StockFetcher Review: Filter Syntax, Data Delay & Pricing
StockFetcher uses a defined screening language to combine technical conditions. Its fit depends on the rules you need, data timing and result access. This assessment uses published documentation; it is not a paid-account performance test.
Evaluate the Screen, Not the Interface Age
English-like rules can express detailed conditions, but each phrase still needs a precise definition and a result check.
Documented Features
- Natural English-style filter scripting
- Community user-shared scan library
- Daily-data indicators and custom calculations
Key Drawbacks & Limitations
- Full-match access is a listed paid benefit
- StockFetcher syntax is not Pine Script syntax
- Quote updates and indicator intervals are different concepts
Access and Timing
Check These Three Boundaries
A free preview is enough to inspect an example, but it does not prove complete coverage, live data or portable strategy logic.
Preview Versus Full Results
The homepage quick example displays five rows. Paid plans advertise all matches. Verify the actual result limit in your chosen screen; the first rows are not necessarily the best trades.
Delayed Daily-Data Updates
The official plan comparison states a market-hours delay of at least 15 to 20 minutes. Updating a daily screen during a session does not turn it into a minute-bar scanner or an executable quote feed.
Data Export Is Not Code Export
Paid plans list CSV symbol exports. A downloaded result set is not an executable trading strategy. Reimplementing a rule elsewhere requires matching periods, data, missing values and operator semantics.
Comparison
StockFetcher vs. Pineify Market Screener
| Feature / Aspect | StockFetcher | Pineify Market Screener |
|---|---|---|
| Input | Documented English-like filter language with measures and operators. | Supported columns and intervals in a visual collection. |
| Data timing | Current plan table specifies market data delayed at least 15 to 20 minutes. | Visible active collection refreshes every 60 seconds; not a latency guarantee. |
| Result access | Paid Standard and Advanced include all matching results. | Up to 100 supported symbols per collection and 15 collections. |
| CSV | Standard: 200 symbols; Advanced: 1,000 symbols. | No collection-to-Pine export or external-rule import. |
| Customization | Advanced supports larger/complex filters; confirm nesting limits. | Up to 20 supported columns; no arbitrary script execution in the matrix. |
| Billing | Standard $8.95/month or $24.95/quarter; Advanced $16.95/month or $44.95/quarter. | Expert or higher for full data; current plan terms apply. |
Separate Workflow
Where a Pineify Collection Fits
A collection can compare supported technical readings for symbols selected elsewhere. It does not preserve StockFetcher conditions or turn the results into a tested strategy.
Supported Fields and Intervals
Choose available indicators across eight intervals. Different feeds, settings and unfinished bars can produce different readings.
Separate Coding Workflow
Coding Agent can help draft scripts separately. Review generated logic and validate the final script; generation is not a guarantee of correct signals or profitable results.
Verify Account Access
Full Market Screener readings require Expert or higher. Check current plan terms for included features and usage limits.
Compare Readings for a Defined Symbol Set
The active visible collection refreshes every 60 seconds. That is a polling interval, not a promise of exchange latency or identical cross-platform values.
A State and a Crossover Return Different Stocks
Suppose two hypothetical stocks have RSI values above 30 today. Stock A moves from 29 yesterday to 31 today; stock B moves from 45 to 46. Both satisfy the current-state description, but only A newly passes from below to above 30. Decide whether you want a state, a new event or an event within a lookback window before writing a filter. Test exact-threshold cases separately against the documented operator.
A developing daily reading can also move above a threshold during trading and end below it. Repeatedly refreshing that daily screen does not create a completed one-minute-bar event. Record whether the intended rule uses the latest provisional value or the completed prior session.
Change One Clause and Inspect Both Sides
Start with a narrow symbol set whose indicator values you can inspect. Add one condition, compare included and excluded symbols, and confirm the result date. Drawing an extra indicator on the chart does not by itself add it as a filter. A result list proves which conditions matched the available data; it does not measure returns, transaction costs or survivorship bias.
Monthly and Quarterly Fees Are Different
The official comparison checked October 20, 2026 lists Standard at $8.95 monthly or $24.95 quarterly, and Advanced at $16.95 monthly or $44.95 quarterly. Do not interpret $24.95 as the high end of a monthly price range. Confirm renewal and cancellation terms at checkout.
Sources: product examples, current plan comparison, screening-language manual, drawing versus filtering and historical daily-data update explanation. The older documentation explains semantics; current prices come from the current plan table. See Pineify pricing and the separate Coding Agent workflow.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is StockFetcher a free-form AI screener?
No. Its English-like phrases form a product-specific screening language. Use documented measures and operators, then inspect matching and nonmatching examples. A readable sentence is not proof that the engine interpreted every condition as intended.
What do paid StockFetcher plans provide?
The official comparison lists access to all matches and current-date results for Standard and Advanced, with delayed market data. CSV downloads allow 200 symbols on Standard and 1,000 on Advanced. Advanced also supports more complex filters.
What can be confirmed about free-result limits?
The public homepage shows five rows in its quick example, while paid plans explicitly include all matches. That preview does not establish a universal five- or ten-result limit for every unauthenticated screen. Check the result notice and current account terms.
Does an update during market hours mean one-minute indicators?
No. StockFetcher documents delayed updates to daily-data screens. A daily measure updated intraday is different from a measure calculated on one-minute bars. Check the field period and the quote timestamp separately.
Does Pineify translate StockFetcher filters automatically?
Market Screener does not import StockFetcher syntax or export a collection as Pine Script. It displays supported technical fields for selected symbols; full readings require Expert or higher. Coding Agent is a separate script-writing workflow that requires its own review and testing.
Open Pineify Market Screener
Inspect available technical fields and intervals for supported symbols. Review permissions and limits before purchasing access.