Field notes
Spec sheets, parts manifests, and after-action reports from building with $0 of tooling.
2026-09-29
Top 10 Free Trading Tools, Ranked
The zero-cost stack that covers 90% of what paid platforms sell.
2026-09-29
Review prompts after the first saved screener or watchlist
Ask for ratings when someone saves work — the free-tool equivalent of a successful trade.
2026-09-29
Free Options Greeks Calculators: A Field Spec Sheet
Black-Scholes toys, chain overlays, and what a surplus desk actually needs before trusting a Greek number.
2026-09-29
How to Compare Free Market Data APIs
A checklist for rate limits, freshness, coverage, and licensing before choosing a data source.
2026-09-29
Rocket Money / Copilot adjacency: what free market tools should steal
Calm empty states and honest upgrade walls beat neon scanner cosplay.
2026-09-29
7 Free Screeners That Beat Paid Ones
You don't need a subscription to find setups — these free screeners cover the same ground.
2026-09-29
5 Free Market Data APIs, Actually Ranked by Usefulness
Rate limits, delay rules, and which ones survive a real project.
2026-09-28
Rating velocity on free finance apps after creator spikes
Free apps feel review spikes harder — triage without killing the roadmap.
2026-09-28
Micron-week keywords for free screeners and calendars
Honest keyword banks for indie finance utilities around the Sep 30 Micron print.
2026-09-28
Free Data Licenses: What You Can Actually Redistribute
The licensing trap that kills most free market-data projects — and the sources that don't have it.
2026-09-27
Paper trading in the free index: why Stock Picks is the reference unit
How we tag Stock Picks inside the free market tools index.
2026-09-27
Directory Update: This Week's New Free Tools
Fresh submissions to the catalog — screeners, calculators, and one interesting backtester.
2026-09-26
Prop-firm apps climbing charts vs free tooling stacks
Why evaluation apps spike downloads — and how free stacks still win for learning.
2026-09-26
An Open-Source Backtesting Stack for $0
Data, indicators, a vectorized engine, and walk-forward discipline — the surplus parts list for testing ideas without a Bloomberg.
2026-09-26
Free Earnings Call Transcript Sources — The Complete List
Every free transcript source that actually publishes fast enough to be useful.
2026-09-25
Free Short-Interest Trackers When GME's Squeeze Chatter Is Back
GME short interest just spiked ~33M shares. Here's the free tooling to track squeezes before they move.
2026-09-25
Automating promo screens for free tools during earnings week
Refresh store screens when CCL, KMX, MU, NKE, and ACN hit the calendar.
2026-09-24
Open-Source Options Tools for Earnings Vol
IV crush calculators, GEX estimators, and backtesting libraries — all free, all auditable.
2026-09-24
Previewing indie market tools for App Review without hype frames
Screenshot and metadata hygiene for free/open-source-adjacent market utilities.
2026-09-23
Webull vs Robinhood vs Fidelity — free-tier map for tool scavengers
What you can still do for $0 on three major mobile brokers before you pay for data.
2026-09-23
Free Market Data APIs for Earnings-Season Projects
Building an earnings tracker this week? These free tiers will get you to production.
2026-09-22
Sep 29 free/finance charts: TradingView loud, Webull ~#20 — field notes
Field-manual notes on App Store finance grossing vs free tools you can actually use without a paywall.
2026-09-22
The $0 Earnings Week Toolkit
Micron Wednesday, Nike Thursday — every tool you need costs nothing.
2026-09-22
Build a Screener With $0 of Tooling
Free data + open-source charting + a spreadsheet brain. Full parts manifest inside.