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MarketSurge by Investor's Business Daily

Professional-grade stock research and charting platform for individual investors.

from $149.95 · free tier · get.investors.com ↗

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MarketSurge by Investor's Business Daily at a glance
250.8KEstimated total trafficModeled monthly visits859Ranking keywordsPublic search sample90/100Technical health15 pages checked1.6KReferring domainsLive backlink summary

Overview

01

Summary

The useful answer before the supporting detail.

MarketSurge is a professional-grade stock research platform from Investor's Business Daily, designed to help individual investors trade like professional portfolio managers S71. It combines interactive charts, automatic pattern recognition, and proprietary stock screens to identify optimal buy and sell points S1. The platform is built on IBD's methodology and integrates with Dow Jones data infrastructure for performance and reliability S71.

02

Product identity and positioning

Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.

  • Identity: MarketSurge is a professional-grade stock research and charting platform by Investor's Business Daily S1.
  • Core purpose: It helps individual investors identify winning stocks and optimal times to buy and sell S1.
  • Intended users: Individual investors, from beginners to experienced traders S71.
  • Product scope: A single platform featuring interactive charts, pattern recognition, and stock screens S1.
  • Positioning: MarketSurge provides professional-grade tools to individual investors, leveling the playing field S71.
  • Claimed distinction: It offers more premium features than any other platform S71.
03

Use cases and audiences

Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.

AudiencePractical use case
Individual investorsConduct professional-grade stock research and analysis S71.
BeginnersLearn investing with simplified tools and educational resources S1.
Experienced tradersUse advanced charting and pattern recognition for trade timing S1.
Swing tradersIdentify short-term trade opportunities with stock picks and alerts S19.

Features

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Features and capabilities

Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.

CapabilityWhat it does
Interactive chartsAnalyze price/volume action, moving averages, and relative strength to time trades S1.
Pattern RecognitionAutomatically identifies chart patterns, with an upgraded algorithm since 2025 S1 S114.
Stock screensBuild custom screens to find stocks matching your criteria S71.
Proprietary ratingsAccess IBD's exclusive 1-99 ratings for stocks S1.
Market analysisGet expert analysis to trade in sync with market trends S1.
Trade ideasReceive trade ideas from proprietary lists and see ideal buy/sell points on charts S71.
10

Integrations and ecosystem

Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.

Integration or interfaceTypeWhat it enables
Dow Jones data infrastructureIntegrationProvides underlying market data and platform reliability S71.
Product coachingServiceOffers complimentary coaching from experts to help users succeed S19.
Multi-device accessPlatformAllows use on desktop, tablet, and mobile (iOS and Android) S71.

Pricing

11

Pricing and plans

Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.

Plan or offerVerified price and billingIncludedLimits
Monthly$149.95/month, billed monthly S71Unlimited access to MarketSurge S71Not published
Annual$1,499/year ($124.92/mo), billed annually S71Unlimited access, saves $300/year S71Not published
Free trial7 days for $0, then $149.95/month S71Full access during trial7 days

Competition

12

Competitive landscape

Domains competing for the same organic search demand.

Sampled competitors

CompetitorFirst-page appearancesSampled queriesAverage positionQueries observed
investors.com425.3ibd live, ibd subscription
reddit.com222ibd live, ibd subscription
myibd.investors.com213.5ibd live
youtube.com216ibd live
apps.apple.com114ibd subscription
play.google.com115ibd subscription
en.wikipedia.org116ibd live
wsjshop.com116ibd subscription

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

Independent review sources discovered

No links to supported independent review platforms were discovered on the collected pages.

14

AI visibility

Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.

AI-assistant referral traffic

  • Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 0.5%
MonthSource
—All AI assistants

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Site-stated AI capabilities

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.

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Marketing opportunities

Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.

OpportunityRecommended actionEvidence
Competitor gapReview the sampled queries where investors.com appears.4 first-page appearances across ibd live, ibd subscription

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Website evidence gaps

  • features: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • integrations: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • customers: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • reviews: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.

Trust and proof

16

Customers, proof, and reviews

Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.

Independent reviews

PlatformPageHow it was foundNote
TrustpilotInvestors ReviewsGrounded web search# Investors Reviews 4 • ... 2.7 ... 26 Mar 2025 ... ## Website is very dated and unreliable Website is very dated and unreliable. Links don't work, can't login sometimes, logged off at random. Feels like a bag of bits strung together badly.Needs a complete overhaul. Date of experience: 26 March 2025 ... ## Website looks 20 years OLD with all the ads! The info chart info is good, that's the only thing. The website mechanics are terrible. It's hard to navigate there's so many adds and moving piece
Apple App StoreInvestor's Business Daily - Ratings & Reviews - App StoreGrounded web search## Ratings & Reviews - 4.7 out of 5 16K Ratings ... !! I’ve tried every single app on the market and no one else is close. I ... Value Line and AAII ratings, but the Technical Analysis provided by IBD is unrivaled. And, of course, stocks that are
Google PlayInvestor's Business Daily - Apps on Google PlayGrounded web search4.3 star 4.24K reviews ... ## Ratings and reviews ... 4.3 4K reviews ... September 11, 2023 This app is terrible. It's always stuck on "loading" regardless if I'm on wifi or not, and I have to reinstall to get it to launch..when I do and try to login, it won't show my subscriptions for me to confirm if I'm actually logged in, which I doubt is the case cause it doesn't show anything about me. A big giant circle to nowhere. I hope this gets fixed. Ashley ... Excellent app - user friendly, its easy
Day Trade ReviewInvestors Business Daily Leaderboard and MarketSurge ReviewGrounded web search## Investors Business Daily Review - Features - Platform - Value for Investors - Value for Traders - Ease of Use (Leaderboard) - Ease of Use (MarketSmith) - Support 4.1 ... Business Daily is a reputable publication in the world of investing. The company
get.investors.comLeaderboard by Investor’s Business Daily / Expert Stock Picks & Full Trading PlansGrounded web search## Leaderboard Reviews “Excellent research tools. Excellent market updates. Excellent support. Excellent value.” A K “In two months, I have earned far more money than the price of the subscription." Doug "Leaderboard
marlvel.aiLeaderboard by IBD - Finance App - Reviews & Rivals DecodedGrounded web searchApp Store 4.66 · 5k Google Play 4.15 · 583 ### What users say, by theme What Users Love - Disciplined trading methodology based on established growth frameworks provides clear focus for active stock

Customer proof

Proof typeNamed customer or sourceEvidence
TestimonialInvestor's Business Dailytestimonial — “I have been using IBD for years and find it invaluable. (Investor's Business Daily Reviews)

Independent mentions

External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.

17

Company, security, and trust

Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.

SignalFindingSource
Company and ownershipBestselling author of Trend Trading for a Living and founder of DrStoxx.comsource
Contact and supportOur experienced MarketSurge Coaches are just a phone call or email away. They can answer any MarketSurge questions you have and help you get started faster. Coaching is 100% free for as long as you’re a member.source
Legal and privacyTry 7 days of MarketSurge for $0. Cancel any time.source
Security and complianceNot published on the collected pages.—
Uptime and status pageNot published on the collected pages.—

Not found on the collected pages: security and compliance, uptime and status page. This only means Scout did not find it on the pages it read; it says nothing about the company itself.

18

Documentation and product updates

Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.

Resource or updateTypeWhat is availableDate or freshness
IBD Product Guide / Simplified Stock Tools for Every InvestorGuideGuides, comparisons, pricing breakdowns, use cases, and how-to articles. (source)Not dated
News Corp Annouces acquistion of Investors Business Daily / Investor’s Business DailyGuideSince IBD launched nearly thirty-seven years ago we have been passionately focused on serving entrepreneurial investors like you. Our best-in-breed market analysis and data-driven insights have enabled us to grow rapidly for many years. We’ve been fortunate to evolve IBD into what it is today, and our success would not be possible without you. (source)Not dated
The Roadmap to a Winning Trade / IBD Expert Trading WorkshopRoadmapMaster the market with David Saito-Chung and Scott St. Clair. Learn the 3-step roadmap to successful trades, from pre-buy checklists to profitable post-analysis. (source)Not dated
Marketsurge Feature Data Updates / Investor’s Business DailyProduct updateProduct update is publicly available. (source)Not dated
IBD Data Ratings Updates / Investor’s Business DailyProduct updateProduct update is publicly available. (source)Not dated

Not found in the collected public sources: changelog or release notes, status page, separate help center or knowledge base.

Technical

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Technical and delivery signals

Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.

SignalFindingSource
Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension)Cloud-based web platform S71.S71
Platforms and appsAvailable on desktop, tablet, and mobile (iOS and Android) S71.S71
API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins)Not published on the collected pages.—
Data ownership and exportNot published on the collected pages.—
Performance and reliability claimsRebuilt on Dow Jones data infrastructure for better performance and reliability S71.S71
Release activityPattern Recognition algorithm upgraded starting in 2025 S114.S114
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Measured infrastructure

Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.

SignalFinding
First archived2022-01-27 — web archive
TLS certificateGoogle Trust Services, valid, expires 2026-12-06
Security headersHSTS
Headers not servedCSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy
Server headercloudflare

Not measurable: rdap: HTTP 404; rdap: exceeded the overall budget; wayback: exceeded the overall budget; tls: exceeded the overall budget; dns: exceeded the overall budget; headers: exceeded the overall budget. A gap here means the lookup was unavailable, not that the finding is negative.

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Technical site audit

A bounded multi-page crawl with page-level issues and URLs.

Scout — Bounded technical crawl

  • Pages crawled: 15 of 15 maximum
  • Technical health: 90/100
  • Critical issues: 0
  • Warnings: 24
  • Notices: 12

Issues

SeverityIssueValueAffected URL
warningPage should have one primary H12https://get.investors.com/
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://get.investors.com/
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed46https://get.investors.com/events/
warningPage should have one primary H16https://get.investors.com/events/
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://get.investors.com/events/
warningTitle length should be reviewed68https://get.investors.com/online-courses/
warningPage should have one primary H12https://get.investors.com/online-courses/
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://get.investors.com/online-courses/
warningMissing meta description—https://get.investors.com/ibd-digital-and-print/ibd-combo-2-months-for-10/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://get.investors.com/ibd-digital-and-print/ibd-combo-2-months-for-10/
noticePage is marked noindex—https://get.investors.com/ibd-digital-and-print/ibd-combo-2-months-for-10/
warningTitle length should be reviewed80https://get.investors.com/marketdiem/
warningPage should have one primary H13https://get.investors.com/marketdiem/
noticeImages are missing alt text5https://get.investors.com/marketdiem/
warningTitle length should be reviewed81https://get.investors.com/marketsurge/
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed199https://get.investors.com/marketsurge/
warningTitle length should be reviewed82https://get.investors.com/leaderboard/
warningPage should have one primary H12https://get.investors.com/leaderboard/
noticeImages are missing alt text10https://get.investors.com/leaderboard/
warningTitle length should be reviewed81https://get.investors.com/swingtrader/
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://get.investors.com/swingtrader/
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed189https://get.investors.com/ibd-live/
warningPage should have one primary H13https://get.investors.com/ibd-live/
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://get.investors.com/ibd-live/
warningMissing meta description—https://get.investors.com/ibd-digital-and-print/
warningPage should have one primary H12https://get.investors.com/founders-club/
warningTitle length should be reviewed81https://get.investors.com/marketsurge/
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed199https://get.investors.com/marketsurge/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://get.investors.com/ibd/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://get.investors.com/ibd/?src=A00616
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://get.investors.com/marketsurge/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://get.investors.com/marketsurge/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://get.investors.com/ibd/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://get.investors.com/ibd/?src=A00616
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://get.investors.com/marketsurge/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://get.investors.com/marketsurge/

Crawled pages

StatusTitleH1sWordsResponseURL
200IBD Investing Products \Tools for Beginners to Pro Traders21719224 ms
200Investor's Business Daily Events \Investor’s Business Daily6776795 ms
200Stock Trading & Investing Courses Online \Investor’s Business Daily29541,085 ms
200IBD Combo 2 Months for $10 \Investor’s Business Daily12431,070 ms
200Identify Top Stocks with the Blue Dot \MarketSurge1281796 ms
200MarketDiem by Investor’s Business Daily \Daily Stock Trade Ideas & Market Intel3717806 ms
200IBD Digital \Get the IBD 50 & Top Growth Stocks to Buy1928764 ms
200MarketSurge by Investor’s Business Daily \Professional Stock Research & Charting11411116 ms
200Leaderboard by Investor’s Business Daily \Expert Stock Picks & Full Trading Plans21427133 ms
200SwingTrader by Investor’s Business Daily \Short-Term Stock Picks & Trading Plans19491,084 ms
200IBD Live \Real-Time Stock Analysis & Day Trading Room326231,478 ms
200IBD Digital And Print110021,519 mshttps://get.investors.com/ibd-digital-and-print/
200Founders Club by IBD \The Full Premium Investing Suite26361,032 ms
200IBD Digital \Get the IBD 50 & Top Growth Stocks to Buy1928775 ms
200MarketSurge by Investor’s Business Daily \Professional Stock Research & Charting11411101 ms

This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.

22

Search Console and Analytics

First-party search and behavioral data connection state.

Modeled acquisition channels

ChannelEstimated share
direct25.7%
search19.8%
search organic9.1%
search paid10.7%
social7.4%
social organic3.8%
social paid3.6%
referrals37.5%
paid referrals4.2%
mail4.8%
gen ai0.5%
affiliate0.0%
other0.0%

First-party connections

IntegrationStatusData available after connection
Google Search ConsoleNot connectedClicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, pages, countries, and devices
Google AnalyticsNot connectedOrganic sessions, engagement, landing pages, conversions, geography, and devices

No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.

Limits and method

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Limitations and open questions

Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.

The collected pages do not mention any competitors by name. Evidence gaps include lack of published security certifications, uptime statistics, API documentation, and data export options. Pricing details for annual plans are not fully disclosed beyond the headline rate.

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Sources, method, and limitations

Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.

This report is based on 15 collected pages from get.investors.com, including product pages, pricing pages, and feature update articles. The evidence catalog includes 180 items, with external proof search limited to one request. Pricing information was verified from the MarketSurge pricing page. Some claims, such as customer testimonials, are from the site itself and may not be independently verified.

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