Every call on this site uses one of these ratings. Each rating comes with the levels it needs.
Ratings
- Buy (full)
- Full position at or below the buy-below: the blended base value less a 15%, 20% or 30% margin of safety, set by how uncertain the value is. Comes with an entry and an exit level.
- Buy (half)
- Half-size position (half the usual risk) at or below the blended base value, only when the red-flag review is Pass or Caution and there is a technical entry and stop.
- Wait
- Not a buy at the current price. The item says what price or event would change that.
- Steer clear
- I would not own it at the current price: the business, its filings or the red-flag review fail my checks.
- Short
- Price well above the high end of all three valuation cases, a failed red-flag review, and a fade trigger, a cover stop and borrow or squeeze data. Half risk, because losses are uncapped.
- Withdrawn
- A call taken back before it played out. It stays listed, dated, and appears on the scorecard.
- Screen result
- A name a screen surfaced. It is not a call and is not scored.
Levels
- Entry
- The price or zone where a Buy is taken.
- Stop / out below
- A daily close below this level ends a Buy. It marks where the idea is wrong. It is not a price target.
- Fade trigger
- The price action that opens a Short.
- Cover stop
- A close above this level ends a Short.
- Failed-breakout level
- A daily close below this level means a breakout attempt failed.
Superseded calls
A ticker has one live rating. When I publish a newer call, every older item on that name says "Superseded" with the date and a link to the current call. The older item stays up, dated and unchanged.
Scale history
- Oct 7, 2026: three ratings, Buy, Wait and Steer clear.
- Oct 11, 2026: five ratings, Buy (full), Buy (half), Wait, Steer clear and Short. "Starter" became Buy (half), and a plain Buy is Buy (full).
- "Watching" (INTU, Oct 8 and Oct 9) was used before the scale was fixed. It is shown and scored as Wait.