Stock Screeners

A stock screener filters the whole market down to a short list of stocks that match defined criteria - price action, volume, technical indicators, or fundamentals. Instead of reviewing more than 8,400 tickers by hand, you start from a list that already fits a strategy. StockMarketScan goes one step further than a generic filter builder: our 24 stock screeners are pre-built and curated around proven, time-tested setups such as the golden cross, RSI oversold readings, momentum breakouts, and dividend quality, and every list is rebuilt from fresh market data every five minutes while the US market is open.

Most screeners hand you a long row of raw data points and leave the filter design to you. We start with 24 curated, named setups - momentum, dividend, breakout, trend quality - built on proven methodologies, each documented openly in our glossary so you can read exactly which criteria a list applies. On top of that, proprietary indicators power Trend Watch and Hot Prospects to surface setups early, and you get unusual options activity data - the kind of data you usually pay several times more for elsewhere. We're the most affordable platform in the entire space.

Three curated lists are available as a free stock screener, permanently: Strong Volume Gains (a high volume stock screener), Top Tech Stocks, and Income & Growth. Sign up with an email address and use them as long as you want - no credit card required. The Basic and Pro plans unlock the remaining screeners, including the momentum, dividend, golden cross, and unusual options activity lists.

It collapses the time between idea and action. Proven, named screeners cut thousands of tickers down to a short list of setups that actually trade, so you skip the filter-building step entirely. The Chart Flip Book lets you skim through screener results one chart at a time, picking out the patterns you personally like to trade. A built-in AI agent sits next to every chart - ask it about current news, unusual volume, or potential chart formations and get an answer without leaving the page. Net result: a fast, direct path from market noise to a handful of stocks worth your attention.

All major US equities listed on NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX - over 8,400 symbols, including ADRs of international companies. Options coverage extends to every optionable US-listed stock and ETF. Screener lists, daily candles, chart patterns, and market breadth data all draw from the same coverage, so every ticker you find in a list comes with its full chart context.

Fresh to the last five minutes. While the US market is open, our scanner re-checks the source every 5 minutes - screener tables, unusual options activity, the price and the current day's candle all stay current, and the market pill in the header counts down to the next scan in real time. Overnight, trends and performance tracking are consolidated after each US close. Optimized for swing setups - fresh enough for intraday.

Yes. Stock alerts watch any combination of screeners and tickers for you. You pick the interval per alert - from every 5 minutes up to every 8 hours - plus a daily time window and timezone, and only newly matching tickers are sent, so there is no repeat noise. Alerts are available on every plan, including Free.

Unusual options activity means an options contract is trading far more volume than its open interest - current activity significantly exceeding the number of outstanding contracts, which often accompanies new institutional positioning. Our unusual options activity screener surfaces these contracts every trading day, sorted by volume-to-open-interest ratio, next to the underlying stock's chart and screener context, so the options data and the equity setup can be read together.

Both. The REST API exposes screeners, chart patterns, and market data for your own scripts, dashboards, and automated research, starting on the Basic plan. The MCP server connects the same data to AI clients such as Claude, Cursor, and Continue, so an AI assistant can query any screener directly in a conversation. Setup instructions live in the API docs and on the MCP page.

Yes. The Market Momentum view tracks market breadth across NYSE and NASDAQ: advancing versus declining issues, new 52-week highs and lows, and a combined breadth score. Breadth measures participation - healthy rallies show broad advances while weakening markets show narrowing leadership - and it puts every screener list into market-wide context.

No. The Free plan is available immediately - sign up with email and use it as long as you want. You get full access to three curated screeners and can set alerts on your watchlist tickers. Basic and Pro unlock the full platform - the Pro tier is especially worth it for the complete set of screeners, alerts, and unusual options activity data.

Yes. Subscriptions are month-to-month and you can cancel from your account settings. Access continues through the end of your billing period.

No. StockMarketScan is not financial or investment advice. We provide data, screening and analysis tools for research and educational purposes only. Every trading decision is yours - execution and risk management are up to you and your broker.