The difference between professional and non-professional subscriptions

We distinguish between non-professional and professional users to regulate the usage of market data and TradingView tools.

Professional usage relates to general business activity where market data is used to make investment decisions on behalf of an employer, or engages in trading between businesses or entities. 

In addition to the above, any user registered with a financial regulatory body (e.g. FINRA, NFA, CSA etc) is also considered a professional.

Non-professional usage presumes that a person uses TradingView and market data only for their own personal investment decisions. 

If you’re ordering a TradingView plan or market data subscription as a "non-professional", you will have to confirm the following:

1. You are an individual (a natural person), not a corporation, trust, organization, institution, partnership, or any other type of business entity.
2. You use TradingView and market data only for personal use, not for your business or any other entity.
3. You are not registered or qualified with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
4. You are not registered or qualified with any securities agency, any securities exchange, association or regulatory body in any country.
5. You do not perform any functions that are similar to those that require an individual to register or qualify with the SEC, the CFTC, any other securities agency, any securities exchange, or association or regulatory body, or any commodities or futures contract market, or association or regulatory body.
6. You are not engaged as an investment advisor (as that term is defined in Section 202 (a) (11) of the Investment Advisor's Act of 1940) or asset manager and you are not engaged to provide investment advice to any individual or entity.
7. You are not subscribing to the service in your capacity as a principal, officer, partner, employee, or agent of any business or on behalf of any other individual.
8. You use your own capital, not provided by any other individual or entity in the conduct of your trading.
9. You do not conduct trading for the benefit of a corporation, partnership, or other entity.
10. You have not entered into any agreement to share the profit of your trading activities or receive compensation for your trading activities.
11. You are not receiving office space, equipment or other benefits in exchange for your trading or work as a financial consultant to any person, firm or business entity.

This information is also included in Article 10 of our Terms of Use. To sum it up, we have also prepared this table: 

If you cannot confirm every single one of these above conditions, then you’re a professional user. And that means you’ll need a professional plan. 

Our Ultimate plan is designed specifically for professional (commercial) users. In addition to the ability to subscribe to data packages for professional users in accordance with the exchanges’ licensing rules and rates, this plan offers a variety of institutional-grade features.

Non-professional users can also purchase Ultimate if they need maximum platform capabilities.

To learn more about its features, please visit our Pricing page.

How to change a subscriber status

The subscriber status can be modified on your Settings and billing → Subscriber status page by clicking on the "Update" button.

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