Earlier, I posted on FinViz’s new “Bubble Chart” tool and asked readers to submit other examples of free, useful “heat map” resources.

This post links to four of those resources as follows:

1.  FinViz’s Heat Map Page

This is my favorite tool, because you can visualize the stocks of the market in many ways, including 3d columns.

The symbols are clear and sized according to market-cap and sector, plus you can choose to view a World Map, ETF Map, and sort your ‘heat map’ by a variety of factors – technical and fundamental – which should give you quick ideas of where to start analyzing stocks that jump out at you.

2.  Stock Charts SP500 “Market Carpets”

I’ve been using the Stock Charts Sector “Carpets” for a long time, and they also provide quick information as to what stocks led the session, which lagged, and where the money flowed within sectors.  The site clearly displays the top and bottom 5 stock performers.

You can sort the rankings based on a handful of technical indicators, including stochastic, RSI, Bollinger Band Width (for compressed stocks), and a few others, but not as much as FinViz.

Beyond the S&P 500 carpet, you can see a few additional ETF-specific carpets, a broad inter-market carpet, and a specific breakdown for the Dow 30 and NASDAQ 100.

3.  BusyStock SP500 Market Cloud

I’m new to viewing the BusyStock Cloud, but it’s a neat text reference that sizes the font based on current performance (rankable intraday) that highlights the top and bottom stocks in a given sector clearly.

It also clearly indicates exactly how many stocks are ‘up’ and ‘down,’ which gives a very helpful assessment of breadth at a glance.

4.  Capital Market Maps (Global ETFs)

I was really impressed with the visualization of the Captial Markets Map, which literally colors countries based either on currency ETFs or country-specific ETFs and overlays the performance on a map of the world.

It’s also a helpful resource if you can’t seem to remember the top currency or country ETFs!

Bonus:  Market Re-wind ETF/Market Resources

While not exactly a heat-map, Jeff Pietsch, CFA, publishes great intraday updates and market gauges, such as the Market Metric toolbar (homepage) which shows sentiment, and three trend timeframes.

These resources can help the swing and position trader – and even the day trader – conceptualize the market and focus on leading and lagging stocks with clear information.

If I missed a great free site, please let me know!

Corey Rosenbloom, CMT
Afraid to Trade.com

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