Overview
Finviz (Financial Visualizations) is a comprehensive stock screening, analysis, and visualization platform that has become a staple tool for US equity traders and investors since its founding in 2007. The platform is best known for its stock market heatmap, which provides an instant visual overview of market performance, and its powerful stock screener with over 70 filters.
Finviz aggregates fundamental, technical, and descriptive data for thousands of US-listed stocks, ETFs, and futures into a clean, fast-loading interface. The platform is particularly valued for its pre-market and after-hours data, insider trading information, and institutional ownership tracking.
Key Features
- Stock screener: 70+ filters (fundamental, technical, descriptive) with instant results
- Market heatmap: color-coded visualization of S&P 500, world markets, ETFs by sector/performance
- Technical charts: pattern recognition, candlestick patterns, support/resistance
- Insider trading tracker: SEC filings for insider buys and sells
- Institutional ownership: 13F filings, fund holdings analysis
- News aggregator: real-time financial news filtered by ticker
- Futures and forex data: major futures contracts and currency pairs
- Portfolio backtesting: test stock screening strategies historically (Elite)
- Export functionality: download screening results as CSV (Elite)
- Correlation analysis: visualize correlations between assets
Supported Markets
US stocks (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX), US ETFs, major futures contracts (S&P, Dow, Nasdaq, crude oil, gold, currencies), and major forex pairs.
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Features | |------|-------|----------| | Free | $0 | Screener, maps, charts, delayed data | | Elite | $39.50/mo | Real-time data, premarket, advanced screener, backtesting, alerts |
Annual billing: $299.50/year for Elite.
Platforms & Interfaces
- Web: finviz.com (browser-based)
- No desktop or mobile apps (responsive web)
Getting Started
- Visit finviz.com (no registration needed for basic features)
- Use the screener to filter stocks by your criteria
- Explore the market heatmap for sector analysis
- Check insider trading and institutional ownership data
- Upgrade to Elite for real-time data and advanced features