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Free stock screener, compared
The best free stock screener depends on what you screen for. Here is a fair comparison of Finviz, TradingView, Yahoo Finance, and MomentumSift, and where a free momentum and options screener fits.
Open the free screener →There is no single best free screener, only the right one for the job. If you screen on fundamentals and want a heatmap and news, Finviz is hard to beat. If you live on the chart, TradingView is the standard. Yahoo Finance is a solid free default for quick, basic screens. MomentumSift is the option built around momentum and options: it computes the signals ahead of time so a screen is a single fast query, and each result comes with the stock's own history.
Feature comparison
| Feature | MomentumSift | Finviz | TradingView | Yahoo Finance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price (free tier) | Free in beta | Free | Free tier | Free |
| Fundamental filters | Basic | Extensive | Extensive | Good |
| Technical and momentum filters | Momentum-focused | Extensive | Extensive | Basic |
| Options data and IV rank | Yes | No | Limited | No |
| Per-stock cross track records | Yes | No | Manual | No |
| RS rating (1 to 99) | Yes | No | No | No |
| Market heatmap | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Alerts (email, Slack, Discord) | Yes | Elite (paid) | Yes | Limited |
Who each is for
Finviz for the broadest free screening plus fundamentals, the heatmap and news. TradingView for chart-first screening and the best charts. Yahoo Finance for quick, free, basic screens and portfolio tracking. MomentumSift for a free momentum and options screen where the signals are precomputed and each name carries its own track record.
What MomentumSift does differently
The screener filters the whole universe on precomputed technicals in a single indexed query: RS rating, momentum score, dated 50/200 crosses, IV rank, distance from the 52-week high, and unusual options flow. You can save screens and get alerts by email, Slack or Discord. The differentiator is honesty: a signal arrives with the stock's base rates, like the golden cross track record, not just a pass/fail filter. It is free while in beta.
FAQ
- What is the best free stock screener?
- It depends what you screen for. Finviz is the strongest all-round free screener for fundamentals and its heatmap. TradingView is best for charting. Yahoo Finance covers the basics. MomentumSift is a free momentum and options screener that adds an RS rating, per-stock cross track records, and unusual options flow.
- Is MomentumSift free?
- Yes, it is free while in beta. You create a free account to use the screener, the options tools, and the signals. Technicals are computed nightly from end-of-day data, with intraday quotes and a heatmap during market hours.
- What can MomentumSift screen for that others cannot?
- Precomputed momentum and options signals in one indexed query: an RS rating (1 to 99), a 12-point momentum score, dated 50/200 and 8/21 crosses, IV rank, distance from the 52-week high, and unusual options flow, with each signal carrying the stock's own history.