Trade Winds is a free interactive 3D globe that visualises capital flowing between the world's financial centers as animated wind-like streams.

Stock and crypto prices are live from Finnhub, refreshed every 2 minutes. Index levels and the size of each flow are simulated for illustration and are not investment advice.

Which markets are covered?

New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Frankfurt, Paris, Toronto, Sydney, Mumbai, Shanghai, Dubai, São Paulo, Zurich, Seoul, Taipei, Amsterdam and Riyadh, plus 300 of the world's largest companies and major crypto assets.

How do I read the streams?

Each stream is a flow of capital between two financial centers. Colour is the asset class (blue equity, amber bonds, green FX and liquidity, violet crypto). Denser, wider, faster streams mean more money per day. Particles travel in the direction the money moves.

Yes. Trade Winds is free to use with no account. It runs in any modern browser with WebGL on desktop, tablet and phone.

Can I see one stock or one sector?

Yes. Search a ticker or company, filter by market cap with the slider, pick a sector from the dropdown, or click a sector in Rankings. Click a stock to see its price, day range, market cap and the flows through its exchange.

Trade Winds · Live 3D map of global capital flows

Trade Winds is a live 3D map of global capital flows

Trade Winds is a free interactive globe that shows where money is flowing in world markets right now. Equity, bond, foreign-exchange and crypto flows between the world's financial centers are drawn as animated wind-like particle streams on a 3D Earth, with live stock and crypto prices. No sign-up, works in any modern browser.

What does Trade Winds show?

It visualizes capital flows between 18 financial hubs: New York (NYSE, Nasdaq, S&P 500), London (FTSE 100), Tokyo (Nikkei 225), Hong Kong (Hang Seng), Singapore (Straits Times), Frankfurt (DAX), Paris (CAC 40), Toronto (TSX), Sydney (ASX 200), Mumbai (Nifty 50), Shanghai (SSE Composite), Dubai (DFM), São Paulo (Ibovespa), Zurich (SMI), Seoul (KOSPI), Taipei (TAIEX), Amsterdam (AEX) and Riyadh (TASI). Each stream's density, width and speed scale with the size of the flow; direction shows which way money is moving. It also maps 300 of the world's largest companies plus selected mid-caps (Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, SpaceX, Tesla, TSMC, ASML, Samsung and more) and major crypto assets (Bitcoin, Ether, Solana) to their headquarters and exchanges.

Is the data real-time?

Stock and crypto prices are live, pulled from Finnhub and refreshed every 2 minutes. Index levels and the dollar size of each corridor are simulated for illustration. Trade Winds is a market visualization, not investment advice.

What can you do with it?

Search any tracked stock, market or city. Filter by market cap and sector. Switch map styles: Simple, Detailed (coastlines, country borders, state lines), Satellite (NASA Blue Marble with city lights at night) and Heatmap (where capital concentrates). Toggle day or local-time lighting. Read rankings of the biggest corridors, net inflows by city, top movers and sector weight. Track anomalies, build a watchlist, set price and flow alerts, replay the last few minutes, run what-if scenarios (risk-on, risk-off, liquidity crunch), share a link to any view, and export a snapshot image. Light, dark and automatic themes.

Who makes Trade Winds?

Trade Winds is built by Box Of Otters, an independent studio in Redondo Beach, California. Related searches: global capital flow map, money flow visualization, live stock market globe, 3D financial map, world markets in real time, FX flow map, crypto flow map, market heatmap globe, where is money flowing today, interactive stock market globe, cross-border capital flows visualization.