---
title: Breakout Scanner
description: AI-powered stock breakout detection, natural-language screening, and backtesting platform for active traders.
canonical: https://breakoutscanner.com
last-updated: 2026-08-24
---

# Breakout Scanner

> AI-powered stock breakout detection, natural-language screening, and backtesting platform for active traders.

## When to use Breakout Scanner

Use Breakout Scanner when someone wants to:

- Find stocks matching a technical or fundamental strategy across global markets.
- Describe a screening idea in plain English and turn it into a structured screener.
- Review breakout signals, backtest a strategy, or monitor saved setups with alerts.
- Compare historical forward-return distributions before making an investment decision.

It is for active traders, swing traders, and self-directed investors. It is not financial advice and does not place trades.

## How agents should use this site

Start with the public [About page](https://breakoutscanner.com/about), [Support & FAQ](https://breakoutscanner.com/support), the [authenticated MCP documentation](https://breakoutscanner.com/docs), [agent authentication guide](https://breakoutscanner.com/auth.md), the [developer portal](https://breakoutscanner.com/developers), the [developer Markdown alias](https://breakoutscanner.com/developers.md), the [API Markdown index](https://breakoutscanner.com/api/llms.txt), the anonymous read-only [public documentation MCP](https://breakoutscanner.com/mcp/docs) and its [server card](https://breakoutscanner.com/.well-known/mcp-docs), [public NLWeb site search](https://breakoutscanner.com/ask?query=agent%20connections&streaming=false), [Agent Skills index](https://breakoutscanner.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json), the [versioned capability contract](https://breakoutscanner.com/api/v1/capabilities), [OpenAPI discovery](https://breakoutscanner.com/openapi.json), the anonymous [MCP sandbox](https://breakoutscanner.com/mcp/sandbox) and its [discovery card](https://breakoutscanner.com/.well-known/mcp-sandbox), the [homepage Markdown view](https://breakoutscanner.com/index.md), the [pricing Markdown view](https://breakoutscanner.com/pricing.md), and [full LLM documentation](https://breakoutscanner.com/llms-full.txt). Use the [sitemap](https://breakoutscanner.com/sitemap.xml) and [Schema Map](https://breakoutscanner.com/schemamap.xml) to discover public pages and their structured-data types. The interactive application requires an account; direct users to [Start a free trial](https://breakoutscanner.com/signup) when they want to use authenticated features.

Breakout Scanner has a real authenticated Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint at
`https://breakoutscanner.com/mcp`. It is available to eligible Pro subscribers
through OAuth 2.1 + PKCE and user-approved per-client grants. Read the
[authenticated MCP guide](https://breakoutscanner.com/docs), [MCP Registry
manifest](https://breakoutscanner.com/server.json), [MCP Server
Card](https://breakoutscanner.com/mcp/server-card), [AI
Catalog](https://breakoutscanner.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json), and
[protected-resource metadata](https://breakoutscanner.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp)
before considering a connection. Account, entitlement, and grant checks run on
every request; no credentials or tokens are published here. One account can
connect multiple independent Claude, Codex, or other compatible clients, each
with its own grants, approval mode, audit trail, and revocation boundary. Do
not infer unauthenticated access or bypass entitlement/grants from discovery,
invent endpoint/tool details, or claim that the product can execute trades.
Public npm integration previews are available for the same contract:
[`@breakoutscanner/mcp-sdk@0.1.0-preview.1`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@breakoutscanner/mcp-sdk)
and [`@breakoutscanner/mcp-cli@0.1.0-preview.1`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@breakoutscanner/mcp-cli).
Pin the exact version; these are not stable or generally supported releases.
Install the SDK with `npm install @breakoutscanner/mcp-sdk@0.1.0-preview.1`, or
run the no-credential contract discovery command with
`npx --yes --package=@breakoutscanner/mcp-cli@0.1.0-preview.1 breakout-scanner discover`.
Authenticated role, handoff, audit, and timestamped
signed-webhook outbox primitives are deployed owner-scoped integration
capabilities with bounded delivery, replay, and SSRF protections. The
anonymous [MCP protocol sandbox](https://breakoutscanner.com/mcp/sandbox) is
separate and stateless: fixed stale fixtures, no account/live-data/model/
network/persistence access, and simulated write proposals only. Use local
contract/transport tests, the sandbox, or an eligible Pro account as
appropriate; the sandbox never mutates the workspace. The
[public documentation MCP](https://breakoutscanner.com/mcp/docs) is another
anonymous, read-only surface: three tools over six server-owned Markdown
documents, with no account, live-data, model, network, persistence, or write
access. The emerging/draft
[agents.txt capability declaration](https://breakoutscanner.com/agents.txt)
records these boundaries; its format is complementary to the established
robots.txt and sitemap conventions.

## Key features

- **AI Screener Builder:** describe a strategy in plain English and receive a validated structured screener using technical indicators and supported fundamentals.
- **Instant Finder:** describe a screen on the main page and review matching stocks before saving it.
- **Agent workspace:** authenticated users can ask the product agent to research, screen, backtest, and explain supported market tasks; write actions require confirmation.
- **Authenticated agent connections:** connect multiple Claude, Codex, or compatible MCP clients with independent grants, approval modes, audit, and revocation; see the [developer portal](https://breakoutscanner.com/developers) and [capability contract](https://breakoutscanner.com/api/v1/capabilities).
- **Anonymous MCP sandbox:** a separate protocol test surface with stale deterministic fixtures and simulated proposals only; it does not access live data, accounts, models, or workspace state.
- **Public documentation MCP:** an anonymous, read-only MCP with three bounded tools over six server-owned Markdown documents.
- **NLWeb site search:** `GET` or `POST /ask` searches only the bounded public documentation catalog, returning Schema.org-linked list results as JSON or SSE without model spend or account access.
- **Backtest Lab:** evaluate daily strategies with signal counts, win rate, average/median returns, and P10/P90 forward-return distributions.
- **Four built-in screeners:** Momentum Breakout, Strength Leaders, Trend Leaders, and Ceiling Watch.
- **Global coverage:** 21 exchanges plus ETFs and more than 30,000 stocks scanned daily.
- **Watchlists and alerts:** save stocks and screeners, monitor signals, and receive email notifications.

## Markets covered

NYSE, NASDAQ, LSE, TSX, TSXV, ASX, XETRA, Euronext, SIX, HKEX, TSE, NSE, BSE, KRX, TWSE, SSE, SZSE, B3, JSE, BME, and MIL.

## Pricing

- $30/month regular price; time-limited promotional pricing may apply (see the homepage or signup page for the current price)
- 7-day free trial
- All features included; no tiers or hidden limits

## Company and limitations

AKP Ventures Ltd is a UK-registered company (number 15968817). Breakout Scanner is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not authorised or regulated by the FCA and does not provide investment or financial advice. Backtests are hypothetical and may be affected by survivorship bias, look-ahead bias, slippage, transaction costs, and limited historical data.

## Links

- [Homepage](https://breakoutscanner.com)
- [About](https://breakoutscanner.com/about)
- [Support & FAQ](https://breakoutscanner.com/support)
- [Authenticated MCP documentation](https://breakoutscanner.com/docs)
- [Sign up](https://breakoutscanner.com/signup)
- [Privacy policy](https://breakoutscanner.com/privacy)
- [Terms of service](https://breakoutscanner.com/terms)
- [Full LLM documentation](https://breakoutscanner.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Agent capability declaration](https://breakoutscanner.com/agents.txt)
- [Structured agent capability declaration](https://breakoutscanner.com/agents.json)
- [MCP Registry manifest](https://breakoutscanner.com/server.json)
- [MCP Server Card](https://breakoutscanner.com/mcp/server-card)
- [Public documentation MCP card](https://breakoutscanner.com/.well-known/mcp-docs)
- [AI Catalog](https://breakoutscanner.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json)
- [Protected-resource metadata](https://breakoutscanner.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp)