Scanz / EquityFeed Review. Is Scanz Worth the Money?

With their slogan “Find It, Trade It, Profit,” Scanz is considered a solid tool for Day Traders. However, with the advent of TradingView, the largest trading community platform Scanz has fierce competition.

Pricing & Software: 3/5

Scanz specializes in providing real-time data and news fast directly to your screen.  Scanz has a high price point of $149 for the full news and scanning package, but you do get a lot for your money, as we will explore later in this review.

Data speeds are excellent, and it has excellent U.S. data coverage including extensive Over The Counter markets (OTC: BB, OTCQX, OTCQB, OTCPINK, GREY)

Trade Management: 4/5

Scanz has introduced the “Chart Montage” functionality, which enables an ultrapowerful way of trading off the charts.

This single window contains a wealth of critical trading information, including real-time streaming news, level 2 data, including time and sales.  Also, Scanz is the only software to offer Dollar Volume data.

The Scanz Team has a fantastic set of integrations to your broker to enable this, which includes TD Ameritrade and Interactive Brokers, two of the powerhouses of the brokerage world.

Fundamental Scanning & Screening: 4/5

Scanz contains many fundamental screens.  But what is the key for days traders?  The ability to scan entire markets for liquidity and volume patterns to find volatility you can trade for a profit.  This makes the Scanz unique offering.

News: 4.5/5

A top placing and definitely worth mentioning this year is the deal news section in Scanz.

I really like the simple implementation, you can get the low down on contracts and deals struck between companies.  This can give you an edge if you can quantify the impact of the deal on the companies bottom line.

Scanz also has a strong focus on the news, but it is let down by having no social integration.

Technical Analysis: 3/5

In third place in this round, Scanz/EquityFeed does not offer as many chart patterns or chart indicators as it’s competitors, but it does not have to.  Most people will only use 5% of the indicators available, and fortunately, Scanz covers all the important ones.  The power here is in the technical analysis screening, which is very fast, seamless, and flexible.

Stock Systems & Backtesting: 2/5

Scanz is not designed for extensive backtesting, but it is designed to help you streamline your day trading system.  Plenty of off the shelf technical and liquidity scans greet you on opening the program.  The great thing is they all operate in real-time, so they continue to update.

Ease of Use: 4/5

In the development process, Scanz has opted to keep everything on the surface super simple and intuitive to use.  However, don’t be fooled by the power underlying the streamlined interface, which in a few clicks, you will be viewing Level II liquidity data and buying directly from the charts.

I have been extremely impressed with the progress Scanz is making in its product and carving out its day trader niche.

With great ease of use, an excellent way of managing real-time news, and extremely powerful scanning, Scanz is highly recommended.  As to this, the excellent broker integration options, and you have a good package.

Scanz Review Summary

While Scanz is a solid product offering, it is somewhat limited in its scope, and for the premium price point, one simply expects more.

If you are looking for software that is able to scan the entire U.S. and Canadian stock markets in real-time, then I would strongly recommend TC2000, our review winning software.

If you are looking for the best technical analysis software with backtesting, real-time news, and forecasting, then I suggest MetaStock + Refinitiv.

Alternatively, if you are looking for the best real-time news service, you should investigate Benzinga Pro.

Finally, if you what a great mix of screening, charting, and a strong social trading community, then TradingView is something you should check out.

Vendor
Pricing & Software
Monthly End of Day	N/A
Monthly Real Time	$135 -
	$250
Software Only Fee
Customizable Data Feeds
Customer Service & Education	Email Only
PC	✔
For MAC	✔
Tablets Smartpones
Market Data Coverage	U.S.A. inc OTC
Data Speed	Excellent
Stocks	✔
ETF	✔
Mutual Funds
Options
Futures
Forex
Bonds	✔
Pricing & Software Score	9
Trade Management
Broker Integration Stocks	✔
Broker Integration Options	✔
Place Trades from Charts	✔
Live Position P&L	✔
P&L Analysis	✔
Trade Management Score	10
Fundamental Scanning & Screening
Real Time Scanning & Filtering	✔
Fundamentals Scanning	✔
Watch Lists with Fundamentals	✔
Extended Economics Fundamentals (New)
Fundamental Screening Score	9
Technical Analysis & Charts
Multiple Charts Per Desktop	✔
Bar Line HLC Candlestick	✔
Point & Figure
Equivolume
Indicators
Bollinger Bands	✔
Directional Movement
Ichimoku Cloud
MACD	✔
Momentum	✔
Money Flow
Moving Averages	✔
Parabolic SAR
Rate of Change
Relative Strength / RSI	✔
Stochastics	✔
Volume at Price
Custom Indicator Development
Volume	✔
Darvas Box
Elliot Wave
Total Number of Indicators	11
Drawing Tools
Fibonacci Retracement	✔
Fibonacci Time
Fibonacci Fan
Trend Lines	✔
Text Overlay
Automated Alerts	✔
Technical Analysis Score	8
News & Social
News Feed	✔
Real-Time News Feed	✔
Economics & Deal News	Deal News
Market Commentary
Community Chat
News Score	9
Systems & Back-testing
System Marketplace
Create Customizable Systems
Back Testing Point & Click
Back Testing Programmatic
Forecasting (new)
Robotic Trading (new)
Systems & Back-testing Score	4
Setup & Usability
SW Setup	9
Ease of Use Score	9
Total Points	18

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