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Sunday, October 19, 2025

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CEO Watcher vs ChartMill comparison

Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.

Quick takeaways

CEO Watcher adds Newsletters, and Regulatory Filings Monitoring coverage that ChartMill skips.

ChartMill includes Screeners, Stock Ideas, Watchlist, Calendar, Data Visualizations, Financials, Analyst Recommendations, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Forecasts, and Position Sizing categories that CEO Watcher omits.

CEO Watcher highlights: Calculates each insider’s historical forward returns after their trades to rank signal quality., Daily pre‑market email with top insider buys/sells (proprietary ranking), largest buys/sells, and companies with most insider activity., and Running feed of high‑signal insider trades; real‑time notifications for new filings via Discord for paying users..

ChartMill is known for: Technical and fundamental screener for stocks and ETFs, with interactive charts, ratings, watchlists, and trading ideas., Pre-market and after-hours movers screener for U.S. markets (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX)., and Ability to create custom expressions and filters in the screener for advanced screening logic..

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CEO Watcher

ceowatcher.com

US‑insider trade discovery & ranking tool. CEO Watcher calculates historical forward returns after insiders’ trades (e.g., 1m/3m/6m/1y) and uses this to rank which insiders are worth following. Premium offers a pre‑market daily email of top buys/sells, largest trades, and unusual activity; a 30‑day free trial is advertised. Real‑time notifications are available via the community/Discord channel for paying users. No public API is documented.

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Free
Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Calculates each insider’s historical forward returns after their trades to rank signal quality.
  • Daily pre‑market email with top insider buys/sells (proprietary ranking), largest buys/sells, and companies with most insider activity.
  • Running feed of high‑signal insider trades; real‑time notifications for new filings via Discord for paying users.
  • Focus on U.S. SEC Form 4 activity; supports case‑study write‑ups and pattern archetypes (e.g., momentum buys).
  • 30‑day free Premium trial (no credit card) frequently promoted.

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ChartMill

chartmill.com

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A web-based research suite combining stock/ETF screeners, charts, ratings, watchlists, and trading ideas. ChartMill supports server-side email alerts, custom screeners with advanced filters, and both technical and fundamental data. Analyst estimates and some premium data require a paid subscription. U.S. pre-market and after-hours coverage includes NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX.

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Free
Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Technical and fundamental screener for stocks and ETFs, with interactive charts, ratings, watchlists, and trading ideas.
  • Pre-market and after-hours movers screener for U.S. markets (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX).
  • Ability to create custom expressions and filters in the screener for advanced screening logic.
  • Historical screener mode allows users to run any screen as of a past date.
  • Server-side email alerts for price moves, setups, earnings, news, insider activity, fundamentals, analyst ratings, and saved screens (alerts are delayed, not real-time).

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Overlap

Shared focus areas

4 overlaps

Mutual strengths include Insider Data, Alerts, and News plus 1 more area.

Where they differ

CEO Watcher

Distinct strengths include:

Newsletters
Regulatory Filings Monitoring
  • Calculates each insider’s historical forward returns after their trades to rank signal quality.
  • Daily pre‑market email with top insider buys/sells (proprietary ranking), largest buys/sells, and companies with most insider activity.
  • Running feed of high‑signal insider trades; real‑time notifications for new filings via Discord for paying users.
  • Focus on U.S. SEC Form 4 activity; supports case‑study write‑ups and pattern archetypes (e.g., momentum buys).

ChartMill

Distinct strengths include:

Screeners
Stock Ideas
Watchlist
Calendar
Data Visualizations
Financials
Analyst Recommendations
Analyst Price Targets
  • Technical and fundamental screener for stocks and ETFs, with interactive charts, ratings, watchlists, and trading ideas.
  • Pre-market and after-hours movers screener for U.S. markets (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX).
  • Ability to create custom expressions and filters in the screener for advanced screening logic.
  • Historical screener mode allows users to run any screen as of a past date.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeCEO WatcherChartMill
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Insider Data, Alerts, News, Scores

Unique: Newsletters, Regulatory Filings Monitoring

Shared: Insider Data, Alerts, News, Scores

Unique: Screeners, Stock Ideas, Watchlist, Calendar, Data Visualizations, Financials, Analyst Recommendations, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Forecasts, Position Sizing

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks

Stocks, ETFs

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web

Web

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free, Subscription

Free, Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Calculates each insider’s historical forward returns after their trades to rank signal quality.
  • Daily pre‑market email with top insider buys/sells (proprietary ranking), largest buys/sells, and companies with most insider activity.
  • Running feed of high‑signal insider trades; real‑time notifications for new filings via Discord for paying users.
  • Focus on U.S. SEC Form 4 activity; supports case‑study write‑ups and pattern archetypes (e.g., momentum buys).
  • 30‑day free Premium trial (no credit card) frequently promoted.

Unique

  • Technical and fundamental screener for stocks and ETFs, with interactive charts, ratings, watchlists, and trading ideas.
  • Pre-market and after-hours movers screener for U.S. markets (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX).
  • Ability to create custom expressions and filters in the screener for advanced screening logic.
  • Historical screener mode allows users to run any screen as of a past date.
  • Server-side email alerts for price moves, setups, earnings, news, insider activity, fundamentals, analyst ratings, and saved screens (alerts are delayed, not real-time).
  • Interactive stock charts with multiple indicators (RSI, MACD, etc.), saved chart configurations, and multi-symbol view.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do CEO Watcher and ChartMill both support?

Both platforms cover Insider Data, Alerts, News, and Scores workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do CEO Watcher and ChartMill require subscriptions?

Both CEO Watcher and ChartMill keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

How can you access CEO Watcher and ChartMill?

Both CEO Watcher and ChartMill prioritize web or desktop access. Investors wanting a mobile-first workflow may need to rely on responsive web views.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

CEO Watcher differentiates itself with Calculates each insider’s historical forward returns after their trades to rank signal quality., Daily pre‑market email with top insider buys/sells (proprietary ranking), largest buys/sells, and companies with most insider activity., and Running feed of high‑signal insider trades; real‑time notifications for new filings via Discord for paying users., whereas ChartMill stands out for Technical and fundamental screener for stocks and ETFs, with interactive charts, ratings, watchlists, and trading ideas., Pre-market and after-hours movers screener for U.S. markets (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX)., and Ability to create custom expressions and filters in the screener for advanced screening logic..

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