📚 Help & Documentation
Comprehensive guide to understanding all features, terminology, and data in your Financial Dashboard
S&P 500 Dashboard Guide
The S&P 500 Dashboard provides comprehensive analysis of all companies in the S&P 500 index. Use this data to identify investment opportunities, assess company financial health, and track market performance. Each column provides specific insights into company fundamentals and market behavior.
📋 Table Columns Explained
S&P 500 Sector Heatmap Guide
The Sector Heatmap provides visual representation of S&P 500 sector performance. Each sector is color-coded based on performance metrics, making it easy to identify market trends and opportunities at a glance. Use this interactive visualization to understand sector rotation and market sentiment.
🎯 How to Use the Heatmap
💡 Pro Tip: Use the heatmap during market open and close to quickly assess daily sector performance. Strong sector performance often indicates broader economic trends and investment themes.
ETF Dashboard Guide
The ETF Dashboard provides comprehensive analysis of Exchange-Traded Funds across various asset classes and strategies. ETFs offer diversified exposure to markets, sectors, and investment themes. Use this data to build balanced portfolios and access specific market segments efficiently.
📋 ETF Table Columns Explained
💡 Pro Tip: Compare expense ratios when choosing between similar ETFs. A 0.5% difference in fees can significantly impact long-term returns. Focus on AUM and volume for liquidity considerations.
Crypto Heatmap Guide
The Crypto Heatmap visualizes the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap in an interactive format. Colors represent 24-hour price changes while rectangle sizes represent market capitalization. This provides an instant overview of the entire crypto market's performance.
🎨 Heatmap Features
Red: Negative 24h price change
Intensity: Darker colors = larger price movements
💡 Pro Tip: Use the heatmap during high volatility periods to quickly assess market sentiment. Large green or red areas indicate strong market-wide trends that may present opportunities or risks.
Top Picks by Strategy Guide
Top Picks provides curated stock selections based on four proven investment strategies: Growth, Value, Dividend, and Momentum. Each strategy targets different investor goals and risk profiles, helping you find stocks that match your investment approach and market outlook.
🎯 Investment Strategies
📋 Table Columns Explained
💡 Pro Tip: Different strategies work better in different market conditions. Growth performs well in bull markets, value shines during recoveries, dividend provides stability, and momentum captures short-term trends.
Stock Score Dashboard Guide
Discover high-quality investment opportunities with our comprehensive stock scoring system. View scores for S&P 500 companies plus all stocks in your portfolios, ranked by overall quality and fundamental strength. Filter, sort, and analyze stocks to build superior portfolios.
📊 Dashboard Features
Your Holdings: Every stock in your portfolios automatically included
Expanded Universe: 500+ stocks total for analysis and research
Quick Reference: Easily identify your current holdings in the rankings
Performance Check: Compare your holdings against S&P 500 stocks
Component Scores: Individual scores for all 6 dimensions
Stock Score: 300-850 numerical score for precise comparisons
By Sector: Focus on specific industries or sectors
By Market Cap: Large, mid, or small cap companies
Portfolio Only: View scores for only your holdings
By Component: Sort by specific dimensions (efficiency, growth, etc.)
By Price: Find undervalued or momentum opportunities
Ascending/Descending: Toggle sort direction
Score Breakdown: Expand to see all component scores
Add to Portfolio: Direct links to add stocks to your portfolios
🎯 How to Use the Dashboard
Step 2: Sort by specific criterion you value (growth, value, etc.)
Step 3: Research top candidates with strong fundamentals
Step 4: Add best opportunities to watchlist or portfolio
Step 2: Review grades and identify weak holdings
Step 3: Compare your stocks against S&P 500 alternatives
Step 4: Upgrade positions with better-scored stocks
Step 2: Find highest-graded stocks in that sector
Step 3: Compare sector leaders for best opportunities
Step 4: Rotate capital into strongest sectors
Step 2: Filter for overall grade B+ or better
Step 3: Identify undervalued quality stocks
Step 4: Research fundamentals for conviction buys
Step 2: Ensure overall grade is C+ or better
Step 3: Check momentum score for confirmation
Step 4: Build growth-focused positions
Step 2: Find A-grade alternatives in same sectors
Step 3: Plan position swaps to upgrade quality
Step 4: Execute trades to improve portfolio grade
📈 Data Columns Explained
🔬 Deep Dive: Scoring Methodology
Our scoring system mirrors credit scoring logic but applied to stock quality. Each stock receives a score from 300-850 across six dimensions, weighted by importance. The weighted average determines the final Stock score, which maps to letter grades (A-E) for intuitive interpretation.
Component Weight Distribution
💡 Practical Usage Tips
⚖️ Limitations & Considerations
Not Investment Advice: Scores are analytical tools, not buy/sell recommendations. Use as part of comprehensive research.
Past Performance: Based on historical and current data. Future results may differ significantly.
Data Lag: Some fundamental data updates quarterly. Recent news may not be reflected immediately.
Sector Differences: Different industries have different normal ranges for metrics. Compare within sectors when possible.
Market Conditions: Scores don't predict market crashes or overall market direction, only relative quality.
Qualitative Factors: Management quality, competitive moats, and innovation aren't fully captured in numbers.
📡 Data Sources & Updates
Long/Short Analysis Dashboard Guide
The Long/Short Analysis Dashboard provides technical analysis signals for trading decisions using multiple moving averages, momentum indicators, and volume analysis. This systematic approach helps identify optimal entry and exit points for both long and short positions based on proven technical indicators.
📋 Table Columns Explained
🎯 Signal Classification System
📈 Long Signals
Meaning: Perfect bullish alignment with price leading. High confidence long entry signal.
Meaning: Early stage bullish setup developing. Consider long position with confirmation.
📉 Short Signals
Meaning: Perfect bearish alignment with price leading down. High confidence short entry signal.
Meaning: Price below key short-term averages. Caution for longs, potential short setup.
⚪ Neutral Signal
Meaning: Mixed signals, no clear directional bias. Wait for clearer setup or use other analysis.
📊 SMA Decision Framework
Perfect uptrend alignment. All short-term averages pointing up in correct order.
Perfect downtrend alignment. All short-term averages pointing down in correct order.
Price trading below key short-term moving averages, indicating weakness.
Moving averages are intertwined with no clear directional bias. Trend is unclear.
🔧 Technical Indicator Calculations
Where RS = Average Gain / Average Loss over 14 periods
Range: 0-100 (Overbought >70, Oversold <30)
Signal Line: 9-period EMA of MACD
Interpretation: Above 0 = Bullish, Below 0 = Bearish
Annualized: Multiplied by √252 for yearly equivalent
Usage: Higher volatility = Higher risk/reward potential
Exponential MA: Weighted average giving more weight to recent prices
Purpose: Smooth price action to identify trends
💡 Trading Strategy: Combine Signal and SMA Decision for entries. Strong Long + Bullish Stack = High confidence long. Strong Short + Bearish Stack = High confidence short. Always confirm with volume and consider RSI for overbought/oversold conditions.
Candlestick Patterns Guide
The Candlestick Patterns Dashboard provides advanced pattern recognition for technical analysis and trading signals. Identify bullish and bearish reversal patterns, continuation signals, and market sentiment indicators using proven Japanese candlestick methodology. Each pattern is automatically detected and classified with trading suggestions.
📊 Dashboard Overview
📋 Table Columns Explained
🔍 Common Pattern Types
📈 Bullish Patterns
📉 Bearish Patterns
⚪ Neutral/Continuation Patterns
💡 How to Use Candlestick Patterns
💡 Pro Tip: Candlestick patterns are most effective when combined with volume analysis, trend context, and support/resistance levels. Use the pattern count summary to gauge overall market sentiment - more bullish patterns than bearish often indicates positive market momentum.
News Sentiment Dashboard Guide
The News Sentiment Dashboard provides real-time analysis of financial news articles and their sentiment impact on individual stocks. Using advanced natural language processing, each news headline is classified as Positive, Negative, or Neutral, helping you gauge market sentiment and identify potential market-moving events.
📊 Dashboard Overview
📋 Table Columns Explained
🎯 Sentiment Classifications
📈 Positive Sentiment
📉 Negative Sentiment
⚪ Neutral Sentiment
🔍 How to Use News Sentiment
⚠️ Important Considerations
💡 Pro Tip: Pay special attention to earnings-related news, FDA approvals (for biotech), merger announcements, and guidance changes - these typically have the strongest correlation between sentiment and actual price movement. Use the timestamp to ensure you're viewing current information during volatile periods.
Options Demo Dashboard Guide
The Options Demo Dashboard provides a comprehensive introduction to covered call options strategies for free users. Learn how options work, understand the Greeks, and explore potential profit scenarios using real market data. This demo shows the mechanics of selling covered calls to generate income from your stock holdings.
📊 Dashboard Overview
📋 Table Columns Explained
🎯 Understanding the Greeks
📊 Key Risk Metrics
Meaning: How much the option price changes per $1 stock move
Example: Delta of 0.50 means option price changes $0.50 per $1 stock move
Usage: Higher Gamma means Delta changes more rapidly
Impact: Affects how quickly option prices accelerate
Impact: How much option value decreases each day
Benefit: As option seller, time decay works in your favor
Impact: How much option price changes per 1% volatility change
Risk: High volatility increases option prices
💡 Covered Call Strategy Basics
⚠️ Important Considerations
💡 Pro Tip: For learning purposes, focus on understanding how premium, strike price, and time to expiration affect potential profits. Higher premiums mean more income but often come with higher risk. Start with out-of-the-money strikes to reduce assignment probability while learning the strategy mechanics.
Options Screener Dashboard Guide
The Options Screener Dashboard provides advanced analysis of both call and put options with comprehensive sentiment analysis and put/call ratios. This professional tool helps identify optimal options trading opportunities by analyzing volume, sentiment, and market positioning across multiple option types and strikes.
📊 Dashboard Overview
📈 Summary Metrics
📋 Table Columns Explained
🎯 Put/Call Ratio Analysis
📈 Bullish Indicators
📉 Bearish Indicators
⚪ Neutral Indicators
💡 Trading Strategies
💡 Pro Tip: Use the combination of grade, sentiment, and P/C ratio to identify the highest probability trades. A+ graded options with "Ultra Bullish" sentiment and low P/C ratios often represent the best covered call opportunities, while high-grade puts in bearish sentiment environments may offer excellent protective hedging or speculation opportunities.
Market Overview Dashboard Guide
The Market Overview Dashboard provides a comprehensive snapshot of current market conditions across multiple dimensions. Get instant insights into market leaders, top performers, trading activity, and sector rotation patterns. This all-in-one view helps you quickly assess market sentiment and identify opportunities.
📊 Dashboard Sections Overview
Displays the largest S&P 500 companies by total market value. Track the market's biggest influencers and their daily performance.
Shows the largest ETFs by Assets Under Management. Identify the most popular and liquid fund investments.
Top Losers: Symbol, Name, Change (%)
Today's biggest price movers, helping identify momentum and potential opportunities.
Stocks with highest trading volume today. High volume often indicates significant news or institutional activity.
S&P 500 sector rotation analysis. Identify which industries are leading or lagging the market.
📋 Column Explanations by Section
🏢 Top Companies by Market Cap
💼 Top ETFs by AUM
🚀 Market Gainers & Losers
📊 Most Traded Stocks
🏭 Sector-Wise Performance
💡 How to Use Market Overview
💡 Pro Tip: Use Market Overview as your daily market briefing. Strong sector performance + high-volume leaders + positive large-cap momentum often indicates a healthy bull market. Conversely, widespread sector weakness may signal defensive positioning opportunities.
Global Markets Overview
Monitor major global stock market indices in real-time. These indices represent the performance of leading companies in their respective countries and regions. Use this data to understand global market sentiment, identify international opportunities, and assess worldwide economic trends.
🗺️ Market Indices Explained
📊 Understanding Global Market Data
🌐 Regional Market Characteristics
🇺🇸 North American Markets
🇪🇺 European Markets
🌏 Asia-Pacific Markets
🔍 Global Market Analysis Strategies
💡 Pro Tip: Monitor global markets to identify regional trends, currency impacts, and international diversification opportunities. Time zone differences mean these markets can provide early signals for US market movements. Strong global coordination often indicates healthy market trends.
Portfolio Management & Stock Grading System
Track your investments with comprehensive portfolio management tools. Monitor real-time performance, analyze stock quality with our proprietary grading system, and make informed investment decisions based on fundamental analysis, technical indicators, and market sentiment.
🏆 Stock Grading System (A-F)
Our proprietary FICO-style stock scoring system evaluates stocks across six critical dimensions, combining fundamental analysis, technical indicators, and market sentiment into a single letter grade (A through E). Each stock receives a weighted score from 300-850 (like credit scores), converted to a letter grade for easy interpretation.
📊 Six Scoring Dimensions (Weighted)
What it measures: Company's ability to meet obligations and financial stability
Why it matters: Strong balance sheets survive downturns and fund growth
What it measures: How effectively company uses resources to generate profits
Why it matters: Efficient companies compound wealth faster for shareholders
What it measures: Company's trajectory and expansion capability
Why it matters: Growth drives long-term stock appreciation
What it measures: Whether stock is undervalued, fairly valued, or overvalued
Why it matters: Entry price determines potential returns and risk
What it measures: Technical strength and trend direction
Why it matters: Momentum indicates market conviction and timing
What it measures: Market perception and professional opinion
Why it matters: Sentiment drives short-term price action
🎓 Grade Interpretation & Investment Implications
Characteristics: Strong financials, high efficiency, solid growth, reasonable valuation
Investment Action: Strong buy candidate - Core portfolio holding
Risk Level: Low to moderate
Typical Holdings: 30-50% of portfolio value
Characteristics: Above-average metrics across most dimensions
Investment Action: Buy or hold - Good portfolio addition
Risk Level: Moderate
Typical Holdings: 20-40% of portfolio value
Characteristics: Mixed signals, some strengths and weaknesses
Investment Action: Hold and monitor - Not ideal for new positions
Risk Level: Moderate to high
Typical Holdings: 10-20% of portfolio value maximum
Characteristics: Weak fundamentals or deteriorating metrics
Investment Action: Consider reducing position size
Risk Level: High
Typical Holdings: 5-10% maximum, exit on strength
Characteristics: Multiple red flags across dimensions
Investment Action: Review immediately - Consider exit strategy
Risk Level: Very high
Typical Holdings: Should be minimal or zero
📊 Portfolio-Level Scoring Methodology
Value-Weighted Portfolio Scores: Your portfolio's overall grade is calculated using value-weighting, not simple averaging. Larger positions have proportionally more impact on your portfolio grade, reflecting their actual contribution to your wealth.
🧮 Calculation Formula
Position Weight = (Current Position Value) / (Total Portfolio Value)
Step 2: Apply Weights to Scores
Portfolio Score = Σ(Stock Score × Position Weight)
Step 3: Convert to Letter Grade
730-850 = A | 661-729 = B | 591-660 = C | 521-590 = D | 300-520 = E
💡 Example Scenarios
• AAPL: $50,000 (50%) - Grade A (750 points)
• MSFT: $30,000 (30%) - Grade A (740 points)
• GOOGL: $20,000 (20%) - Grade B (680 points)
Calculation:
(750 × 0.50) + (740 × 0.30) + (680 × 0.20) = 733 points
Portfolio Grade: A ✅
Interpretation: High-quality, concentrated portfolio
• Quality stocks: $60,000 (60%) - Grade A (745 points)
• Average stocks: $25,000 (25%) - Grade C (620 points)
• Poor stock: $15,000 (15%) - Grade E (480 points)
Calculation:
(745 × 0.60) + (620 × 0.25) + (480 × 0.15) = 674 points
Portfolio Grade: B ✔️
Interpretation: Quality positions diluted by weak holdings
• 5 stocks equally weighted at $20,000 each
• All stocks: Grade C (610-640 points average)
Calculation:
Average score across equal positions ≈ 625 points
Portfolio Grade: C ⚠️
Interpretation: Diversified but low-quality portfolio
• Mix of A, C, and D grades → Portfolio Grade: C
After Optimization:
• Exit D-grade positions
• Upgrade C positions to B/A
• Portfolio Grade: B or A ✅
Result: Improved quality through strategic rebalancing
⚖️ Why Value-Weighting vs Simple Averaging?
Example: $50K in A-grade stock (750 pts) matters more than $5K in E-grade (450 pts)
Benefit: Accurate representation of portfolio quality
Use Case: Professional portfolio management and wealth tracking
Example: 1 E-grade penny stock drags down grade equally with blue chips
Issue: Misleading portfolio quality assessment
Why Avoided: Doesn't reflect actual risk or return profile
💼 Portfolio Management Features
🎯 Using Grades for Investment Decisions
Strategy: Prioritize A and B grade stocks for core holdings (70-80% of portfolio)
Diversification: Include some C-grade opportunities (10-20%) for growth potential
Portfolio Drag: Exit or reduce positions that lower overall portfolio grade
Upgrade Opportunities: Add to positions that improve grade significantly
Stop Losses: Tighter stops on lower-grade positions
Position Sizing: Larger positions in A-grade, smaller in C-grade stocks
Exception: High-conviction turnaround plays (max 5% allocation)
Review: Check grade trends over time, not just current snapshot
✅ Best Practices & Tips
Regular Monitoring: Review portfolio grades monthly at minimum, weekly during earnings seasons
Grade Context: Consider grade alongside sector trends, market conditions, and company news
Diversification: Don't sacrifice diversification solely for grade optimization
Long-Term Focus: Grades can fluctuate short-term; focus on sustainable quality trends
Combined Analysis: Use grades with your own research, not as standalone buy/sell signals
Quality Over Timing: It's better to be in B-grade stocks consistently than chase A-grades at wrong times
📡 Data Sources & Update Frequency
Update: Every 15 minutes during market hours
Coverage: All US-listed stocks and major international equities
Update: Daily overnight after market close
Recalculation: Full refresh quarterly after earnings releases
Update: Within 24 hours of quarterly/annual reports
Validation: Cross-referenced across multiple data providers
Components: Current prices + latest FICO scores
Accuracy: Reflects most recent available data at all times
Index Constituents Guide
Explore the complete holdings of major stock market indexes. Research individual companies within each index, analyze performance metrics, and discover investment opportunities. Each index provides real-time data on constituent stocks with comprehensive filtering and sorting capabilities.
📊 Available Indexes
📋 Data Columns Explained
🔍 How to Use Index Data
📊 Index Investment Strategies
💡 Research Tips
Diversification: Use multiple indexes to build diversified portfolios across market caps and sectors.
Performance Comparison: Compare same companies across different indexes to understand relative performance.
Trend Analysis: Monitor daily changes to identify momentum and market rotation patterns.
Quality Focus: Focus on companies appearing in multiple quality indexes (S&P vs Russell) for stability.