Market Tool Guide

Free AI tools for investors and traders

Every tool we review that is free, or has a free plan with paid upgrades, by category.

3 free · 28 with a free plan · Updated Oct 22, 2026. Based on each company's public pricing; free plans have limits.

Research & filings

AI that reads 10-Ks, 10-Qs, broker research and company documents so you don't have to.

Fiscal.ai

Free plan

Fundamentals, KPIs and an AI copilot for company research (formerly FinChat).

Verdict. Best for fundamental investors who want clean financials plus an AI that cites its sources.

Koyfin

Free plan

Terminal-style dashboards for stocks, ETFs, macro and fundamentals.

Verdict. Best budget alternative to a Bloomberg-style terminal for serious DIY investors.

Seeking Alpha

Free plan

Crowd-sourced stock analysis, quant ratings and news, now with AI summaries.

Verdict. Best for retail investors who want many opinions and quant grades in one place.

Stock screeners & ratings

Find stocks that match your criteria, with AI scores and rankings layered on top.

Danelfin

Free plan

AI scores that rate stocks and ETFs and explain what drives each score.

Verdict. Best for investors who want an AI rating with the reasoning shown, not a black box.

Tickeron

Free plan

AI pattern recognition, trend predictions and AI-driven trading bots.

Verdict. Best for pattern hunters. Treat the confidence scores as a starting point, not a signal to follow blindly.

TipRanks

Free plan

Analyst ratings, insider trades, Smart Score and an AI analyst.

Verdict. Best for seeing what Wall Street analysts and insiders are doing on a stock.

Finviz

Free plan

Fast stock screener, heat maps and news with a generous free tier.

Verdict. Best free screener for quickly filtering the market. Light on AI, heavy on speed.

Stock Rover

Free plan

Deep fundamental screener, research reports and portfolio analytics.

Verdict. Best for value and dividend investors who want hundreds of screen metrics.

Options analytics

Options flow, payoff diagrams, implied volatility and strategy tools.

Charting & signals

Charts, pattern recognition, scanners and AI-assisted indicators.

LuxAlgo

Free plan

AI-assisted TradingView indicators, screeners and a backtesting assistant.

Verdict. Best add-on for TradingView users who want ready-made signal toolkits.

Pineify

Free plan

AI that writes and fixes TradingView Pine Script indicators and strategies.

Verdict. Best for turning a trading idea into Pine Script without learning to code.

Trade journaling

Log trades, find patterns in your wins and losses, and review your process.

Tradervue

Free plan

Long-running trading journal with imports, reports and sharing.

Verdict. Best simple, proven journal. The free tier is enough to start reviewing trades.

Portfolio tracking & agents

Track holdings, dividends and performance, or let AI monitor your portfolio.

getquin

Free plan

Portfolio tracker with AI insights and a social investing community.

Verdict. Best free-to-start tracker with a community feed, popular in Europe.

Public

Free

Brokerage with AI agents that monitor markets and act on your rules.

Verdict. Best for retail investors who want AI agents built into their brokerage.

News & sentiment

Real-time headlines, squawk and social sentiment.

Social network for traders with per-ticker sentiment and trending lists.

Verdict. Best free read on retail sentiment. Noisy, so use it as a mood check.

Earnings & transcripts

Earnings calendars, live calls, transcripts and AI summaries.

Quartr

Free plan

Live earnings calls, transcripts, slides and AI summaries in one app.

Verdict. Best for listening to and searching earnings calls on the go.

AI chat for markets

Chat assistants and AI agents you can ask about stocks, filings and the market.

ChatGPT

Free plan

General AI assistant with web search, file analysis and data tools.

Verdict. Best general assistant for summarizing reports and building spreadsheets. Verify numbers.

Claude

Free plan

General AI assistant strong at long documents and analysis.

Verdict. Best for reading long filings or a full annual report in one go.

Grok

Free plan

AI assistant with real-time access to posts on X.

Verdict. Best for gauging real-time chatter about a ticker on X.

Backtesting & automation

Test strategies on historical data and automate execution.

TradersPost

Free plan

Connects TradingView alerts and webhooks to broker execution.

Verdict. Best bridge from TradingView alerts to automated orders. Start in paper mode.

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