Jun 29, 2026· investing · fundamentals
Free Bloomberg Terminal alternatives in 2026
Bloomberg costs $24,000 a year. Here's what you actually get for that, what's free, and where the free options fall short.
→ ReadFree guides to reading 10-K and 10-Q filings, finding revenue, cash flow and CapEx in EDGAR, and understanding the numbers behind US-listed companies.
Bloomberg costs $24,000 a year. Here's what you actually get for that, what's free, and where the free options fall short.
→ ReadMost 'free' charting tools delay the data, cap your indicators, or push you toward a paid tier. Here's what each option actually gives you.
→ ReadA forced liquidation is when an exchange closes a leveraged position automatically. Here's what the data shows and why traders watch it.
→ ReadEDGAR is the SEC's public database of every filing a US company has ever made. Here's how to search it for free, what each form type means, and a faster alternative to the official site.
→ ReadPulling SEC EDGAR data instead of paying Bloomberg $24k/year, caching with Cloudflare's edge instead of Redis, and building a WebGL chart renderer instead of bolting on TradingView widgets.
→ ReadA 10-Q is a company's quarterly report. Here's what's in it, how it differs from the annual 10-K, and how to read the numbers without a data terminal.
→ ReadCapital expenditure is rarely labelled 'CapEx'. Here's where it sits in the cash flow statement, the names companies use, and how to read it per quarter.
→ ReadR&D spending sits on the income statement, but not every company breaks it out. Here's where to look, which us-gaap tag to use, and how to read it.
→ ReadFree cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue. Here's the formula, what counts as a good margin, and how to track it quarter by quarter.
→ ReadFree cash flow isn't a line item in SEC filings. Here's the formula, where to find the inputs in the cash flow statement, and the adjustments to watch for.
→ ReadRevenue is reported under inconsistent us-gaap tags across 10-Ks and 10-Qs. Here's how to pull a clean quarter-by-quarter series — and why Q4 is always missing.
→ ReadWhere SEC annual reports actually live, the sections worth your time, and how to read them in a browser tab without paying for a data terminal.
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