Job
Flow scannersWatch the tape. Find a trade now.
PinpointRead what institutions did today. Decide overnight.
For people who already have a flow scanner
You already have the tape. You still have to read it.
Unusual Whales and Cheddar Flow stream the market. Pinpoint is the after-close layer: a 10-minute evening brief + supporting dashboards across your watchlist. Not a live scanner.
No card. 3×/week briefs plus limited dashboards on NVDA, TSLA, AAPL, MSFT + 1 you pick.
If you need prints as they happen, keep your scanner. This is what mattered today, sorted for overnight decisions.
Contrast
Different job. Don't buy this as a cheaper Unusual Whales.
| Flow scanners | Pinpoint | |
|---|---|---|
| Job | Watch the tape. Find a trade now. | Read what institutions did today. Decide overnight. |
| Coverage | Full market (UW: 11,000+ tickers) | Watchlist deep dives (paid up to 15) + full macro read |
| Speed | Real-time | Inbox by 6 PM ET, plus session checkpoints |
| Surfaces | Live feed, alerts, filters | Evening brief + supporting dashboards (Signal Lab, Lookback, Rotation, Trade Tracking, Flow Radar, Level Map, Intraday) |
| Who filters | You | The pipeline, then plain English |
| Who it's for | Active tape-watchers | Swing traders, 3 days to 3 months |
| Proof | Community, alerts, live flow | Sunday Weekly Lookback. We grade hits and misses. |
| Price | UW ~$50-$120/mo · Cheddar ~$75-$85/mo | $39/mo, or annual minus 25% |
Coverage
Flow scannersFull market (UW: 11,000+ tickers)
PinpointWatchlist deep dives (paid up to 15) + full macro read
Speed
Flow scannersReal-time
PinpointInbox by 6 PM ET, plus session checkpoints
Surfaces
Flow scannersLive feed, alerts, filters
PinpointEvening brief + supporting dashboards (Signal Lab, Lookback, Rotation, Trade Tracking, Flow Radar, Level Map, Intraday)
Who filters
Flow scannersYou
PinpointThe pipeline, then plain English
Who it's for
Flow scannersActive tape-watchers
PinpointSwing traders, 3 days to 3 months
Proof
Flow scannersCommunity, alerts, live flow
PinpointSunday Weekly Lookback. We grade hits and misses.
Price
Flow scannersUW ~$50-$120/mo · Cheddar ~$75-$85/mo
Pinpoint$39/mo, or annual minus 25%
Prices are public competitor rates as of Sep 2026 and will move. Don't weaponize "cheaper."
Who this is for
Built for the hold, not the scalp.
Yes
Swing traders sitting 3 days to 3 months. People who already watch flow and still want someone to sort it. Holders who want a regime read and anomaly alerts on names they own.
No
Tick-by-tick scalpers. Anyone who needs a streaming tape as the product. Anyone who wants an AI to tell them what to buy.
How it works
We filter. Then we write. Then you get the dashboards.
- 01
Ingest institutional-sized prints and structure.
- 02
Score in code (not "ask the model what matters").
- 03
Evening brief in plain English on your watchlist.
- 04
Supporting dashboards for the evidence (not a second live tape).
They explain the tape. We filter in code, then write English on the names you chose, after the close. Different job.
The research says more data makes you confident, not accurate. That's why paid deep dives cap at 15.Proof
We keep score in public.
- FormatUnder 10 minutes. One trigger, one invalidation, per name.
- Readership~50% unique open on digests (proof the format gets read).
- IntegritySunday Weekly Lookback grades last week, including misses.
- SampleTour a sample week →Evidence from a real week. Not a live tape.
Offer
Try the format before you pay for 15 names.
Free
3×/week briefs plus limited dashboards. NVDA, TSLA, AAPL, MSFT + 1. No card.
Paid
Daily briefs, up to 15 tickers, full dashboards, Sunday Lookback. $39/mo.
FAQ
Short answers
to reasonable questions.
Only if you want a brief + dashboards instead of a tape. If you want live flow, stay where you are. Many people keep a scanner and add Pinpoint for the after-close read.
They explain the tape. We filter in code, then write English on your watchlist after the close. Different job.
Because it is not a full-tape terminal. You pay for a filtered thesis on your watchlist, not 11,000 tickers of real-time data.
Intraday is session checkpoints, not a live print feed. If you need the tape as it hits, keep your scanner. Pinpoint tracks some same-day expiry context inside those checkpoints; it is not built as a 0DTE terminal.
No. We describe positioning. We do not tell you what to trade.
Keep the scanner. Stop ending the day with an unsorted tape.
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