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DISPATCH2026-09-22

Build a Screener With $0 of Tooling

Not financial advice. Verify claims independently.

Free data + open-source charting + a spreadsheet brain. Full parts manifest inside.

You do not need a Bloomberg to screen. Below is a surplus parts manifest that costs $0 and still produces a usable daily shortlist.

Parts manifest

  1. Data — Polygon free or FMP free for fundamentals; EDGAR for filings.
  2. Indicators — pandas-ta or TA-Lib (BSD/MIT).
  3. Charts — TradingView free layouts, or a local Plotly notebook.
  4. Brain — a Google Sheet / LibreOffice sheet with named ranges for thresholds.
  5. Rehearsal — Stock Picks paper account for the names that pass.

Assembly

Pull EOD closes into a DataFrame. Compute RSI, SMA-50/200, and average dollar volume. Flag names where RSI < 30, price > SMA-200, and ADV > $5M. Dump the CSV into the sheet. Review before the open. Paper-trade the top three.

Why paper first

Screener output is a hypothesis, not a signal. Size it like it can go to zero. Practice exits until they are automatic — then decide if real capital belongs in the kit.

SURPLUS ISSUE

Put it into practice

Rehearse this strategy risk-free on Stock Picks — the reference free paper-trading tool listed in the Mkts/Apps field manual.

Open Stock Picks →