimization, and walk-forward analysis on one shared runner.
Backtest covers the trade log, equity curve, profit factor, win rate, drawdown, and per-trade markers — including multi-leg options. Optimization is a grid search with built-in or custom JavaScript fitness scripts. Walk-forward rolls in-sample optimize + out-of-sample validate. Details are on the features page.
Yes on Pro for the full options workflow, with multi-chart layouts and pane-bound research tools.
Layouts support single, dual, or N-pane grids. You can bind backtest, optimization, walk-forward, the options chain, and the options builder to specific panes. The options builder covers long calls, verticals, iron condors, butterflies, calendars, and custom multi-leg setups, with an interactive P/L canvas and breakeven markers on the chart.
A free account includes pure JavaScript coding, including optional WASM/WAT. Private and shared indicators are Pro-only.
Use the in-chart editor to code in pure JavaScript. Performance-critical studies can optionally compile WebAssembly (WASM/WAT). Private indicators and shared indicators are not included with Free. Strategy backtest, optimization, and walk-forward analysis require Pro.
Live ticks, history, and extended-hours pricing are delivered through the TickSurfers backend across equities, futures, options, FX, and crypto.
The active data feed is managed by TickSurfers — you do not pick or configure a data vendor in the chart. Market data egress stays on the TickSurfers backend.
Official Jake Bernstein indicators are a $750 one-time add-on and require TickSurfers Pro.
Jake Bernstein has traded for more than 50 years and developed rules-based mechanical systems designed to reduce discretionary guesswork. The add-on is $750 one-time on the Jake Bernstein page and requires an active Pro subscription.
Different styles and timeframes need different tools — the catalog is a toolbox for the chart workspace, not a single system.
Day traders often want faster internals and volume reads; swing and futures traders may lean on seasonality, premium, and rules-based systems. An entry study is not always the best exit study. Studies work best when combined inside the chart workspace, not used in isolation.
Yes. Create a free account to use the chart before you buy Pro.
A free account is required to open the chart. It includes your workspace, watchlists, and drawings at no charge. Pro adds the research tools. Compare plans on pricing, or contact support.
Yes. Cancel anytime from your account; access continues through the end of the current billing period.
Manage subscription products from your account dashboard.
Yes. Update billing details in your account payments section after signing in.
Go to your dashboard and edit the payments section.
Yes. Card payments are processed by Stripe; TickSurfers does not store full card numbers on its servers.
Checkout runs through Stripe.
No. We do not issue full or partial refunds; all sales are final.
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