Deepwick vs TradingView: an honest comparison for Pine Script backtesting
Where TradingView is better, where Deepwick is different, and a side-by-side table to decide which one fits how you test Pine Script strategies.
Short answer: TradingView is the better all-round platform. It covers far more markets, has a much larger script library, runs on your phone and connects to brokers. Deepwick is newer and narrower: a browser platform built to test a Pine Script–style strategy and see exactly why it made or lost money. It reads Pine Script v5 code, and during launch everything in it is free.
We build Deepwick, so read this with that in mind. Every claim about TradingView below comes from its own documentation, and every claim about Deepwick describes what the product does today, not what is planned.
Side by side
| TradingView | Deepwick | |
|---|---|---|
| Markets | Stocks, ETFs, futures, indices, forex, crypto and more, from exchanges worldwide | 700+ crypto spot pairs; CFDs on the forex majors, gold, WTI oil and a first set of US stocks |
| Script language | Pine Script® v6; older versions still run | Deepwick Script, which reads Pine Script v5 |
| Other symbols or timeframes inside a script | request.security() | Not yet: request.security() returns na |
| Labels and tables drawn by scripts | Yes | Lines and boxes yes; label.new() and table.new() not yet |
| Market orders in a backtest | Fill at the next bar's open by default | Fill at the next bar's open |
| Stops and limits inside a bar | Assumes open, nearer extreme, farther extreme, close; Bar Magnifier (Premium and Ultimate plans) uses lower-timeframe bars | The same open, nearer extreme, farther extreme, close assumption |
| Price gaps through an order | Fills at the open of the bar after the gap | Fills at the open of the bar after the gap |
| Commission and slippage | Set in strategy() or the strategy's properties | Set in strategy(); commission on every fill, slippage on market and stop fills |
| A script's internal values | Plot them or log them | Inspector: every variable on the bar under the cursor, without changing the code |
| Alerts | App, email, webhook and more | Email, Telegram, Discord and webhook; webhooks signed with HMAC on Elite |
| Paper trading | Yes | Yes |
| Real orders from the chart | Through supported brokers | No |
| Apps | Web, desktop and mobile | Web, installable as an app; the script editor needs a desktop-sized screen |
| Community scripts | A very large public library | A small library that is growing |
| Price | A free plan with limits, and paid plans | Free during launch; then Pro at €19/month and Elite at €49/month, and founding members keep the launch price |
When TradingView is the better choice
- You trade stocks, futures or indices. Deepwick does not have most of them yet.
- Your scripts use
request.security(), labels, tables or anything that only exists in Pine Script v6. - You want to place real orders from the chart, or to chart on your phone.
- You use the public script library, screeners, news or the social side every day.
Where Deepwick is different
The fill rules are on the screen
The rules TradingView documents for its broker emulator are close to the ones Deepwick uses, and that is deliberate: the same script should give comparable results on both. The difference is where the rules live. Deepwick's Strategy Tester prints them above every result (orders fill at the next bar's open, stops and targets along the bar, gaps at the open), together with the capital and commission the run used. Nobody reading a result has to guess how it was produced.
The Inspector
Hover any bar and the Inspector lists the value of every variable in your script on that bar. On TradingView you see a value by plotting it or writing it to the log, one variable at a time. It is the quickest way we know to find out why a trade happened, or why it didn't.
Signed webhooks
On the Elite plan every webhook alert carries an HMAC signature, so your server can reject any request that did not come from Deepwick. Here is how to verify it. TradingView's webhook documentation asks you to allow-list four IP addresses and does not describe a signature.
Free while it is new
During launch nothing is charged and plan limits are not enforced. Founding members keep the launch price when billing starts.
Moving a strategy from TradingView
- Copy the script from TradingView's Pine Editor.
- In Deepwick, open a chart, click </> Scripts, paste the code and press Run (Ctrl/Cmd + Enter).
- If something isn't supported, the error names the line and the column, for example
Unknown function 'label.new'. - Set the same
initial_capital, commission and slippage instrategy()on both platforms before comparing results.
Two things to know. request.security() does not stop the script, it returns na, so anything built on another timeframe stays empty. And Deepwick does not reject a script for its //@version line: a v6 script runs if it only uses what Deepwick supports. The Deepwick Script reference lists all of it.
Even with identical settings, results will rarely match to the cent. The bars come from different data feeds, and TradingView's Bar Magnifier, when it is on, fills orders using lower-timeframe data.
The bottom line
If you want one app for everything, TradingView is the safer choice. If your work is testing strategies and you want to see exactly how each fill was computed, Deepwick is worth running next to it, and during launch it costs nothing to try. The step-by-step guide takes you from sign-up to your first backtest.
Deepwick is not affiliated with TradingView. Pine Script® is a trademark of TradingView, Inc. Facts about TradingView come from its public documentation as of October 2026; check its website for current plans and features.
— Enrique