Finviz Alternatives for 2026: 8 Screeners for Swing Traders

Finviz is where most swing traders build their first screen, and for a quick filter it is still hard to beat. Then you start trading O’Neil-style breakouts and want a real relative strength ranking, scans you write yourself, better charts or base patterns found for you, and the fixed filter buckets start to feel tight. Below are the Finviz alternatives I would look at once you outgrow it, what each one adds, what it cost on November 10, 2026, and when Finviz is still the better tool.

Key Takeaways

• Finviz is free with delayed data, and Elite costs $39.50 a month or $299.50 a year. Its limits for a swing trader are fixed filter buckets, no true relative strength ranking, no formula scans and basic charts.
• For custom scans, TC2000, TrendSpider and StockCharts let you write your own conditions; for charts plus a screener in one place, TradingView is the usual next step.
• The cheapest upgrade is often free: free O’Neil-style scan results with stated limits, plus a free charting plan. Pay only for the one piece you actually miss.

Finviz alternatives at a glance

Prices were checked on each company’s own pricing page on November 10, 2026. Several tools were running Black Friday sales that day, so the table shows regular prices and each sale is noted, with its end date, in that tool’s section.

Tool	Good fit for	Price (regular)	Free option
Finviz	Quick filters and a fast first list	Free; Elite $39.50/mo or $299.50/yr	Yes, free Finviz
Financial Tech Wiz Trading Journal	Free O’Neil-style scan results plus a journal	Free; paid $19/mo or $119/yr	Yes, free account
TradingView	Charts and a screener in one place	Free; Essential $14.95/mo ($12.95 promo yearly)	Yes, Basic plan
TrendSpider	Automated patterns, scanning and backtests	Paid plans only	No; paid trial
TC2000	Formula scans and fast chart flipping	$24.99, $49.99 or $99.99 a month	No free plan listed
StockCharts	Clean charts and text-based custom scans	$19.95, $29.95 or $49.95 a month	Yes, free charts; 1-month trial
Stock Rover	Fundamental and growth screens	$29 to $149/mo billed yearly	Yes, free plan
Deepvue	A momentum-trader layout with a journal	$41 to $99/mo on its own pages	No
MarketSurge	IBD ratings, lists and editorial	$149.95/mo or $1,499/yr	No free plan

Why swing traders outgrow Finviz

The first reason is relative strength. O’Neil-style traders want the stocks that have outperformed the market over the last several months, ranked against everything else. Finviz gives you performance filters in fixed buckets (for example, up more than 30% over the half year), which gets you close but does not rank one stock against the whole market. You end up approximating relative strength with two or three performance filters and a lot of manual sorting.

The second reason is custom conditions. Finviz filters are dropdowns. You cannot write “close within 5% of the 52-week high while volume dries up” as one rule, and you cannot combine conditions across timeframes. Once your setup has more than a few moving parts, you want a scan language or a tool that finds the pattern for you.

The third reason is charts. Finviz charts are fine for a glance, but judging a base or a tight close means drawing, zooming and flipping through dozens of names a night, so most traders end up charting somewhere else.

What Finviz does well

It is worth being fair before you switch. Finviz is fast, free and simple. Its dropdown filters cover moving average position, new highs, distance from the 52-week high, relative volume, gaps, EPS and sales growth and chart patterns such as channels, wedges and double bottoms. The free version uses delayed data, which is fine for an end-of-day routine. Elite adds real-time data, including premarket and after hours, plus advanced filters, alerts and exports. On November 10, 2026 Finviz listed Elite at $39.50 a month or $299.50 a year ($24.96 a month billed yearly), with a free trial.

If your routine is “filter the market down to 50 names, then chart them elsewhere”, Finviz may already be all the screener you need. Our TradingView vs Finviz comparison covers the most common screen-in-one, chart-in-the-other split.

8 Finviz alternatives compared

1. Financial Tech Wiz Trading Journal: free O’Neil-style scans plus a journal

Full disclosure first: we make the Financial Tech Wiz Trading Journal, so we have a material connection to it, and it is first on this list because it is the free starting point. I trade O’Neil-style breakouts myself, and I built it because I wanted the scans I use and a journal in the same place.

We publish free scanner pages for the setups Finviz cannot rank. The RS Rating scanner lists stocks with our RS Rating of 95 or higher. Our RS Rating is our own calculation: it weights each stock’s 3, 6, 9 and 12-month returns against SPY and ranks the result from 0 to 100. It is not an IBD rating. The CAN SLIM screener combines earnings growth with price strength, the Minervini Trend Template scanner checks the moving average stack, and the momentum scanner lists US stocks with a 100-day rate of change of at least 40% or a 100-day EMA slope of at least 25%. The VCP scanner shows volatility contraction setups and their pivot breakouts. The full set is on our free stock scanners page.

Here are the limits, stated plainly. Our scans run on the daily close after each trading day, so there is no intraday scanning. The journal is not a charting platform: you cannot write your own scan conditions or draw on charts, and there is no order entry. The free pages and the free account show final scan results that are five exchange sessions delayed, which is fine for learning the setups, building a watchlist and studying how past results played out, but it is not a list of what to buy tomorrow. Today’s lists are on the paid plan at $19 a month or $119 a year, which also adds Broker Auto Sync with 25+ brokers, the AI Trading Coach, which answers questions using your own journal data, and the Official systems with their backtests.

The journal side is the part no screener has. A free account includes manual trade entry and the journal analytics: win rate and P&L by symbol, hold time, day of week and time of day. Free accounts can also connect their own journal to an AI assistant through our MCP server (52 of 82 tools). You can open a free account with just an email.

Good fit for: swing traders who scan after the close and want relative strength scans and a journal for free. Not a fit for: anyone who needs intraday scans, charting or custom conditions in the same tool.

2. TradingView: charts and a screener in one place

TradingView is the most common next step after Finviz, because it puts the screener and the charts most traders already use in one tab. Its stock screener filters on performance over any period, moving averages, relative volume, technical ratings and fundamentals, and any result opens straight into a full chart. What it lacks is a built-in relative strength percentile, so you approximate it with 3, 6 and 12-month performance columns or a community script; treat any community “RS Rating” script as that author’s own formula. Our TradingView stock screener guide walks through every filter, and our TradingView review covers the plans.

TradingView has a free Basic plan. On November 10, 2026 its pricing page listed Essential at $14.95 a month, or a promotional “special price” of $12.95 a month billed yearly.

Good fit for: traders who want one charting home with a solid screener. Not a fit for: anyone who wants a true relative strength ranking built in.

3. TrendSpider: automated patterns, scanning and backtests

TrendSpider is the pick on this list for automation. It draws trendlines automatically, detects chart and candlestick patterns and runs multi-timeframe scans, so a weekly uptrend plus a daily pullback becomes one scan instead of two. Scans can run on a schedule, become alerts and be backtested without code, which lets you test a breakout rule before you trust it. Our TrendSpider review covers the full feature set.

TrendSpider has no free plan. On November 10, 2026 its pricing page showed a 7-day trial for $7 and up to 65% off through November 15, 2026, the first stage of a Black Friday sale that runs through November 27, 2026. After the sale ends, coupon code FTW25 takes 25% off.

Good fit for: traders who want scanning, automated pattern work and backtesting together. Not a fit for: anyone looking for the cheapest option.

4. TC2000: formula scans and fast chart flipping

TC2000 has been a momentum and growth trader’s tool for years. Its Personal Criteria Formulas let you write almost any condition, then scan, sort or plot the whole market by it, and its history columns show how a scan looked last night or at the start of the year. Moving through a sorted watchlist with the keyboard is quicker than in most browser tools, which is how many O’Neil traders actually work through a list. Our TC2000 review walks through the full platform.

On November 10, 2026 TC2000 listed Basic at $24.99, Premium at $49.99 and Premium+ at $99.99 a month, or $20.82, $41.65 and $83.32 a month billed yearly. Scanning, EasyScan and formulas start at Premium; Basic covers charts, watchlists and news. Through our link you get $25 off your first month with no code needed. If TC2000 itself feels expensive, our TC2000 alternatives guide covers that side.

Good fit for: traders who want to write their own scans. Not a fit for: anyone who wants a free tool or no learning curve.

5. StockCharts: clean charts and text-based scans

StockCharts is a charting service with a long history among technical traders. Its charts are clean and easy to annotate, and paid members can save custom scans written in its own scan language, schedule them and set alerts. On its pricing page the Basic plan includes 1 saved scan, Extra includes 200 and PRO includes 500, so Extra is the realistic plan for a swing trader who scans every night. Our TradingView vs StockCharts comparison covers how its charts stack up.

On November 10, 2026 StockCharts listed Basic at $19.95, Extra at $29.95 and PRO at $49.95 a month, with a free 1-month trial that starts at Extra and a 13th month free when you prepay a year. Free charting is available without a paid plan. We have no affiliate relationship with StockCharts. If you are also weighing Barchart, our Barchart vs StockCharts guide compares the two.

Good fit for: chart readers who want saved custom scans at a moderate price. Not a fit for: traders who want a modern all-in-one workspace.

6. Stock Rover: fundamentals and growth screens

Stock Rover is a research platform built around fundamentals: years of financial history, growth metrics and highly customizable screeners. For the earnings side of an O’Neil-style screen (current and annual earnings growth, sales growth and margins), it goes much deeper than Finviz’s fundamental filters, and it is weaker on charts. Our Stock Rover review covers each plan.

Stock Rover has a free plan and a 14-day trial on paid plans. Billed yearly, its plans listed at $29, $49, $79 and $149 a month on November 10, 2026. Its Black Friday sale takes 30% off a first yearly or two-year term for new subscribers and ends November 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET.

Good fit for: growth traders who screen on fundamentals first. Not a fit for: pure chart readers.

7. Deepvue: a momentum-trader layout with a journal

Deepvue was built for momentum and growth traders, and its charts, screener, watchlists, alerts, its own 1-99 ratings and AI features sit in one workspace. It also includes a trading journal. Deepvue’s own pages disagree on its regular price: its MarketSurge comparison page lists $49 a month, or $41 a month billed yearly, while its homepage lists $99 a month. On November 10, 2026 it was running a Black Friday offer of $490 for a year, and its sale page says that rate ends December 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET, after which the annual price is $990. I did not find a free plan. We have no affiliate relationship with Deepvue.

Good fit for: traders who want a ready-made momentum workspace. Not a fit for: anyone looking for a free tool.

8. MarketSurge: IBD ratings and lists

MarketSurge is IBD’s research platform, and it is the one tool here with IBD’s own ratings, the IBD lists and IBD editorial built in. If those are what you want, nothing else on this page replaces them. It is also by far the most expensive: IBD listed it at $149.95 a month or $1,499 a year on November 10, 2026. We have no affiliate relationship with IBD. If you already pay for it mainly for screens and charts, our MarketSurge alternatives guide covers cheaper ways to rebuild that workflow.

Good fit for: CAN SLIM traders who want IBD’s research itself. Not a fit for: anyone moving off Finviz to save money.

Feature comparison

Tool	Relative strength	Custom conditions	Scan timing	Trade journal
Finviz	Performance buckets only	Filters only	Delayed free; real time on Elite	No
Financial Tech Wiz Trading Journal	Our own RS Rating, 0 to 100	No, prebuilt scans	Daily close; free is 5 sessions delayed	Yes
TradingView	Performance columns or community scripts	Pine Script indicators	Real time on paid plans with data	No
TrendSpider	Build your own	Yes, no-code conditions	Real time and scheduled	No
TC2000	Build your own formula	Yes, PCF formulas (Premium)	Real time	No
StockCharts	Build your own scan	Yes, scan language	Scheduled scans	No
Stock Rover	Performance metrics	Yes, custom screens	End of day research data	No
Deepvue	Its own rating	Screen filters	Real time	Yes
MarketSurge	IBD’s own ratings	Screen filters	Real time	No

For side-by-side cards on these and other charting tools, see the charting and screener comparison on our compare page.

What a year of each setup costs

Monthly prices hide the gaps, so here is the yearly math at regular prices. Finviz Elite is $299.50. MarketSurge is $1,499 on its yearly plan. TC2000 Premium, the first plan with scanning, works out to about $500 billed yearly ($41.65 a month). Deepvue is $490 for a year on its Black Friday offer until December 4, 2026, and $990 a year after that. StockCharts Extra is about $360 a year on monthly billing, with a 13th month free when you prepay. Stock Rover’s entry paid plan is $348 billed yearly. TradingView Essential billed yearly is about $155 at its promotional rate. Our paid plan is $119 a year. Free Finviz, TradingView Basic, free StockCharts charts, Stock Rover’s free plan and our free account cost nothing.

A free O’Neil-style screening routine

This is the setup I would give a friend who has outgrown free Finviz but does not want another subscription yet. It costs nothing until you want same-day lists or real-time scans.

1. Check the market first. Breakouts work best when the indexes are trending. Before you scan, check whether the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are above their rising moving averages.
2. Build the strength list. Run a free Finviz or TradingView screen for stocks near their 52-week highs with strong six-month performance and enough dollar volume. Compare it with our RS Rating and CAN SLIM scan results for a second, ranked list.
3. Look for the base. Open each name on a free chart. You want a proper base, such as a cup with handle or a flat base, with tightening price action. The VCP scan results do part of this work.
4. Set alerts at the pivot. Use free price alerts on your charting platform so you are not watching screens all day.
5. Journal every trade. Log the entry, the stop, the setup and the reason. After 30 trades, your win rate and average gain by setup will tell you which part of the routine to keep.

Our free scan results are five sessions delayed, so use them to learn what the rules find and to build a watchlist, then confirm the current chart yourself. If you want more help picking a screener for this routine, our guide to the best stock screener for swing trading goes deeper.

Who should stay on Finviz

Stay if you mainly need a fast first filter and already chart somewhere you like, if your setups fit Finviz’s dropdowns, or if you trade a small account and every subscription dollar counts. Free Finviz plus a free charting plan is a perfectly workable swing trading setup, and Elite at $299.50 a year is still cheaper than most tools here if you want real-time data and alerts.

Switch, or add one tool, if you keep rebuilding a relative strength list by hand, if your setup needs rules the dropdowns cannot express, or if you spend more time moving between a screener and a chart than reading charts. For a wider look at charting and broker tools, see our best trading platforms guide. Most tools on this page have a free plan or a trial, so you can rebuild your Finviz screen in them before you pay for anything.

FAQ

Is there a free version of Finviz?

Yes. Finviz’s screener, maps and charts are free with delayed data, and a free registered account adds a few extras. Elite, at $39.50 a month or $299.50 a year on November 10, 2026, adds real-time data, advanced filters, alerts and exports, and comes with a free trial.

What is better than Finviz for swing trading?

It depends on which gap you need to fill: TradingView for charts, TC2000 or StockCharts for your own scans, TrendSpider for automated patterns and Stock Rover for fundamentals. Our free scanner pages show delayed O’Neil-style scan results; today’s lists are on our paid plan.

Is TradingView better than Finviz?

For charting, yes: TradingView’s charts, drawing tools and indicators are far deeper. For a quick screen, Finviz is often faster and simpler. Many swing traders use both, screening in Finviz and charting in TradingView, and both have free plans.

Is there a free Finviz alternative with relative strength rankings?

Our free RS Rating scanner page ranks stocks with our own RS Rating (not an IBD rating) and shows final scan results that are five exchange sessions delayed. You can create a free account to see the scan results in the app and journal the trades you take from them. In TradingView, community scripts and performance columns give you an approximation.