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Finviz Alternative

A free, real-time Finviz alternative

Finviz is a great screener, and its free tier is hard to beat for fundamental and end-of-day work. The one thing it will not do for free is show you the tape in real time. TheDesperateTrader is built for exactly that gap: free, real-time, and alert-driven.

104 stocks on unusual volume right now
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What each tier actually does

Not a scorecard. This is what you get on each, including the rows where Finviz is genuinely the better tool.

Feature
Recommended for real-timeTheDesperateTrader
Finviz Free
Finviz Elite
Real-time quotes
Yes, free
Delayed
Yes, paid
Live intraday alerts
RVOL, halts, volume
No
Limited
RVOL / unusual-volume scanner
Live, ranked
End-of-day
Yes
Trading-halt alerts
Real time
No
No
Pre-market and after-hours
4 AM to 8 PM ET
Limited
Yes
Fundamental screening depth
Basic
Excellent
Excellent
Number of filters
Tape-focused
150+
150+
Charting maturity
Good
Good
Advanced
Account required to start
None
None
Required
Price
Free, then $24.99/mo
Free
Paid

Finviz feature tiers as generally documented. Exact plan details and pricing are set by Finviz and may change.

The difference, live

What a delayed free screener cannot show you

This is the live unusual-volume board, updating through the session. This is the view a delayed free screener cannot give you.

Live RVOL scanner

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5 active
SymbolLast alert
$TOPSTOP Ships Inc.··1562x··
$FBGLFBS Global Limited Ordinary Shares··444x··
$QNMEQuanome Technologies, Inc. Common Stock··269x··
$GRMLGreenland Mines Ltd. Common Stock··214x··
$ZEOZeo Energy Corporation Class A Common Stock··181x··
$LRCXLam Research Corp··166x··
$DDCDDC Enterprise Limited··111x··
$RIMEAlgorhythm Holdings, Inc. Common Stock··98x··
$GLNDGreenland Energy Company Common Stock··86x··
$APUSApimeds Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.··67x··
$PSKYParamount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock··60x··
$NURNuran Wireless Inc. Common Shares··54x··
$VWAVVisionWave Holdings, Inc. Common Stock··54x··
$VLOValero Energy Corporation··49x··
$NAKNorthern Dynasty Minerals, Ltd.··38x··
$NVONovo-Nordisk A/S··31x··
$LOBOLOBO TECHNOLOGIES LTD. Class A Ordinary Shares··27x··
$KDKKodiak AI, Inc. Common Stock··26x··
$MPMP Materials Corp.··24x··
$STFSStar Fashion Culture Holdings Limited Class A Ordinary Shares··23x··
$RUBIRubico Inc. Common Stock··23x··
$METAMeta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock··23x··
$JOBYJoby Aviation, Inc.··22x··
$XNDUXanadu Quantum Technologies Limited Class B Subordinate Voting Shares··21x··
$EUenCore Energy Corp.··21x··
$INVInnventure, Inc. Common Stock··20x··
$CELZCreative Medical Technology Holdings, Inc. Common Stock··19x··
$PSXPHILLIPS 66··19x··
$SDSTStardust Power Inc. Common Stock··19x··
$CYABCyabra, Inc. Common Stock··19x··

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The honest part

Where each one wins

Use Finviz

If your work is fundamental or end-of-day screening, Finviz is excellent and its free tier is one of the best available. 150+ filters, valuation and financial screens, ETF and broad-market coverage, and an instant no-account load are genuinely hard to match.

TheDesperateTrader does not try to replace that. If you are filtering the whole market on P/E and dividend yield, use Finviz.

Use TheDesperateTrader

If you trade intraday and need the live tape, a delayed free screener leaves you a step behind. This site is free and real time: live relative-volume ranking, trading-halt alerts, unusual-volume detection, and pre-market and after-hours coverage.

Many traders use both: Finviz to build a watchlist overnight, TheDesperateTrader to watch it move.

Questions

Frequently asked

Is there a free real-time alternative to Finviz?
Yes. TheDesperateTrader is a free stock scanner with real-time data and live intraday alerts, which is the main thing Finviz's free tier does not offer. It scans every U.S. stock for relative volume, trading halts and unusual volume as they happen, with no 15-minute delay and no credit card required to start.
Is Finviz real-time?
Finviz's free version shows delayed quotes, so it is not suitable for real-time intraday entries. Real-time data and intraday features require the paid Finviz Elite tier. If your work is end-of-day or fundamental screening, the free tier is genuinely excellent; if you need the live tape, you need a real-time tool.
Is TheDesperateTrader better than Finviz?
It depends on the job. Finviz is the better tool for fundamental screening, filter depth and broad coverage, and its free tier is one of the best around for that. TheDesperateTrader is the better tool for free real-time intraday scanning and live alerts (RVOL spikes, halts, unusual volume). Plenty of traders use both: Finviz to build a watchlist, this to watch the tape.
Does it have a stock screener like Finviz?
It has live scanners built for day trading (relative volume, halts, gaps, low float, premarket movers and more) plus a screener, but it is not trying to match Finviz's hundreds of fundamental filters. The focus is what is happening on the tape right now rather than filtering the whole market on fundamentals.
Is it really free?
The scanners are free to view. New accounts also start with 5 free premium days of the full live dashboard, real-time alerts and WebSocket delivery, with no credit card required at signup. After that, premium runs at an early-access price of $24.99/month.

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