A Chartink alternative that measures what happened next
Chartink made NSE screening free and shareable, and it is still the better tool for real-time intraday triggers. It has had a backtest since 2019, and it will show you which stocks matched a scan on any past session. What it will not show you is what those matches did afterwards, which is the part that decides whether a scan is worth trading. PatternsRadar was built around that half. Every scan here replays across a window you pick, up to thirty years of sessions, and reports what its matches did over the forward horizons you choose: win rate, median move, payoff, and the excess over the index.
| Capability | PatternsRadar | Chartink |
|---|---|---|
| End-of-day NSE screening | Yes | Yes |
| Real-time intraday scanning | No, end-of-day by design | Yes |
| Historical replay: which stocks matched a scan on past sessions | Any window from 10 to 7,500 sessions, every session since 1995 | Yes, since 2019; 9 years on daily bars |
| Forward outcomes: what the matches did next | Win rate, median, payoff and index-excess over up to 4 horizons of 1–60 sessions | No |
| Simulated entry, stop-loss and target | Entry at the close or the next open; stop and target in percent, with a stop/target/time exit breakdown | No |
| Replay evaluated as of the historical bar | Yes: indicators, F&O and fundamentals take the values known on each replayed day | Their FAQ notes results are computed against current values, so the replay can repaint |
| Replay outputs you can take away | Equity curve, monthly breakdown, return histogram and full trade list, each as CSV | The match list |
| What testing a scan costs | Free, no account, no annual quota, just a daily allowance on every plan | Free; longer history on the paid plan |
| Event conditions (crossed within, has been above for, rising for) | Yes | Partially, via stacked offset comparisons |
| Readable query language | Sift, which reads like the sentence you would say | Formula clauses in a form UI |
| Split-adjusted daily history | 30 years, and the replay reaches all of it | Not published; the daily backtest reaches 9 years |
| Delivery percentage as a scannable, backtestable field | Yes | Not among their documented scan fields |
| F&O fields (futures OI, OI change, basis, put-call ratio) | Per-stock daily aggregates, backtestable | F&O scrips as a universe; scans run on cash prices |
| Fundamentals & sector filters | P/E, market cap, growth, shareholding. Point-in-time, coverage filling in | Sector and a few fundamental fields |
| Community scan library | 142 curated scans | Thousands, user-contributed |
| End-of-day email alerts | From ₹400/month | Premium, listed at ₹780/month |
| REST API + MCP for agents | Yes | No published API |
| Free to screen, no account needed | Yes | Yes |
Competitor capabilities as documented on their own site in August 2026. Features change, so verify the current ones there. This page is maintained by PatternsRadar.
The three differences that matter
What the matches did next
Chartink's backtest answers who matched, and when. It is a list of symbols and dates with no prices attached, which leaves “did this setup work?” to folklore. Open any scan here, the 52-week high breakout say, and the replay panel runs it across a window you set, up to every session since 1995, then reports what the matches did over as many as four forward horizons: win rate, median move, payoff, and the excess over a chosen NSE index. Add a stop and a target and it becomes a trade simulation, with each exit labelled stop, target or time. 52-week high breakout. How to read the results.
Conditions about time, written readably
Setups are sequences. Crossed above within 3 bars. Has been above for 10 bars. Rising for 3 bars. Highest in 52 weeks. Sift states them as written; a form-based screener approximates them with stacked offsets. The language reference covers all of it.
An API, including for AI agents
Scan results reach your scripts, sheets and pipelines through a REST API, and the MCP endpoint lets agent tools like Claude run scans directly. A screener you cannot call is a website; one you can is an ingredient. REST API.
Common questions
Is PatternsRadar a free alternative to Chartink?
Screening is free with no account: all 142 scans, the full query language, thirty years of history, and the replay at its full depth. No window, horizon or exit rule is held back for a paid tier, and there is no annual backtest quota, only a daily allowance each plan states. Paid plans from ₹400/month add end-of-day email alerts, webhooks and higher API limits.
What does PatternsRadar have that Chartink doesn't?
Forward outcomes are the big one. Chartink's backtest tells you which stocks matched a scan on past sessions. It does not report what those matches went on to do, so there are no returns and no win rate. Here the replay measures exactly that over up to 4 horizons you choose between 1 and 60 sessions, with entry at the close or the next open, an optional stop and target, and excess return against any of 7 NSE indices. F&O and fundamental conditions replay with the values as known on each day. The window also reaches further: every session since 1995, against the nine years Chartink's daily backtest covers. Beyond that, event operators in a readable query language, delivery percentage and futures open interest as first-class scannable fields, point-in-time P/E and shareholding, and a REST API plus MCP endpoint.
What is Chartink better at?
Real-time intraday scanning. PatternsRadar is end-of-day by design and nothing here fires while the market is open, and Chartink's backtest covers intraday timeframes this tool has no data for at all. Chartink also has a decade-old community library of thousands of user-published scans, the familiarity that comes with it, and scans that are shareable in a way a preset library is not.
Can I recreate my Chartink scans here?
Usually, and often more readably. Most Chartink formula stacks collapse into one or two Sift lines: 'rsi(14) crossed above 30 within 3 bars' replaces a tower of offset comparisons. The language reference documents every field, indicator and pattern, and the scan library covers the common setups prebuilt.