Desktop recommended — built for screen, not scroll.
Watchlist & alerts
Refreshed every 15 min
Full pattern scan
3× daily (market hours)
How it works
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Built for swing traders — not a real-time feed, and that's the point.
Watchlist and alert prices refresh every 15 minutes during market hours.
Scan card prices update with the full pattern scan, which runs 3× per trading day — at open, midday, and close.
Charts use daily bar resolution.
Swing and position traders don't need tick-by-tick data — they need the right setups, fast.
Hawkeye scans 8,000+ stocks across 22+ patterns in seconds. Most dedicated scanners take minutes, require desktop software, or charge hundreds per month.
The goal is simple: get you to the best setups before the open, not after.
What refreshes every 15 min
✓ Price quotes on watchlist cards
✓ Price alert checks (triggers intraday)
✓ Push notifications on alert hits
✓ P&L calculations in position tracker
VCP and breakout setups form over days to weeks — not minutes.
A 15-min quote delay has zero impact on whether a setup is valid.
Real-time data costs 10–100× more and adds complexity traders don't need.
Why it works
🔭
Proven patterns
VCP, Cup & Handle, Flat Base, Episodic Pivot — the same patterns
Minervini, O'Neil, and Livermore used. Pre-coded so you
don't have to manually screen 500 charts.
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Intraday updates
Watchlist prices and alerts refresh every 15 minutes. The full pattern scan
runs 3× daily during market hours. You're never looking at yesterday's
picture when a setup is forming.
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Pre-filtered universe
Stage 2 filter, RS rank, min volume, sector — only stocks in
confirmed uptrends with institutional buying make it
through. No penny stocks. No noise.
What it looks like
hawkeye.app · Full Market (8,000+ stocks)
Universe
6,493
Had Data
5,679
Vol ≥ 100k
4,450
Stage 2
1,361
Cup & Handle
41
Near Pivot
21
✓ Final
21
PatternCup & Handle
SortVol Chg
RS > 70
> $20
All Sectors
Stage 2
TFDaily
NVDA
RS RANK94
NVIDIA Corporation
VCP Score 8.4
Vol Chg +218%
From High -2.1%
CRWD
RS RANK88
CrowdStrike Holdings
VCP Score 7.9
Vol Chg +183%
From High -3.4%
Built for
The Weekend Trader
Has a day job. Checks the market Sunday night.
Needs a shortlist of setups ready before Monday open.
Can't spend 3 hours manually reading charts.
The Minervini / IBD Student
Read the books. Knows the patterns.
Needs a tool that speaks their language — VCP, Stage 2,
RS rank, pivot, distribution days.
The Active Swing Trader
Trades 5–20 positions at a time. Needs to
track open positions, set price alerts, and
review watchlists fast — not juggle 4 different tools.
30+ patterns
Bull Flag
Flat Base
Double Bottom
Inverse H&S
Ascending Triangle
52-Week High Breakout
Leading Stocks / Groups
Pocket Pivot
Tight Area
High Tight Flag
First Pullback
Undercut & Rally
Breakout Alert
Coiling Leader
VCP Volatility Contraction ⭐
VCP + Vol Surge ⭐
Cup & Handle ⭐
Power Trend ⭐
Episodic Pivot ⭐
16W+ Accum Breakout ⭐
Stage-2 Pocket Pivot ⭐
Follow-Through Day ⭐
3 Weeks Tight ⭐
Head & Shoulders
Double Top
Rising Wedge
Bear Flag
Falling Wedge
● No login
● Free account
● Edge ⭐
● Bearish
Universe — it's not just S&P 500
Full Market
S&P 500
Russell 3000
S&P 1500
NASDAQ 100
+ more ⭐
Default is Full Market — 6,000+ stocks, not just S&P 500.
Switch universes with one click. Narrower universes (S&P 500, NASDAQ 100) are great for
focusing on large caps only. The universe selector is now in the controls bar.
Keyboard shortcuts
On the scanner grid (hover a card first where noted)
← →Cycle patterns — step through every pattern without touching the dropdown
OOpen detail — opens the full chart modal for the card you're hovering
TToggle weekly — flip the hovered card between daily and weekly chart
WWatchlist — add or remove the hovered ticker instantly
AAlert — set or clear a price alert on the hovered card
/Symbol search — jump to the ticker search bar from anywhere
Inside the detail modal
← →Navigate stocks — step through the scan list without closing the modal
TToggle daily / weekly — flip timeframe on the full chart
WWatchlist — add or remove the current stock
AAlert — set or clear a price alert on the current stock
dragDraw — trend lines, boxes, and circles directly on the chart
EscClose — dismiss the modal and return to the scanner
Workflow
1
Pick a pattern
VCP, Cup & Handle, Flat Base — or let it run all of them
Candlestick + volume charts, pivot levels, RS rank — all in one card
›
4
Watchlist & alert
Star it, set a price alert, track your entry and stop — all inside Hawkeye
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5
Act on the signal
Watchlist prices refresh every 15 min. Alerts fire intraday. Place your order when the setup triggers
Common questions
"Is this real-time?"
No — and that's the honest answer upfront. Watchlist and alert prices refresh every 15 minutes;
scan card prices update 3× per trading day with the pattern scan. If you need tick-by-tick data for day trading or scalping,
Hawkeye is the wrong tool. If you're a swing trader — holding positions for
days to weeks, buying breakouts from multi-week bases — 15-minute quote updates and a 3× daily scan
are more than enough. The setup you're trading took 6 weeks to form. A 15-minute
data delay doesn't change whether it's valid.
"Can't I just use Finviz or TradingView?"
Both are general-purpose tools. Finviz lets you build your own screener from scratch.
TradingView is a charting platform. Neither speaks Minervini.
Hawkeye is the only scanner where VCP, Stage 2, RS rank, and pivot proximity
are the defaults — not things you configure. The methodology is the product.
No setup. Open it, pick a pattern, get a shortlist.
"What if no patterns are firing in a bear market?"
That's the point. When the funnel returns 0–5 setups, that's a signal too
— the market isn't giving you good risk/reward. Hawkeye keeps you out of bad environments,
not just in good ones. The bear patterns (HnS, double top) still fire.
Plans
Free Account
$0 / forever
No credit card. No sign-up wall.
✓ Full scanner — all basic patterns
✓ Stage 2, RS rank, volume filters
✓ Candlestick charts + drawings
✓ Symbol lookup
✓ Watchlist (50 stocks, 1 list)
✓ Price alerts (5)
✓ Save default filters
✗ Advanced patterns
✗ Multiple watchlists
✗ Position tracker
✗ Themes
Edge ⭐
$6.95 / month
For serious traders who live in the scanner.
✓ Everything in Free
✓ Advanced patterns (EP, Power Trend, 3WT, HTF…)
✓ Watchlist up to 100 stocks, 10 lists
✓ Up to 50 price alerts
✓ Push notifications
✓ Themes
✓ Russell 3000 universe
✓ Position tracker + P&L journal
✓ Position sizing tool
✓ Breadth history
✓ Market dashboard
Feature breakdown
Feature
Free
Edge ⭐
Scanner
Basic patterns (VCP, Cup & Handle, Flat Base, Bull Flag…)
✓
✓
Advanced patterns (EP, Power Trend, 3WT, HTF, First Pullback…)
—
✓
Stage 2, RS rank, volume, sector filters
✓
✓
S&P 500, NASDAQ 100, Broad Market universe
✓
✓
Russell 3000 universe
—
✓
Charts & Analysis
Candlestick charts (daily + weekly), symbol lookup
✓
✓
Trend lines, drawings, notes
✓
✓
Market breadth history
—
✓
Watchlist & Alerts
Watchlist stocks
50
100
Watchlist lists (tabs)
1
10
Price alerts
5
50
Push notifications (mobile + desktop)
—
✓
Portfolio
Position tracker + P&L journal
—
✓
Position sizing tool
—
✓
Experience
Themes
—
✓
Save default filters
✓
✓
Where to reach them
Twitter / X
Minervini traders, IBD followers, and swing trading accounts have huge followings.
Post a daily "Top 3 VCP setups tonight" thread with a screenshot.
"Ran the VCP scan tonight. Only 21 stocks passed all filters. Here they are →"
Reddit
r/stocks, r/investing, r/Daytrading, r/swingtrading. Show the tool working,
not an ad. Lead with a real scan result.
"Built a free Minervini-style VCP scanner — here's what it found tonight"
YouTube / TikTok
Screen-record the 60-second workflow: open scanner → pick pattern → get shortlist.
Trading educators get millions of views on screener walkthroughs.
"How I find breakout setups in 60 seconds [free tool]"
Discord / Slack
Every trading community has a #scanners channel. Post nightly results.
Offer a free Premium trial for server members — converts well.
Tag tickers that appear in your scan. Active traders follow the symbols,
see the tool, click through. High intent audience.
"$NVDA flagged in tonight's Cup & Handle scan — near pivot, RS 94"
Newsletter / Substack
Weekly "Setups for the Week" digest. Show the funnel counts, the top 5 names,
a chart. Link to the tool. Converts passive readers into active users.
"This week's scanner found 18 Stage-2 VCPs. Here's what stood out."
Ready-to-use copy hooks
Twitter / Short form
Ran the Cup & Handle scan tonight. 41 setups. 21 near their pivot.
This is how you trade with an edge — not by watching CNBC.
Product Hunt / Launch
Hawkeye scans for Minervini-style breakout patterns every evening.
VCP, Cup & Handle, Flat Base, Episodic Pivot — pre-filtered by Stage 2, RS rank,
and volume. Free to start, no sign-up required. 60 seconds to tonight's setups.
SEO / Landing page headline
Find tonight's breakout stocks in 60 seconds.
The only scanner built around the Minervini VCP methodology.
End-of-day signals. No subscription required to start.
Cold outreach / DM
Hey — saw your post about finding VCP setups manually. I built a scanner that does
this automatically every evening across the full S&P 500. Free to try, no card needed.
Would love your feedback if you give it a look.