Watchlist
A shortlist you already chose to monitor.
Filter a market
How to Use TradingView Screeners
Screeners filter a market. Watchlists store a shortlist. Charts review one symbol. Exchange accounts place orders. Keep those jobs separate and treat screener output as matching results for further review.
Tool roles
Do not ask one tool to do every research job.
Screener
A filter that returns symbols matching selected market conditions.
Chart
The detailed research view for one symbol at a time.
Exchange account
The venue where orders are confirmed and placed after research.
Screener workflow
Filter broadly, review individually, avoid empty stacks.
- Step 01
What a screener does
A screener applies filters across a market and returns matching results. Those results are candidates for further review, not a ranked list of winners.
- Step 02
Choose the correct market screener
TradingView provides separate screening experiences across stocks, ETFs, bonds and crypto. Open the market screener that matches the universe you want to filter. The widgets below cover stock and crypto examples available as official embeds.
- Step 03
Start with broad filters
Begin with market and a small set of conditions. Broad filters keep enough matching results to inspect. Narrow later only if the list is still too large.
- Step 04
Market capitalization
Market capitalization can separate larger names from smaller ones. Use it as size context, not as a quality score.
- Step 05
Price and percentage change
Price and percentage-change filters surface movement. Movement alone is not enough to decide. Open the chart before treating a result as actionable.
- Step 06
Volume and liquidity context
Volume filters help avoid symbols that barely trade. Liquidity still needs confirmation on the chart and, later, on the venue where you would execute.
- Step 07
Stock fundamental fields
Stock screeners can include fundamental columns depending on the selected screen. Use them to understand company-scale context, then verify the story on the chart and filings as needed.
- Step 08
Crypto-specific market fields
Crypto screens emphasize market fields such as capitalization, change and volume across coins or pairs. Confirm the exact listing before comparing results from different venues.
- Step 09
Technical filters
Technical filters apply calculated conditions to market data. They can shrink a universe quickly. They do not certify that a setup will work.
- Step 10
Save or revisit a screen
If the product flow you are using supports saving or revisiting a screen, keep the filter set for later sessions. Consistency beats rebuilding the same conditions from memory.
- Step 11
Open a result on the chart
Pick one matching result and open the chart. Finish the chart review before returning to the screener for the next candidate.
- Step 12
Avoid over-filtering
Stacking too many conditions can leave an empty or brittle list. If nothing remains, remove filters until you have symbols worth reviewing.
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