Finviz is the screener most traders open first, and for good reason: it's fast, broad, and the free version is genuinely useful. Elite adds real-time data, backtesting and email alerts.
A screener and a scanner do different jobs, though. A screener answers which stocks match right now? when you ask. A scanner keeps asking for you and tells you the moment the answer changes. Here's how Finviz Elite and Trade Manager compare on that.
Side by side
| Finviz Elite | Trade Manager | |
|---|---|---|
| Best at | Fast screening across fundamentals and technicals, heatmaps, news | Watching one technical setup across an index and alerting you |
| Fundamental filters | Yes, dozens | No |
| Multi-condition technical rules | Yes, as screener filters | Yes, as blocks, incl. breakouts with a retest and support touches |
| Alerts | Telegram or email | |
| Intraday timeframes | Intraday charts on Elite | Rules can run on 15m, 1h, 4h or daily candles |
| Crypto | Crypto pages, stock-focused screener | BTC and ETH scanned 24/7 |
| Price (Oct 2026) | About $39.50/month or $299.50/year | Free, or Pro at $19/month |
Check Finviz's Elite page for current pricing and features.
Where Finviz wins
- Fundamentals. P/E, growth, insider buying, sector filters. Trade Manager has none of these.
- Discovery. The heatmap and the speed of the screener are hard to beat for an evening scan.
- News and ratings in the same place.
Where Trade Manager wins
- It runs without you. You don't open a tab and press search. Your rule keeps checking and Telegram buzzes when something matches. More on that in where screeners fall short.
- Price-action rules a filter can't express, like "broke the 20-day high, then came back to test it" or "touched its 100-day low while RSI is under 30".
- A backtest across all 503 stocks before you switch it on, with the same code that runs live.
- Cheaper, with a free plan.
Using both
Screen on Finviz in the evening to understand what's moving, then let Trade Manager watch the one technical setup you trade during the day. The strategy below is a common one: a stock sitting at its 100-day low while volume comes in at 1.5× its average. It's the same idea as unusual volume alerts, already built.