Guide
Does Robinhood Have a Stock Scanner? (Momentum Scan Is the Free Alternative)
Short answer: no. Robinhood does not have a real stock scanner. It has curated Lists — "100 Most Popular", "Top Movers", "Upcoming Earnings" — and a search bar. That's it. No custom filters for relative volume, gap %, float, or pre-market activity. If you want to trade momentum on Robinhood, you need Momentum Scan alongside it.
What Robinhood actually gives you
- Lists — curated buckets like Top Movers, 100 Most Popular, Upcoming Earnings. Read-only. You can't filter or sort them.
- Search + basic ticker page with a chart, news, and analyst ratings.
- No custom screener. No relative-volume filter. No pre-market scanner. No float or share-count filter. No saved scans.
- Robinhood Gold ($5/mo) adds Morningstar research and Level II quotes — still no scanner.
Why Momentum Scan is the scanner Robinhood is missing
Momentum Scan is built for exactly the setup Robinhood traders face: a small account, a mobile-first broker, and the need for a clean morning list of runners. It ranks stocks by relative volume, respects the max share price you set, and surfaces the catalysts behind the move — so you can find the ticker in Momentum Scan and execute the trade in Robinhood.
Momentum Scan
Free scanner for Robinhood momentum traders
- Hard max-price filter — no wasted results on $400 stocks
- Relative volume ranking built in
- Runs the morning scan for you — no filter setup
- Free tier with no credit card required
60-second setup: Robinhood + Momentum Scan
- Open Momentum Scan and set your max share price to whatever your account can afford in decent size ($10, $20, $50).
- Sort by relative volume. Anything above 5× is unusual activity worth a second look.
- Pick 1–2 tickers with a clean chart and a real catalyst in the reasons badge.
- Open those tickers in Robinhood, size the trade to a fixed dollar risk (not a fixed share count), and set your stop before you enter.
Frequently asked
Does Robinhood have a pre-market scanner?
No. You can see pre-market quotes on an individual ticker, but there is no list of pre-market gappers. Use Momentum Scan's morning scan and trade the results inside Robinhood.
Does Robinhood Gold add a scanner?
No. Gold adds Morningstar research, Level II market data, and higher instant deposits. It does not add a screener or custom filters.
What scanner should Robinhood traders use?
Momentum Scan. It's tuned for small-account momentum, runs the morning scan automatically, and has a free tier — so you can pair it with Robinhood without adding another monthly subscription.
Free — no card
Momentum Scan runs the morning scan for you every trading day. Find the runners in Momentum Scan, trade them in Robinhood.
Open the scannerNot investment advice. Robinhood and its features are trademarks of Robinhood Markets, Inc. Momentum Scan is not affiliated with Robinhood. Feature details reflect publicly available information at time of writing.