MarketSurge is the Investor's Business Daily research platform: the ratings, pattern recognition on the chart, curated stock lists and the fundamentals behind the CAN SLIM method. Sector Pulse is a board: 30 sector baskets ranked every few minutes on how the whole group moves, breadth next to every basket, and an alert the minute a leading name crosses yesterday's level on real volume. MarketSurge is the deeper research tool. The board is the faster read of where the money is going today, and the board is free.
| MarketSurge | Sector Pulse | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | Lists, ratings and charts | A ranked board of 30 sector baskets |
| Sector rotation | Industry group rankings, updated on their schedule | Live rank and breadth per basket, every few minutes |
| Alerts | List and chart tools | A leading name crossing yesterday's level on real volume, pushed to your phone |
| Fundamentals | Yes, deep | No; the board is about the tape |
| Free tier | None; see their site | The board, free, no login |
| Price | Published on their site | $12/mo founding rate, locked while spots last. $120 a year, two months free. Cancel anytime. |
MarketSurge facts are from their own site; plans and prices change, so check there before deciding.
MarketSurge if you research names in depth, you follow the CAN SLIM method, and you want ratings and pattern recognition on every chart.
Sector Pulse if you want to know which sector the tape is rotating into right now and which name leads it, in under a minute, with the alert on your phone at the level.
Many readers of IBD use the board as the morning read and MarketSurge for the research afterward. The free board costs nothing to add.
No. It replaces the part of the morning where you work out which sector is moving. It has no ratings, no fundamentals and no pattern recognition.
It ranks 30 curated sector baskets of 283 names, live, on how the whole group moves, with breadth. The baskets are themes, not the full industry group list.
The board is free with no login, so there is nothing to trial. Pro is the alert layer and the full board, cancel anytime.
Their pricing page could not be read when this page was written, so no number is quoted. It is on their site.