Finviz offers US stock screening and market displays. For an FX workflow, treat the displayed prices and headlines as dated observations to investigate, not as a direct measure of global capital flows or an executable currency signal.

What Finviz actually is

Finviz provides a stock screener with fundamental and technical filters. Its documented exchange coverage includes Nasdaq, NYSE and AMEX. Available filters and ticker counts can change; save the selected criteria and complete list rather than assuming a fixed universe.

Finviz’s 18 September 2026 update describes redesigned Futures, Forex and Crypto pages with Prices, Performance, Charts and Maps across multiple periods. The older description of Forex as only a few daily charts is therefore incomplete. Check the available instrument, quote direction, period and plan rather than treating every display as the stock screener or an executable broker price. A rise in EUR/USD strengthens EUR relative to USD; a rise in USD/JPY strengthens USD relative to JPY. Green on both fields does not mean the same dollar move.

Why a forex trader would care at all

Cross-market relationships are hypotheses to check over a defined period. A S&P 500 heatmap shows selected equity performance, not a universal risk-on or risk-off verdict. Gold, the yen, the dollar and individual pairs need not move in a fixed direction together.

A separate hypothetical three-stock basket has beginning weights 80%, 10%, 10% and price returns +2%, −3%, −3%, with weights held fixed for this calculation. Contributions are +1.6, −0.3, −0.3 percentage points, so the basket gains 1% although two of three stocks fall. Equal weights would give (2 − 3 − 3) / 3 ≈ −1.33%, and rising-stock breadth is 1/3. This is not actual Finviz data or a map-setting claim. Record separately the area measure, colour measure, weight method and stock count before interpreting a large green region.

Compare commodity, index and dollar observations with matching timestamps and reference periods. See DXY analysis, market regime trading and intermarket analysis. None of those displays establishes the next direction of EUR/USD.

What the free tier covers, and what only Elite adds

Check each display’s delay and session coverage before comparing it with a broker quote. The FAQ says regular stock quotes are delayed one minute and Elite stock quotes are real time. It says futures are delayed 20 minutes even in Elite, while the same page’s footer says 15 minutes for futures and options. That discrepancy does not justify one universal delay. Record the specific symbol/feed notice and timestamp and ask the provider if precise timing is required. Auto-refresh does not remove an upstream delay.

The FAQ lists Elite at USD 39.50 monthly or USD 299.50 annually, with real-time stock data, advanced filters, alerts and exports. Verify the current plan, taxes and the specific feed before purchase: Elite does not make every futures display real time. Both the trial and paid plans renew automatically unless cancelled under the stated terms. Choose a plan for an identified requirement and record the cancellation deadline rather than assuming improved trading decisions.

An illustrative session with Finviz as a macro dashboard

In a hypothetical pre-London review, index futures rise just under 0.5%, WTI falls about 1.5%, gold is unchanged and DXY falls a few tenths of a percent. A regular-session US stock heatmap may refer to an earlier session. Record its timestamp separately before proposing any explanation for USD/CAD; these invented moves do not determine the pair's direction.

In another hypothetical review, equity performance is negative, oil rises and DXY gains 0.5%. These observations invite a cross-market hypothesis, not an automatic short AUD/USD or NZD/USD signal. Test any entry against its own rules and exposure limits. See weekly market prep.

Filtering time changes the selected sample

When investigating earlier share performance, record when selection criteria were applied. Today's list may differ from the list available before the period.

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Filtering time changes the selected sampleOur complete list contains three fictional companies A,B,C. Starting market caps in USD millions are 100,90,110; price changes over the same period are +10%,+20%,−10%. Share counts stay fixed with no issuance or dividends, giving ending caps 110,108,99. Our inclusive cap ≥100 filter selects A,C before the period, averaging 0%. Applied after it, the filter selects A,B, averaging 15%. Membership in the second list already depends on the changes being studied. It is not the list known at the start, an actual Finviz backtest or an executable trade result.SAVE THE LIST WHEN YOU SELECT ITMarket cap:USD millions • fictional dataCompanyStartChangeEndA100+10%110B90+20%108C110−10%99Our filter:market cap ≥ 100Starting list:A and CMean:(10% − 10%) /2 = 0%Ending list:A and BMean:(10% + 20%) /2 = 15%The ending list was not the starting list.

Assumptions: Only three fictional companies and one complete common period; USD-million caps, fixed share counts, no issuance, dividends or currency changes. Simple average of the two members' price changes, without costs or a portfolio/strategy result claim. The inclusive ≥ 100 threshold is our model rule.

Starting caps are 100,90,110 million USD and price changes +10%, +20%, −10%. Under the fixed-share assumptions, ending caps are 110,108,99 million USD.

Freeze our rule:market cap ≥ 100 million USD, including the boundary. Before the period it selects A, C with a 0% arithmetic mean. After the period it selects A, B with a 15% mean. That 15% does not describe the earlier selection: ending membership already depends on the same period's price changes.

Finviz — filters and market-cap definition describes selection by criteria and capitalization as price times shares outstanding. Our threshold, companies and arithmetic are fictional; we do not attribute historical-membership reconstruction to the service. Save data time, filter rule and the complete selected list in a practical review.

A filter applied after price changes selects a different list of companies.

What Finviz will not tell you

Finviz also has an economic calendar, distinct from earnings and dividend calendars. Its 16 September 2025 announcement describes historical releases, expectations, actual readings and impact ratings. A news headline alone is not that schedule. Verify each important event’s official time, time zone, series and release material, and check access terms for the needed features. A calendar can omit unexpected news; see economic calendar tools.

US exchange coverage does not establish coverage of every European or Asian instrument. This article uses Finviz for observation and screening; submit orders only through the actual authorised account interface with its own contract, spread and fee terms.

What to do tomorrow

  1. Bookmark the views that answer your research questions. Check whether an account or plan is needed for the feature; no two-second setup or fixed pre-London routine is required.
  2. Before the review, record timestamps and reference periods for the equity map, oil, gold and DXY. Write a testable observation rather than assuming a green or red display establishes a currency direction.
  3. Keep a dated note for each observation: product, source time, reference period and question. Update it when information changes; a Sunday context is not automatically current on Monday.
  4. List the specific data, alerts and exports needed by your workflow, then check current plan and renewal terms. A paid plan should solve an identified requirement; three months of observation is an optional evaluation period.
  5. Separate an observed move from a currency hypothesis and an order decision. A weighted map, a futures quote and a CFD may refer to different products and periods. Position sizing and order state still require the actual account system.