Why Flash Candle
Professional research.
Fraction of the cost.
Bloomberg Terminal costs $24,000/year. Finviz Elite is $299/year but gives you screens, not research. DIY ChatGPT gives you a blank prompt. Flash Candle gives you 24 structured professional frameworks for $19-$49/month.
Head to head
Flash Candle vs the alternatives.
Bloomberg
Terminal
Terminal
$2,000
per month · $24,000/yr
Finviz Elite
$25
per month · screens only
DIY ChatGPT
$20
per month · blank prompts
FLASH CANDLE
$19–$49
per month · cancel anytime
Annual cost
Annual cost
Annual cost
Annual cost
✕ $24,000/year
✓ $299/year
~ $240/year + hours of work
✓ $228–$588/year
Structured research
Structured research
Structured research
Structured research
✓ Institutional grade — if you know how to use it
✕ Screens and charts only, no research output
✕ Only if you write expert prompts yourself
✓ 24 structured professional frameworks, ready to run
AI analysis
AI analysis
AI analysis
AI analysis
✕ Limited AI features, mostly data terminals
✕ No AI — purely screener and charting
⚠ Blank AI — you build everything yourself
✓ Claude AI — structured, consistent, professional output
Research synthesis
Research synthesis
Research synthesis
Research synthesis
✕ Manual — you synthesise across terminals
✕ None
✕ None built in — you do it manually
✓ Research Synthesis Step combines all views automatically
Time to full brief
Time to full brief
Time to full brief
Time to full brief
⏱ 3–5 hours for a trained analyst
⏱ Not a research tool — no brief possible
⏱ 3–5 hours building and running your own prompts
⚡ 20–30 minutes for a complete research brief
Learning curve
Learning curve
Learning curve
Learning curve
✕ Months to learn — built for professionals
⚠ Moderate — charting skills required
⚠ High — prompt engineering required
✓ Beginner friendly — guided workflow, plain English
Save $23,400/year vs Bloomberg.
Get institutional-quality research frameworks at 1/500th of the cost. No training required.
Start for $19/month →Why traders switch
3 reasons Flash Candle wins.
Speed that changes your process
Bloomberg gives you data. Flash Candle gives you research. The difference is 3 hours vs 20 minutes. Over a year that's hundreds of hours returned to you.
Structure you can't get from a blank prompt
DIY ChatGPT gives different output every time — no consistency, no comparable format, no professional workflow. Flash Candle gives you the same structured framework every single run.
Built specifically for traders
Flash Candle isn't a generic AI tool. Every framework — from Research Synthesis to Devil's Advocate — was designed specifically for equity, forex, and crypto research. It speaks your language.