Stock News Scraper - Finviz

Get real-time stock and company news for any ticker symbol with full article text as clean markdown. Powered by Finviz data. Built for AI agents, sentiment analysis, and market research.

What is Finviz Ticker News Scraper?

This actor extracts recent stock news from Finviz for any publicly traded ticker. It returns article headlines, source domains, timestamps, and optionally the full article text converted to clean markdown.

Finviz aggregates news from Reuters, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, MarketWatch, Benzinga, and dozens more. This actor gives you structured, API-accessible data from all of them in a single run. No browser needed, no API key required.

Why scrape stock news from Finviz?

Finviz is one of the most popular financial research platforms, but it has no public API for news data. This actor solves that by delivering structured JSON with full article text, ready for AI pipelines, trading systems, or market research.

How to scrape stock news by ticker

1. Go to the Finviz Ticker News actor page
2. Enter one or more ticker symbols (e.g. TSLA, NVDA, AAPL)
3. Set how many articles and how far back you want
4. Click Start
5. Download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or access via the Apify API

Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
tickers	string	(required)	Comma-separated ticker symbols, e.g. AAPL, TSLA, MSFT
maxArticles	integer	50	Max articles per ticker. 0 = no limit
daysBack	integer	7	Articles from the last N days. 0 = all available
scrapeFullText	boolean	true	Extract full article text as markdown. false = metadata only (faster)

{
    "tickers": "TSLA, NVDA",
    "maxArticles": 30,
    "daysBack": 7,
    "scrapeFullText": true
}

Output

{
    "ticker": "TSLA",
    "title": "Tesla Surges on Record Deliveries",
    "url": "https://www.reuters.com/business/autos/tesla-record-deliveries-2025",
    "source": "reuters.com",
    "publishedAt": "2025-02-05T14:30:00Z",
    "fullTextAvailable": true,
    "text": "# Tesla Surges on Record Deliveries\n\nTesla reported record quarterly deliveries of...",
    "wordCount": 847
}

Field	Type	Description
ticker	string	Stock ticker symbol
title	string	Article headline
url	string	Original article URL
source	string	Source domain (e.g. reuters.com)
publishedAt	string	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp
fullTextAvailable	boolean	Whether full text was extracted
text	string/null	Article text as markdown, null if paywalled
wordCount	integer/null	Word count of extracted text

Use cases for stock news data

Use Case	Description	Best For
Sentiment analysis	Process full article text to extract market signals and sentiment scores	Quant traders, analysts
AI agent research	Feed real-time company news into AI agents via Apify MCP	ChatGPT, Claude, custom agents
LLM context	Inject recent news into prompts for summarization or Q&A	RAG pipelines, chatbots
Market monitoring	Track news flow across a portfolio on a daily schedule	Portfolio managers
Trading signals	Detect breaking news from article frequency and sources	Algorithmic trading
Newsletter automation	Aggregate daily stock news into automated reports	Financial content creators
Research datasets	Build historical news datasets for backtesting or ML training	Data scientists

How to scrape stock news with Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("michael_b/finviz-ticker-news").call(run_input={
    "tickers": "TSLA, NVDA, AAPL",
    "maxArticles": 20,
    "scrapeFullText": True,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"[{item['ticker']}] {item['source']} - {item['title']}")

How to scrape stock news with JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('michael_b/finviz-ticker-news').call({
    tickers: 'TSLA, NVDA, AAPL',
    maxArticles: 20,
    scrapeFullText: true,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach(item => console.log(`[${item.ticker}] ${item.source} - ${item.title}`));

How much does it cost to scrape stock news?

This actor uses raw HTTP requests with no browser, keeping costs minimal. Recommended memory: 512 MB. Pricing: $0.001 per article plus a minimal actor start fee. Full text extraction doesn't cost extra.

Scenario	Articles	Time	Cost
1 ticker, metadata only	100	~5s	~$0.10
1 ticker, full text	100	~30s	~$0.10
5 tickers, full text	500	~2 min	~$0.50
10 tickers, full text	1,000	~3 min	~$1.00

Automate with Apify platform

• Schedule runs daily, hourly, or at market open/close
• Access results via API for integration into trading systems
• Connect to Make, n8n, or Zapier for no-code workflows
• Use with AI agents through Apify's MCP server (Claude, ChatGPT, custom agents)
• Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or stream to your database

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape news from Finviz? This actor only extracts publicly available headlines and visits original article URLs for publicly available content. No private data is accessed or authentication bypassed.

How often is the data updated? Live data from Finviz on every run. Schedule as frequently as you need.

Which news sources does Finviz aggregate? Reuters, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, MarketWatch, Benzinga, Investor's Business Daily, The Motley Fool, and many more.

Can I use this with ChatGPT, Claude, or other AI agents? Yes. Fully compatible with Apify's MCP server. The markdown output is designed for LLM consumption.

What happens with paywalled articles (WSJ, Bloomberg, FT)? Headline and metadata are still returned, but text will be null. You get the title, source, URL, and date regardless.

How many articles are available per ticker? Finviz stores up to 100 recent articles per ticker. Use daysBack: 0 to get all available.

Can I scrape multiple tickers at once? Yes. Enter comma-separated tickers like AAPL, TSLA, MSFT, NVDA and the actor processes all of them in a single run.

Support

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