Watchlist on the Dashboard: A Live Grid of What You Actually Follow

Watchlists Aren't Static

A watchlist that never changes is basically a personal ETF. The useful version of a watchlist is narrow (8-20 names), actively managed (names that stop being interesting get removed), and augmented with per-name context (not just price — signals, sentiment state, and alert status). That way a 30-second scan tells you whether *any* of the names you actually care about need attention today.

What the Watchlist Card Shows

The Watchlist card on the dashboard displays each of your tracked tickers as a row with: current price and intraday % change, 5-day momentum Z-score, composite sentiment score (news + options + social rolled up), active signal state (if any of your Trade Alerts or Price Alerts are triggered), and a conviction score (from the Conviction Gauge). Rows with at least one attention flag are pinned to the top; stale rows (no flags, low score changes) sink to the bottom.

Using It Without Bloat

Three rules keep a watchlist working. First, cap the count — if you have 80 names, you don't really follow any of them; a 12-name watchlist reviewed daily beats an 80-name one reviewed weekly. Second, prune on inactivity — if a name hasn't triggered a signal, appeared on movers, or changed conviction in 6 weeks, it's probably not in your active thesis anymore. Third, separate watchlist from portfolio — holdings have built-in attention because you own them; the watchlist is for the next-up candidates, not a graveyard of past ideas.

Where It Fits

The watchlist pairs with Prediction Heatmap, Movers, and Recent Alerts for a complete dashboard-level view. Drill into a single name from here and you land directly on that ticker's full chart, sentiment, or fundamentals stack.

Open the Watchlist card → /app