Watchlists

Group tickers into named lists to scope scans, alerts, and Focus mode analyses to a specific universe.

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A watchlist is a named group of tickers. Scope a Radar scan to a watchlist and the scanner only walks those names. Scope an alert to a watchlist and the alert only fires on changes within that universe. Watchlists are how you keep Tradient’s “everything” default from flooding you.

Creating a watchlist

Open Watchlists from the sidebar and click “New watchlist.” Give it a name (e.g., “Liquid ETFs”), optionally a description, and add tickers one at a time or paste a comma-separated list.

Sensible default watchlists

Liquid ETFs — SPY, QQQ, IWM, DIA, EFA, EEM, GLD, SLV, TLT. The cleanest premium-selling universe on the planet.
Mega-cap tech — AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN, META, NVDA, TSLA. High options volume, broad analyst coverage, lots of strikes.
Names I’d own at the right price— stocks you’d be happy to acquire via cash-secured puts. Tailored to you.
Earnings season — a rotating list of names reporting in the next two weeks. Refresh weekly.

Using watchlists in scans

On any Radar scan, the universe selector defaults to “Tradient default universe” (the broad list of ~500 liquid optionable names). Switch it to a watchlist and the scanner only walks those tickers. Two practical effects:

Faster scans — fewer tickers means shorter walk times. A 10-ticker scan completes in milliseconds.
Tighter results— you only see setups on names you actually want to trade. No more scrolling past random tickers you’ve never heard of.

Using watchlists in alerts

When you save a scan that’s scoped to a watchlist, the watchlist scope is part of the saved scan. Any alert on that saved scan inherits the same scope. So:

Create a “CSP candidates” watchlist with names you’d own.
Run a CSP scan against that watchlist.
Save the scan.
Add a daily alert with “new results” threshold.
You now get a daily email when one of your wishlist names becomes tradeable.

This is the closest thing Tradient has to a personalized “buy alert.”

Editing and reordering

Watchlists are mutable. Add or remove tickers at any time; existing scans pick up the change on the next run. There’s no migration step. You can also reorder tickers within a watchlist for display purposes — order doesn’t affect scan results.

Tip

Don’t make giant watchlists. The whole point is scoping. A 200-ticker watchlist is barely different from the default universe. Aim for 10-30 names per list and create separate lists for separate strategies.

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