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Working with Watchlists

Watchlists allow you to create custom groups of tickers to monitor, analyze, and filter — all dynamically. You can access them from anywhere in the platform by clicking the Watchlist Sidebar icon in the top right corner.

Creating a New Watchlist​

There are multiple ways to create a new watchlist:

  1. Open the Watchlist Sidebar, click the dropdown, and select Create New Watchlist
  2. Go to Watchlist Configuration > Manage Watchlists > Create New
  3. Right-click on any symbol and choose Create New Watchlist from the dropdown

Once created, your new list will appear in the sidebar and can be edited anytime.

Adding Tickers​

You can add tickers to any active watchlist from multiple places:

  • Directly in the Watchlist Sidebar using the "Add tickers..." input
  • Paste multiple tickers separated by commas (e.g. AAPL, MSFT, NVDA)
  • From the Ticker Screener:
    • Right-click on a row and choose Add to Watchlist
    • Or select multiple tickers using checkboxes and click the Add to Watchlist button on the top right
  • From Ticker Viewer, Main Charts, or Sidebar Charts via the "Add to Watchlist" button on top right
  • From Multi Charts via the top-left add icon in every chart

Important: You must have only one watchlist actively selected before adding symbols.

Combining Multiple Watchlists​

In the Watchlist Sidebar, click Manage Watchlists and check off multiple lists to merge them into one active view. If a symbol appears in more than one list, it will only show once.

Watchlist Layout & Columns​

You can display up to four columns per watchlist, including:

  • Ticker symbol column (always shown)
  • Up to 3 customizable metrics of your choice

To change which columns are shown:

  1. Click Watchlist Configuration > Columns Configuration
  2. Or right-click on a symbol and choose Column Configuration

All metrics available in the Ticker Screener can be added to watchlists, with tooltips shown on hover.

Rearranging Columns​

  • Drag columns directly in the watchlist table to reorder them

Analyzing Your Watchlist​

To open a symbol in more detail, right-click any row in the watchlist:

  • Open Chart: Launch the chart for that symbol
  • Open Ticker Viewer: View full details, metrics, and context in one place
  • Open in Multi-Charts: Load the full watchlist — or multiple watchlists — into a Multi-Charts grid to review all symbols at once

You can use the arrow keys to quickly scroll through tickers in your active watchlist. While doing so, MarketAlpha automatically updates:

  • Main Charts
  • Ticker Viewer

This makes it easy to analyze each ticker one-by-one, using a unified layout.

Summary​

Watchlists are your personal way to track symbols that matter. Use them to manage trade ideas, build research lists, or filter results — and access them instantly from every part of the platform.