ZacksTrade Promotion
Zacks Trade Promotion - Free Research
Highlights:
- Zacks Trade is giving away free research tools.
- Free stock reports can be accessed by Zacks Trade customers.
- The free reports can be downloaded through the broker’s website or desktop platform.
If you want some of the industry’s best research tools for stocks, Zacks Trade has an idea for you. Keep reading.
Overview of Free Research from Zacks Trade
Here’s how this simple promotion works: open a brokerage account at Zacks Trade and get free research tools automatically from Zacks Investment Research, an independent but affiliated company.
Getting the Research
There’s nothing to sign up for to get this special offer. No buttons to click. No links, either. Just open a self-directed account with Zacks Trade, and the free research tools will show up in your account.
Research Details
Zacks Trade customers get free access to the Zacks Rank, a proprietary grading tool for major stocks. Zacks Investment Research uses changes in earnings estimates and EPS surprises to calculate its stock scores; these scores are on a 1 to 5 scale. The specific recommendations these reports give are as follows:
- 1: Strong Buy
- 2: Buy
- 3: Hold
- 4: Sell
- 5: Strong Sell
Approximately 5% of stocks fall into the first and last categories. Roughly 15% are classified as Buy or Sell. And roughly 60% are rated Hold.
Historically, stocks in the first category (Strong Buy) have outperformed the S&P 500 by a significant margin. The average annual return from 1988 to 2025 for Strong Buy stocks is 23.5%; the return for the S&P 500 over the same time frame is 11.0%.
To make these grades, Zacks Investment Research scans data from more than 3,000 analysts working with over 150 brokerage houses. The research firm monitors more than 200,000 earnings estimates.
Inside every Zacks Trade account is a screener that can search for stocks based on these criteria and other data points, including:
- Sector
- Theme (such as AI, resource scarcity, and disruptive communications)
- Industry
- Recent changes in analysts’ forecasts
- Stocks with recent upgrades
It’s possible with a simple click of the mouse to place a trade from the search results.
Both individual and institutional investors can use the free research at Zacks Trade.
How to Access the Research
It’s really easy to find Zacks’ investment research after your brokerage account is open. On the client portal (the website), simply click on the Research tab and then select the Discover tab in the drop-down window.
If you’re on Zacks Trade Pro (the desktop platform), click the blue New Window button in the upper-left corner. In the long drop-down list of choices, select the link for Analyst Research and Market Commentary.
Updated on 8/15/2026.
Chad Morris has been analyzing investment firms for Brokerage-Review.com since 2015. Backed by FINRA Series 65, 66, and SIE credentials, his work reflects a deep knowledge of the retail brokerage industry and digital trading tools.
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