Your First Watchlist
Search for instruments, build a watchlist, and view live quotes.
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A watchlist is a named list of instruments you actively follow. Worldview uses your watchlist to scope the morning brief, surface movers on the dashboard, and pre-populate alert suggestions.
Create a watchlist
Navigate to Portfolio → Watchlists
Click the briefcase icon in the navigation rail and select the Watchlists tab. Or press
GthenPto jump to Portfolio, then click Watchlists.Click + New watchlist
Enter a name — keep it descriptive (e.g. "Mag-7", "High-conviction shorts", "Dividend core").
Search for an instrument
Type a ticker or company name in the search box at the top of the watchlist panel. Results appear as you type, covering equities, ETFs, and indices.
Add the instrument
Click the + button next to any result, or press Enter to add the top match. The instrument appears in your watchlist immediately.
Global search shortcut
Press ⌘K from anywhere in the app to open the global command palette. Type a ticker there and select Add to watchlist to skip the Watchlists tab entirely.
View quotes
Once instruments are in your watchlist:
- Dashboard movers widget — shows your watchlist sorted by absolute % daily move
- Watchlist panel — displays last price, day change ($ and %), bid/ask spread
- Price coloring — green for positive, red for negative, using the 7-step HeatCell scale
Quotes are sourced from EODHD intraday data and update every minute during market hours.
Manage your watchlist
- Reorder — drag and drop instruments to your preferred order
- Remove — hover an instrument and click the trash icon, or select multiple and use bulk-remove
- Rename — click the watchlist name to edit it inline
- Switch watchlists — use the dropdown at the top of the Watchlists tab
Watchlist limits
The free tier supports 1 watchlist with up to 25 instruments. Pro allows unlimited watchlists and up to 200 instruments each. Enterprise is unrestricted.
Watchlist as research scope
When you ask the AI assistant a broad question like "What's driving my portfolio today?", it uses your active watchlist as the universe of instruments to scan. Setting up a focused watchlist makes the AI brief significantly more relevant.
Similarly, alert rules can target "any instrument in my watchlist" rather than specifying each ticker — useful for portfolio-wide monitoring.
Next steps
- Dashboard overview — how watchlist data surfaces in the daily brief and movers widget
- Alerts — set a price or news alert for your watchlist instruments
- Screener — find new instruments to add based on fundamentals and technicals
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