Broker plan (TradeStation, Tradier or tastytrade) Free
Pro $149/mo · ≈$1,188/yr (billed annually; 12 × $99/mo, derived)
Option Alpha says it is not a broker, and it charges no commissions; the $0 broker plans are paid for by the broker partner and need a qualifying funded account.
30-day free trial. Refunds on annual plans are possible for 7 days after an automatic renewal. A "save 72%" promotion banner was shown on 2026-10-17 and is not reflected above.
Free Free
Quant Researcher $10/mo · $96/yr
Seat prices are on the pricing page's Customize Plan tab. Compute nodes, data and support are priced separately: QuantConnect's recommended Researcher setup (1 seat plus backtest, research, live and assistant nodes) is $84/mo or $888/yr.
Team, Trading Firm and Institution plans for organizations (minimum 2 or 5 users) are not listed here.
Free plan
Free trial
30-day free trial. Refunds on annual plans are possible for 7 days after an automatic renewal. A "save 72%" promotion banner was shown on 2026-10-17 and is not reflected above.
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Key features
Unlimited options backtesting (all plans)
No-code automated options trading bots: up to 50 bots with a $100k cap each (all plans)
Paper trading without a broker connection
Live trading through supported brokers (any supported broker on Pro)
Unlimited cloud backtesting on the Free plan
Backtesting and live trading across equities, forex, options, futures and crypto
Open-source LEAN engine; local coding with VS Code and the LEAN CLI (Quant Researcher)
Tick and second-resolution data on paid seats
Backtest, research and live-trading compute nodes, priced separately
