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title: "Vela vs TakeProfit (2026): Pine Script®, Alerts & Orderflow | LuxAlgo"
description: "Vela by LuxAlgo runs Pine Script® as written through PineTS, with unlimited Price Alerts, footprint and TPO from real trades, paper trading, Replay, and Quant, our coding agent, on the free plan. How it compares with TakeProfit."
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# Vela vs TakeProfit (2026): Pine Script®, Alerts & Orderflow | LuxAlgo

> Vela by LuxAlgo runs Pine Script® as written through PineTS, with unlimited Price Alerts, footprint and TPO from real trades, paper trading, Replay, and Quant, our coding agent, on the free plan. How it compares with TakeProfit.

## Vela: your Pine Script® runs as written, with a coding agent built in.

- **Choose Vela** if your scripts are Pine Script®: they run as written through PineTS, with Quant, our coding agent, built in, unlimited Price Alerts and unlimited tools per chart on the free plan, paper trading, and Replay.
- **Stay with TakeProfit** if you write Python-style code in Indie, want unlimited charts on its free plan, or trade Bybit from the chart.

Facts checked November 3, 2026.

Vela is our next-generation charting platform: charts engineered in-house, Pine Script® that runs as written through PineTS, our open-source runtime, footprint and TPO built from real trades, unlimited Price Alerts, Replay, paper trading, and Quant, our coding agent, built in, on every plan including Free. Here is how Vela compares with TakeProfit, with TakeProfit’s wins marked as wins.

Open Vela: https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart · Plans: https://www.luxalgo.com/pricing/

## At a glance

| | Vela | TakeProfit | TakeProfit source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pine Script® | ✓ Pine Script® v6 and v5 run on Vela as written through PineTS, our open-source runtime, with a Pine editor beside the chart. | ✗ Doesn’t run Pine Script®: scripts are written in Indie. | Support center and plans |
| Price alerts | ✓ Unlimited Price Alerts on every plan, Free included. | ± 1 alert on Free, valid for 3 months; 400 non-expiring on All-in. | Support center and plans |
| Tools per chart | ✓ Unlimited tools per chart on every plan, within fair-use performance limits. | ± 2 indicators on each chart on Free, unlimited on All-in. | Support center and plans |
| Footprint and TPO | ✓ Footprint, TPO, CVD and delta, and volume profiles on every plan, including Free, built from real trades. Orderflow lookback scales by plan: 1 day on Free, 30 days on Essential, up to full history on AI Ultra. | ✓ TPO and footprint chart types, with volume profile. | Support center and plans |
| Paper trading | ✓ On every plan, Free included: a $100,000 paper account, up to 5 accounts, and market, limit, and stop orders from the chart with a stop loss and a take profit. | ○ Not listed on its support center (checked November 3, 2026). Its own comparison post says TakeProfit doesn’t list it. | TakeProfit vs TradingView (its own post) |
| Replay | ✓ On every plan with a free account: pick a start bar, play it forward, and trade it on a replay account of its own, with a results card when it ends. Up to 16 charts replay on one clock. | ○ Not listed on its support center (checked November 3, 2026). Its own comparison post says TakeProfit doesn’t list it. | TakeProfit vs TradingView (its own post) |
| Apps | ± In the browser, and a free desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux. | ± In the browser, phones included; no desktop app listed. | TakeProfit vs TradingView (its own post) |
| Live trading | ✗ Not on Vela: orders fill on paper. From Essential up, Custom Alerts reach your own bot over signed webhooks. | ✓ Bybit through its API, and US stocks and ETFs through Lime Trading, per its own comparison post. | TakeProfit vs TradingView (its own post) |

Marks: ✓ included, ± partial or paid plans only, ✗ not included, ○ not listed on TakeProfit’s official pages. Vela and TakeProfit facts checked November 3, 2026.

## 01 Charts

The engine, the layouts, the chart styles, and the tools you draw with.

| | Vela | TakeProfit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Charting engine | ✓ State-of-the-art charts engineered in-house, on the open-source core of Vela by LuxAlgo. | ✓ Its own WebGL2 charting engine. (source: TakeProfit vs TradingView (its own post)) |
| Chart types | ✓ Candles, bars, line, area, baseline, and Heikin Ashi, plus footprint and TPO. | ✓ Candles, line, and bars, plus TPO and footprint. (source: Support center and plans) |
| Charts and workspaces | ✓ 10 saved workspaces on Free, rising to 200 on AI Ultra, with 16 charts per tab on every plan. | ± Unlimited charts and widgets on every plan; 2 workspaces on Free, unlimited on All-in. (source: Support center and plans) |
| Historical bars | ✓ 5,000 historical bars on Free, up to 50,000 on AI Ultra. | ± 5,000 bars per chart on Free, 20,000 on All-in. (source: Support center and plans) |
| Tools per chart | ✓ Unlimited tools per chart on every plan, within fair-use performance limits. | ± 2 indicators on each chart on Free, unlimited on All-in. (source: Support center and plans) |

## 02 Orderflow and data

The flow inside every candle, where the data comes from, and the markets you can chart.

| | Vela | TakeProfit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Footprint and TPO | ✓ Footprint, TPO, CVD and delta, and volume profiles on every plan, including Free, built from real trades. Orderflow lookback scales by plan: 1 day on Free, 30 days on Essential, up to full history on AI Ultra. | ✓ TPO and footprint chart types, with volume profile. (source: Support center and plans) |
| Live CME futures data | ✓ Real-time, licensed CME Group data with 16 years of history, included in every paid plan at no extra cost. | ○ Not listed on its own comparison post (checked November 3, 2026). The markets it lists are crypto, US stocks and ETFs, and CFDs. (source: TakeProfit vs TradingView (its own post)) |
| Markets | ✓ Crypto, US stocks and ETFs, forex, and commodities on every plan, plus CME futures on paid plans. | ✓ Crypto from 70+ exchanges, US stocks and ETFs, and CFDs including forex, by its own count. (source: TakeProfit vs TradingView (its own post)) |

## 03 Alerts

What you can alert on, how many you get, and where they reach you.

| | Vela | TakeProfit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price alerts | ✓ Unlimited Price Alerts on every plan, Free included. | ± 1 alert on Free, valid for 3 months; 400 non-expiring on All-in. (source: Support center and plans) |
| Where alerts reach you | ✓ In-app, email, browser notifications, Telegram, Discord, and Slack on every plan, and webhooks from Essential up: up to 16 destinations per alert. | ✓ Telegram, webhooks, email, and in-platform pop-ups, with custom JSON webhooks. (source: TakeProfit vs TradingView (its own post)) |

## 04 Code and strategies

Who writes the code, what language runs it, and how a strategy is tested.

| | Vela | TakeProfit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coding agent | ✓ Quant, our coding agent, built into Vela on every plan: it reads and draws on your chart, writes indicator and strategy code, and tests it against history. Free includes Quant usage that refills every 5 hours and every week. | ± An AI Assistant and MCP build indicators from a description of the logic. (source: Support center and plans) |
| Pine Script® | ✓ Pine Script® v6 and v5 run on Vela as written through PineTS, our open-source runtime, with a Pine editor beside the chart. | ✗ Doesn’t run Pine Script®: scripts are written in Indie. (source: Support center and plans) |
| Scripting language | ✓ Pine Script®, the language traders already write, with the LuxAlgo Library’s 800+ tools written in it. | ✓ Indie, its own Python-based language. (source: Support center and plans) |
| Backtesting | ✓ Strategies mark every entry and exit on the chart, with a Backtest Summary and a full report: performance, trade analysis, the trade log, and Monte Carlo simulation. Backtesting is research, not prophecy. | ✓ Strategies in Indie, backtested over up to 20,000 candles, with win rate, max drawdown, and profit factor. (source: Support center and plans) |

## 05 Trading and practice

Paper accounts, replaying the past, keeping a journal, and what reaches a live market.

| | Vela | TakeProfit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paper trading | ✓ On every plan, Free included: a $100,000 paper account, up to 5 accounts, and market, limit, and stop orders from the chart with a stop loss and a take profit. | ○ Not listed on its support center (checked November 3, 2026). Its own comparison post says TakeProfit doesn’t list it. (source: TakeProfit vs TradingView (its own post)) |
| Replay | ✓ On every plan with a free account: pick a start bar, play it forward, and trade it on a replay account of its own, with a results card when it ends. Up to 16 charts replay on one clock. | ○ Not listed on its support center (checked November 3, 2026). Its own comparison post says TakeProfit doesn’t list it. (source: TakeProfit vs TradingView (its own post)) |
| Live trading | ✗ Not on Vela: orders fill on paper. From Essential up, Custom Alerts reach your own bot over signed webhooks. | ✓ Bybit through its API, and US stocks and ETFs through Lime Trading, per its own comparison post. (source: TakeProfit vs TradingView (its own post)) |

## 06 Platforms

Where it runs and what you need to open it.

| | Vela | TakeProfit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | ± In the browser, and a free desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux. | ± In the browser, phones included; no desktop app listed. (source: TakeProfit vs TradingView (its own post)) |

## 07 Plans

What you get for nothing and how the paid plans are sold.

| | Vela | TakeProfit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free plan | ✓ Free, no credit card: 16 charts per tab, unlimited tools per chart, unlimited Price Alerts and 5 Custom Alerts, the Orderflow suite with 1-day lookback, Replay, a $100,000 paper account, and Quant usage that refills every 5 hours and every week. | ± Free: unlimited charts, 2 workspaces, 2 indicators on each chart, 5,000 bars, and 1 alert valid for 3 months. (source: Support center and plans) |
| Paid plans | ✓ Essential, Premium, Ultimate, and AI Ultra, monthly or annual, with a 30-day money-back guarantee on the first payment. | ✓ One paid plan, All-in, which lifts the caps. (source: Support center and plans) |

## Which one

- **Vela.** For traders whose scripts are Pine Script®: they run as written through PineTS, beside the 800+ tools of the LuxAlgo Library, with Quant, our coding agent, built in. The free plan carries unlimited Price Alerts and tools per chart, footprint and TPO built from real trades, Replay, and a $100,000 paper account, in the browser or as a desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
- **TakeProfit.** For traders who write Python-style code in Indie, want unlimited charts and widgets on a free plan, and trade Bybit or US stocks through its connected venues.

## Questions traders ask about Vela and TakeProfit

Q: Can I run my Pine Script® on Vela?
A: Yes. Pine Script® v6 and v5 run on Vela as written through PineTS, our open-source runtime: paste a script into the Pine editor beside the chart and press Run, or have Quant, our coding agent, write and repair it. TakeProfit runs Indie, its own Python-based language.

Q: How do the free plans compare?
A: Vela’s free plan opens 16 charts per tab with unlimited tools per chart, unlimited Price Alerts and 5 Custom Alerts, footprint and TPO built from real trades with 1-day lookback, Replay, a $100,000 paper account, and Quant usage that refills every 5 hours and every week. TakeProfit’s free plan opens unlimited charts and widgets, with 2 workspaces, 2 indicators on each chart, 5,000 bars, and 1 alert valid for 3 months.

Q: Can I paper trade and replay the market on Vela?
A: Yes, on every plan, Free included: a $100,000 paper account with up to 5 accounts, and Replay, which rewinds any chart to a bar you pick and lets you trade it as it plays, with a results card at the end. Orders on Vela are paper: Vela does not place live trades.

Q: What does TakeProfit do that Vela doesn’t?
A: TakeProfit opens unlimited charts and widgets on its free plan, runs Indie, a Python-based language, and connects Bybit and, through Lime Trading, US stocks and ETFs for trading. Orders on Vela fill on paper.

Q: How much does Vela cost?
A: Vela, our next-generation charting platform, is free to start, with no credit card. The paid plans are Essential, Premium, Ultimate, and AI Ultra, billed monthly or annually, and every paid plan carries a 30-day money-back guarantee on the first payment. Current prices are on the pricing page.

Q: Is LuxAlgo affiliated with TakeProfit?
A: No. LuxAlgo is an independent company and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by TakeProfit. TakeProfit facts on this page come from TakeProfit’s own public pages.

Q: Where do these facts come from?
A: Vela’s plan entitlements, product pages, and documentation, and TakeProfit’s official website and help pages, all checked on November 3, 2026 and linked at the bottom of the page. Plans and features change on both sides; corrections are welcome.

## Sources

- Vela, checked November 3, 2026: [Plans and limits](https://www.luxalgo.com/pricing/)
- Vela, checked November 3, 2026: [Charts](https://www.luxalgo.com/features/charts/)
- Vela, checked November 3, 2026: [Alerts](https://www.luxalgo.com/features/alerts/)
- Vela, checked November 3, 2026: [Orderflow](https://www.luxalgo.com/features/orderflow/)
- Vela, checked November 3, 2026: [Replay](https://www.luxalgo.com/features/replay/)
- Vela, checked November 3, 2026: [Paper trading](https://www.luxalgo.com/features/trading/)
- Vela, checked November 3, 2026: [Journal](https://www.luxalgo.com/trade-journal/)
- Vela, checked November 3, 2026: [Pine Script® on Vela](https://www.luxalgo.com/features/pine-script/)
- Vela, checked November 3, 2026: [Quant](https://www.luxalgo.com/features/quant/)
- Vela, checked November 3, 2026: [Desktop app](https://www.luxalgo.com/desktop/)
- Vela, checked November 3, 2026: [Market data](https://docs.luxalgo.com/platform/charts/data)
- TakeProfit [1], checked November 3, 2026: [Support center and plans](https://takeprofit.com/support)
- TakeProfit [2], checked November 3, 2026: [TakeProfit vs TradingView (its own post)](https://takeprofit.com/posts/takeprofit-vs-tradingview-pricing-alerts-scripting-and-execution-18)

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Free to start, no credit card: 16 charts per tab, unlimited Price Alerts, the Orderflow suite on real trades, Replay, a $100,000 paper account, and Quant, our coding agent, from the first chart. The easiest charts you’ll ever switch to.

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