# BotSpot vs Trade Ideas: build your own trading workflow or follow stock signals

BotSpot starts with a conversational agent that can research a question, prepare an approved one-time trade, or build and operate a Lumibot strategy. Trade Ideas centers on real-time stock scanning, configurable alerts, Holly AI trade suggestions, and scanner-based trading workflows.

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## Signal discovery and agent-led strategy development solve different jobs

Trade Ideas is built around finding and ranking stock events with configurable scanners, charts, Holly AI suggestions, OddsMaker backtests, and Brokerage Plus trading tools.

BotSpot begins with an open-ended agent interaction that can move from research to an approved one-time order or to generated, inspectable strategy code and operations.

## When Trade Ideas may fit better

- Your main job is monitoring real-time stock scanners, alerts, rankings, and charts.
- You want Holly AI to surface prepared stock trade suggestions with entries, stops, and targets.
- Your workflow already uses Trade Ideas alerts, filters, custom formulas, and Brokerage Plus.

## Risk and limitations

Neither platform removes trading risk. Trade Ideas documents OddsMaker differences from live execution and recommends backtesting followed by paper testing before live trading.

## Who should use which

Use BotSpot when you want a conversational agent that can research, prepare an approved one-time trade, and build inspectable Lumibot strategies through currently supported brokers.

Use the other product on this page when its documented workflow is the job you need first: specialist charting, brokerage, no-code allocation, or research tooling rather than the full BotSpot workspace.

Backtests mentioned for either product are historical simulations. They are not live results and do not guarantee future performance. Include drawdown and date range whenever a number is shown.

## Related resources

- [Compare AI trading platforms](https://botspot.trade/compare)
- [Choose an automated trading platform](https://botspot.trade/guides/automated-trading-platforms)
- [MCP for Agents](https://botspot.trade/agents)
- [View supported brokers](https://botspot.trade/brokers)