NSE NOW Vs Tradelab Pi Trading Platform Comparison

NOW (NEAT on Web) is the flagship online trading platform offered by National Stock Exchange (NSE). NOW is a shared platform which is offered to the customer of many brokers. NSE exchange runs on a fully automated trading system named NEAT (National Exchange for Automated Trading).

Tradelab Pi is a front-end stock trading platform. It offers web, mobile and desktop-based trading applications for retail traders. Designed for beginners to advanced traders, these trading apps are simple yet very powerful in terms of speed of execution and rich features.

• NOW is build and maintained by NSE.
• The servers are co-located in NSE datacenters which makes it fast.
• The RMS and OMS are the inbuilt part of NOW.
• Available for free of charge to brokers who are the member of NSE.
• NOW have 3 versions - installable trading terminal, trading website, and mobile trading app.
• NOW mobile app is available for Android as well as iOS phones.

• Pi is designed, built and maintained by Tradelab Software Pvt Ltd.
• Pi is front-end trading software only. It uses Omnesys RMS and OMS which makes it secure and powerful.
• Pi is available as a mobile app, desktop trading terminal, and browser-based trading website.
• Pi's user interface is simple, fast and elegant.
• Pi is offered by multiple stock brokers including Zerodha, Aliceblue, Trustline, SASOnline, Adroit, Religare and MasterTrust.
• It supports multiple exchanges (NSE, BSE, and MCX) and segments (Equity, F&O, Currency, Commodity).
• Advance order types such as Bracket Order, Cover Orders and After Market Orders are available.
• 80+ Technical Indicators for Technical Analysis.
• 10 types of charts such as Candle, Bar, Heikin-Ashi, etc.

NOW offers a wide range of functions which are critical for trading in the stock market. NOW Website and the Mobile app is designed for casual stock market investors. The trading terminal the powerful trading software for frequent traders. Here are some of the key features of NOW Trading Platform:

• Online trading through desktop, web and mobile app.
• Trade at multiple exchanges and across multiple trading segments.
• In-build OMS and RMS makes it faster.
• NOW trading platform is maintained by NSE. No installation is needed on broker side. No security issues on the broker side.
• A wide range of shortcut keys are available for frequent traders.
• Live quotes, stock analysis, historical data, reports etc are available.
• Custom stock alerts/notifications can be set up.
• Additional plug-ins are provided by NSE for specific needs.

• Switch seamlessly between web, mobile and desktop.
• Get real-time market information about market indices, stocks and F&O contracts.
• Create customize market watch and see market depth with just one click.
• Trade across asset classes and stock exchanges (i.e. BSE, NSE and MCX) from the single trading platform.
• Trade using advance order types i.e. CO and BO.
• View reports including open positions, trade history and order history. Manage all your orders in one place.
• Analyse stocks using candle charts with various studies to analyze the market.
• Create custom alerts.
• The Pi Installable Trading Terminal has advanced features including
  • Advanced charting
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Strategy back-testing
  • Consensus report,
  • Multiple window cascading
  • Order from charts
  • Technical analysis with 80+ technical indicators
  • Free historic data for back testing.

• Available for free for trading at NSE.
• Fast execution of orders. The servers are co-located with NSE Exchange.
• Trade at BSE, NSE, MCX, and NCDEX across all segments.

• Tradelab Pi is simple, fast and elegant trading software for online trading.
• It was built in 2015. Tradelab is adding many new features to it.
• Pi software uses low CPU resources and memory, allowing trade with desktop and laptop with basic configuration easily.
• It can work at a low internet bandwidth as well.

• Most stockbrokers do not offer to trade at BSE and MCX through NOW.
• Advanced charting features are not available.
• Bracket order is not available.
• The user interface is not as intuitive as other trading platforms.

• It's 3rd party software rented by stock brokers.