Show HN: An Institutional Terminal for Retail Investors
The article announces a new platform designed to give retail investors access to Wall Street-grade tools, including real-time breakout detection, AI stock predictions, and institutional buying data, all at a lower cost than traditional professional terminals.
Background
- This is a "Show HN" post — a type of announcement on Hacker News (a tech-community forum) where creators present a project they built, often to get feedback or early users.
- The product is a free/cheaper alternative to Bloomberg Terminal, the dominant professional financial-data platform (costs ~$24K/year per seat) used by traders, analysts, and institutions on Wall Street.
- Bloomber g Terminals provide real-time market data, news, analytics, and trading tools. Their high cost and exclusivity have long given professional investors an information-speed advantage over retail (individual, non-institutional) traders.
- The post reflects a broader trend: fintech tools (e.g., Robinhood, TradingView, Polygon.io) democratizing access to data and analytics once reserved for professionals.