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Getting Started

This is your quick guide to navigating MarketAlpha. Whether you’re screening stocks, exploring the charts, or customizing your workspace, each section below introduces a core area of the platform — with simple, focused walkthroughs to help you begin immediately.

Screener Usage​

Master the two core screeners that power your real-time insights:

  • Use the Ticker Screener to find setups across thousands of active stocks
  • Explore themes and industries with the Group Screener
  • Apply filters with flexible logic, presets, and saved views
  • Toggle between Compact and Full Mode depending on your workflow
  • Control how results are shown with Screener Toolbar and Sorting Options
  • Understand Alpha Ratings, AI Strategy, and Risk/Reward metrics

→ Learn Screener Features

Custom Profiles​

Profiles let you save complete screener layouts so you can switch workflows instantly:

  • Load prebuilt profiles for common scans
  • Save your own filters, columns, search input, and sorting
  • Duplicate and iterate without losing your base setup
  • Share profiles with a link when you want to share a scan

→ Go to Custom Profiles

Alpha Charts​

Visualize setups with clarity using chart overlays and multi-symbol views:

  • Learn how automated charting is used across the platform
  • Toggle indicators, overlays, and strategies from the Alpha Chart Toolbar
  • Load multiple tickers side-by-side using Multi-Charts, and sort by key metrics
  • Review screener results with Sidebar Charts

→ Go to Alpha Charts

Viewers and News​

Dive deeper into any symbol, group, or theme:

  • Open full breakdowns of any symbol in the Ticker Viewer
  • Explore top-performing or lagging industries in the Group Viewer
  • Use the Data Viewer to explore key metrics behind any symbol
  • Apply Top-Down Analysis to find high-conviction setups from group-level trends
  • Use the News Sidebar to check recent headlines and information

→ Explore Viewers & News

Quickly find anything — symbols, industries, or strategies:

  • Use Universal Search to locate any ticker, group, or saved profile
  • Instantly open results in the Ticker Viewer or Group Viewer
  • Choose between Filter-Based or Symbol-Based search styles depending on context
  • Send any result directly to the Ticker Screener with one click

→ Learn How Search Works

Smart Watchlists​

Watchlists help you track the same names with your own layout and logic:

  • Build watchlists for tickers you follow repeatedly
  • Use watchlists as filters inside the screener
  • Maintain custom columns and sorting per watchlist workflow
  • Review watchlist names quickly in Multi-Charts

→ Go to Smart Watchlists

Price Action Tools​

Scan for moves that matter using MarketAlpha’s structure-aware price action signals:

  • Gap tools for price breaking resistance/support, prior highs/lows, and Screw Gaps
  • Change tools that flag breaks of prior highs/lows and resistance/support
  • Scan for patterns, candlesticks, and use Universal Pattern Detection

→ Go to Gaps & Price Action Tools

Earnings Analysis​

Uncover growth momentum using MarketAlpha’s earnings features:

  • Monitor upcoming or recent reports in the Earnings Tables
  • Understand Acceleration patterns in both historical and forecasted earnings
  • Analyze surprise trends, consistency, and year-over-year momentum
  • Apply earnings filters inside screener profiles to track reactions and setups

→ Explore Earnings Features

AI Strategy Overrides​

One-direction strategy modes and No-AI workflows:

  • Long-only or Short-only strategy metrics in screeners and charts
  • No-AI Mode to hide the AI strategy layer and use a classic layout

→ Go to AI Strategy Overrides

Speed Tips & Navigation​

Move faster with smart shortcuts and interface tips:

  • Use the keyboard to boost your speed across screening and navigation
  • Apply lesser-known Interface Tips to improve your workflow

→ Speed Up Your Workflow

Platform Settings​

Start by customizing your workspace and how data flows into it:

  • Set your Time Zone to track in local time
  • Switch between Light and Dark Mode to match your viewing preference
  • Understand how Market Sessions impact screeners and profiles
  • Review Update Frequency settings and learn how to manually refresh

→ Go to Platform Settings

Account Management​

Quickly access and manage your personal settings:

  • Sign in to your account or reset your password at platform.marketalpha.ai
  • Open Account Settings from the bottom-left corner to update your name, email, password, or username
  • Manage your subscription or billing details via our Billing Portal
  • Delete your account permanently or sign out securely from the same settings panel

→ Account Management

Whether you're building profiles, tracking earnings, or running multi-chart analysis, MarketAlpha is built to move with you — fast, flexible, and ready for any strategy.