Build a personal stock watchlist in TickerCanvas

Begin with the right set of companies

A useful visual watchlist starts with a question, not a wall of every available number. In TickerCanvas, choose the supported index containing the companies you want to follow. Then open Customize and use the universe controls to choose tickers or a preset. Your selection becomes the set of tiles used by the layout.

Custom selection works within the selected supported index. It does not subscribe to arbitrary stocks outside S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100. This boundary is deliberate: the service shares one controlled data collection instead of making an unbudgeted provider request whenever someone enters a new symbol.

Separate your watchlist from the sizing rule

Choosing companies and sizing their tiles are independent operations. You can watch the same set of companies by market-cap reference, equal area or absolute percentage movement. Equal area is useful when you want each selected company to remain easy to find. Movement sizing is useful when your question is which name moved most within that list.

Color continues to show positive or negative change. A company with a missing comparable change stays identifiable; it is not silently treated as a measured flat session. Open the company card when you need its session and available data details.

Focus, then get back to the whole index

Select a tile and choose Focus on this company to inspect a single name. The prominent Reset filters button returns the view to all companies in the currently selected index. It clears a ticker focus, sector restrictions, search and the Top N limit together.

Reset filters preserves the index, color palette, theme and sizing method. Restore defaults in Customize is a broader action that also resets your design choices. Use the smaller reset when you simply want to escape a narrow view.

Give the view a recognizable name

Save a watchlist with a name that describes its purpose, such as Nasdaq large movers or S&P healthcare check. Saved views are stored on that device in this beta. Export settings to keep a portable copy or move the selection to another screen. A shared view link contains your selected tickers, so treat it as something you intentionally share rather than a private account feature.