TradingView Heatmap: Stocks, Crypto & ETFs Guide

A guide to TradingView heatmaps: the stock, ETF and crypto heatmaps, how to open them, what each tile’s size and colour mean, and the settings worth knowing.

TradingView heatmaps

A heatmap shows a whole market at a glance: each tile is a stock, ETF or coin, its size shows how big it is, and its colour shows how it’s moving. TradingView has three heatmaps that work the same way:

Heatmap	Grouped by	Data sets
Stock heatmap	Sector	An index (such as the S&P 500) or a whole country’s market
ETF heatmap	Asset class	ETFs by country
Crypto coins heatmap	No grouping	All coins, excluding Bitcoin, excluding stablecoins, or DeFi

Heatmap

Grouped by

Data sets

Stock heatmap

Sector

An index (such as the S&P 500) or a whole country’s market

ETF heatmap

Asset class

ETFs by country

Crypto coins heatmap

No grouping

All coins, excluding Bitcoin, excluding stablecoins, or DeFi

How to open a heatmap

Open Products in the top menu, choose Screeners, then Heatmaps, and pick Stocks, ETFs or Crypto.

Open the stock heatmap on TradingView.

Open heatmap →

What size and colour mean

Size by: the bigger the value, the bigger the tile. Stocks can be sized by market cap, volume, turnover or equal size (“Mono size”); ETFs by assets under management, volume or turnover; crypto by market cap, fully diluted market cap or volume.
Colour by: by default the daily change in % (24-hour change for crypto): green rising, red falling, grey roughly flat. You can switch to performance over 1 week, 1, 3 or 6 months, year to date or 1 year, or to metrics such as relative volume, volatility, gap or pre-/post-market change for stocks.
Legend: colour ranges are set automatically from the current data. Click a band in the legend to hide tiles in that range.

Useful settings

Zoom into a sector: click a group, such as Technology, to see only its stocks.
View modes: classic or equal-size tiles, with or without grouping.
Display: show logos, the ticker or the name, and the price, volume or performance on each tile. Colour schemes include Classic, Color Blind and Monochrome.
Share: the camera icon downloads an image, copies a link or shares it.

TradingView says heatmaps update automatically every minute. Without a real-time data subscription, stock quotes can be delayed by about 15 minutes.

Tips

Use the stock heatmap with Pre-market change before the open to see what’s moving. Check the time on our stock market hours clock.
Turn interesting tiles into a list: the screener and Watchlist Builder help.
Colour-blind? Switch the scheme to Color Blind, and see our chart colour themes.

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FAQ

Where is the heatmap on TradingView?

Open Products, choose Screeners, then Heatmaps, and pick Stocks, ETFs or Crypto.

What does the size of a tile mean on a TradingView heatmap?

It shows the value of the metric you choose under Size by, such as market cap or volume. Bigger value, bigger tile.

What do the colours mean?

By default, the daily percentage change: green for rising, red for falling and grey for roughly unchanged. You can colour by other metrics such as performance or volatility.

Is there a crypto heatmap on TradingView?

Yes. The Crypto Coins heatmap can show all coins, or exclude Bitcoin or stablecoins, or show only DeFi coins.

How often does the TradingView heatmap update?

TradingView says heatmaps update automatically every minute. Stock data can be delayed by about 15 minutes without a real-time data subscription.

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