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Market intelligence.
Built into your app.

EC Intelligence brings professional-grade market analysis, AI-powered signals, and structured trade ideas directly into our app — helping you invest with more clarity and confidence.

2,000+Assets covered
70+Daily trade ideas
7Intelligence modules
2:1+Risk/reward ratio
Real-time data · Human analysts + AI · FCA-considered tools

Advanced AI. Real human expertise.

EC Intelligence is a suite of AI-powered market intelligence tools embedded inside our app. Powered by sentiment analysis, technical pattern recognition, analyst consensus data, and structured trade ideas, it’s designed to support your decision-making — not replace it.

For all levels. A free tier for everyday awareness, premium tools for deeper analysis — whether you’re new to investing or more experienced.

Independent and transparent. Analysis comes from a third-party data source, not EC Markets — giving you an objective layer of intelligence.

Risk management built in. Trade ideas come with clear stop and target levels, with 2:1 or better risk/reward ratios on every idea.

Everything in one place. Access signals, sentiment, news, charts, and the economic calendar — all without leaving our app.

The modules

Seven tools. One intelligence layer.

Each module focuses on a different dimension of market analysis. Click any card to see what’s included.

Free

Market movers & alerts

AI detection of unusual price moves, volume spikes, and volatility expansion across global markets.

  • Covers equities, FX, indices and commodities
  • Real-time alerts pushed in-app
  • Filter movers by asset class and volatility
Free (enhanced from L1)

Economic calendar

Event filtering with impact scoring and sentiment overlays. Know which macro releases matter most — and why.

  • Colour-coded impact scoring (low / medium / high)
  • Sentiment overlays on key releases
  • Filter by region, currency and asset class
Level 1+

News sentiment analytics

Real-time AI scoring of market news to determine bullish or bearish bias on specific instruments.

  • Top 10 instruments available free
  • Full instrument coverage from Level 1
  • NLP analysis of headlines and news flow
  • Price chart overlay showing sentiment vs. price correlation
  • Multi-day sentiment history from Level 2
Level 1+

Technical pattern recognition

Automated identification of chart patterns across timeframes — triangles, head & shoulders, breakouts and more.

  • Major FX and indices from Level 1
  • All instruments with full multi-timeframe scanning from Level 2
  • Supports structured learning of technical analysis
  • Reduces subjectivity in identifying patterns
Level 2+

Analyst ratings

Aggregated institutional analyst ratings, price targets, and forecast revisions for equities and indices.

  • Buy / hold / sell consensus
  • 12-month price targets
  • Recent upgrades and downgrades
Premium

AI Trade Ideas

Structured trade setups with entry bias, sentiment alignment, and confidence scoring — from human analysts and AI.

  • 50 human-analyst ideas per day across FX, crypto, commodities, indices
  • 20–50 AI-generated ideas daily on crypto and stocks
  • Built-in stop/target levels, 2:1+ risk/reward ratios on every idea
  • Performance tracking: win rate, profit factor, average outcome
  • Human sessions: morning, afternoon, and evening (UK time)

See it in action.

Short walkthrough videos for each module — coming soon.

AI Trade Ideas walkthrough

Coming soon

Reading news sentiment

Coming soon

Using the economic calendar

Coming soon

Pattern recognition explained

Coming soon

Data provided by Acuity Research Limited, an FCA-regulated third party (FRN 787261). The sentiment analytics, news insights and trading signals provided are automated market analytics tools intended for informational purposes only. They do not constitute personalised investment advice or a recommendation to buy, sell or trade any financial instrument, nor do they constitute an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any financial instrument. EC Markets does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of this information and accepts no responsibility for any reliance placed on it.

FAQs

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Yes. The free tier is designed for everyday awareness with clear, plain-language signals, while premium tools add depth for more experienced investors. Everything is built to support your understanding, not overwhelm it.
No. Trade ideas are structured, risk-rated insights — not advice or guarantees. Markets carry risk and you can lose money. Every idea includes stop and target levels to support your own risk management.
EC Intelligence covers 2,000+ instruments across global equities, indices, forex, commodities and crypto — with coverage expanding as new modules and data sources are added.