The tiers
What MetaStock costs in 2026
MetaStock D/C
Daily Charts: end-of-day data, full analysis toolkit. For swing, position and systems traders.
~US$59/month · one-time licence ~US$499
Trial D/C Free →
MetaStock R/T
Real Time: tick data, intraday charting. For day traders. Annual subscription ~US$1,080.
~US$100/month · one-time licence ~US$1,395
Trial R/T Free →The data costs nobody mentions first
| Data / add-on | What it is | Indicative price |
|---|---|---|
| DataLink | End-of-day data feed for D/C | ~US$27.95/mo or ~US$299/yr |
| XENITH (with D/C) | Refinitiv news, quotes & fundamentals, global end-of-day bundle | ~US$39.95/mo |
| XENITH (full, with R/T) | The complete real-time news terminal | ~US$165/mo, ~US$265/mo all-in with R/T |
All figures compiled from public sources, August 2026, and rounded; MetaStock shows exact current pricing and frequent bundle promotions at checkout. Treat this table as the map, and their checkout as the territory.
Subscription or one-time licence?
MetaStock is one of the few platforms still selling a permanent licence. The arithmetic: the D/C one-time licence costs about eight to nine months of subscription. Trading is a long game; if the trial convinces you MetaStock is part of your process, the one-time licence usually wins. If you are still deciding who you are as a trader, subscribe monthly and stay flexible.
The advice I gave students for a decade
Buy the cheapest tier that covers how you actually trade, and let the software argue for upgrades. In practice: most traders need D/C plus DataLink, roughly US$87 a month, not the US$265 R/T + XENITH setup. Day traders who genuinely live intraday are the exception, and they already know who they are.
And before any of it: run the free month. Buying analysis software you have not backtested your own rules on is exactly the kind of decision MetaStock exists to train out of you.
