When Markets Move vs TradingView
The best charts around, with a calendar built in. It shows events on your chart but doesn't calculate reactions.
TradingView and When Markets Move answer different questions. TradingView tells you what is scheduled and what the number was. When Markets Move measures what the markets actually did the last 100 times, including the first hour after each release. Here is a fair side by side, based on TradingView's public pages as of September 2026.
Side by side
| When Markets Move | TradingView | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A weekly briefing on how rough markets get around scheduled US announcements | A charting platform with a built in economic calendar |
| Price | Paid; business licences on request | Free Basic plan; paid plans from $12.95 a month billed annually |
| Live economic calendar | No. Each briefing lists the week's events in SA time | Yes |
| Actual vs forecast | Forecast and previous for the week; last week reviewed against history | Yes, with charts of the data |
| Impact rating | Measured from up to 100 releases, per market | High importance filter (method not published) |
| Measured price reaction per event | Yes: daily moves and the first 60 minutes, per market | Not calculated; events can be shown on a chart to inspect by eye |
| Markets with reaction stats | S&P 500, Nasdaq, US 10Y yield, dollar index, gold, EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, USD/ZAR, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana | None calculated |
| South African time | Built in | Time zone can be changed |
| Alerts and app | No. Email and web only | Excellent apps; calendar event alerts not documented |
| Ads | None | On the free plan; paid plans remove ads |
A gold dot marks rows where When Markets Move offers something we could not find at TradingView. Prices and features change; check TradingView's own site for the latest.
Where TradingView is stronger
- World class charts on every device
- Events plotted right on your chart
- Huge coverage: 190+ countries
- A community of scripts and ideas
Where When Markets Move is stronger
- The reaction is measured for you, over the last 100 releases, not eyeballed one chart at a time
- One number per market and announcement you can compare instantly
- SA times and a weekly summary by email
Verdict
If you trade from charts, you probably already use TradingView, and so do we: the live charts on our site are TradingView's. It shows you one release at a time. When Markets Move does the counting across up to 100 releases so you don't have to.
Try it on your own market in the Rough hours explorer, or read a full sample briefing.
Questions people ask
Is When Markets Move a TradingView alternative?
No. TradingView is a charting platform. When Markets Move is a weekly briefing that measures how releases have moved markets. They fit together.
Does TradingView show volatility statistics for economic releases?
It lets you plot events on a chart. We did not find calculated reaction statistics in its calendar as of September 2026.
How much does TradingView cost?
There is a free Basic plan. Paid plans started at $12.95 a month billed annually in September 2026; check their pricing page for current prices.
How much does When Markets Move cost?
It is a paid weekly briefing. Business licences for brokers, academies and prop firms are priced by audience size, on request.
See your market's rough hours every week
One email on Sunday. No trade calls, ever.
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