🎯 What are Snapshot Grades?
Snapshot Grades are AI-generated letter grades (A to F) that rate stocks across 4 key dimensions. Think of them as:- Stock report card
- Quick health check
- At-a-glance decision tool
- Combines 100+ data points into simple grades
📊 The 4 Grade Categories
1. 📈 Fundamental Grade
What it measures: Company’s financial health and business quality Looks at:- Earnings growth
- Revenue growth
- Profit margins
- Cash flow
- Debt levels
- ROE (Return on Equity)
- Competitive position
AAPL Fundamental: A
- Massive cash reserves ($200B+)
- High profit margins (25%+)
- Consistent earnings growth
- Low debt
- Strong moat (ecosystem lock-in)
2. 📊 Technical Grade
What it measures: Chart setup and price action Looks at:- Trend direction
- Support & resistance levels
- Moving averages
- RSI, MACD indicators
- Volume analysis
- Momentum
- Breakout/breakdown patterns
TSLA Technical: B+
- Above all moving averages ✅
- Breaking resistance with volume ✅
- RSI at 62 (not overbought) ✅
- Uptrend intact ✅
- Minor concern: Extended short-term
3. 💬 Sentiment Grade
What it measures: Market psychology and buzz Looks at:- Analyst ratings (buy/sell/hold)
- Price target consensus
- Social media mentions (Reddit, Twitter, StockTwits)
- News sentiment (positive/negative)
- Options flow (bullish/bearish)
- Institutional activity
NVDA Sentiment: A-
- 35 analyst ratings: 30 Buy, 5 Hold, 0 Sell
- Average price target: $950 (15% upside)
- Reddit WSB: 85% bullish mentions
- Twitter: #1 trending stock ticker
- Institutional buying: Heavy
4. 🛡️ Risk Grade
What it measures: Downside risk and volatility Looks at:- Stock volatility (beta)
- Upcoming earnings risk
- Debt burden
- Regulatory risks
- Concentration risk
- Liquidity risk
- Market cap (size = stability)
GME Risk: F
- Extremely high volatility (beta 2.5)
- Meme stock = unpredictable
- High short interest (squeeze risk)
- Business turnaround uncertain
- Small market cap = more volatile
🏆 Overall Grade
Combines all 4 grades into one letter Formula: Weighted average of the 4 grades- Fundamental: 30%
- Technical: 25%
- Sentiment: 25%
- Risk: 20%
Stock: AAPLTotal: 3.76 = A-
- Fundamental: A (4.0) × 30% = 1.20
- Technical: B+ (3.3) × 25% = 0.83
- Sentiment: A- (3.7) × 25% = 0.93
- Risk: A (4.0) × 20% = 0.80
📍 Where You See Snapshot Grades
1. Ticker Page (Most Prominent)
Top of every ticker page:- Large grade cards
- Expandable details
- Tap/click to see full breakdown
2. Feed/Trending
Stocks in Feed show grade badge:- Small A/B/C/D/F badge next to ticker
- Quick filter for quality
3. Portfolio
Each holding shows its grade:- See quality of your positions at a glance
- Sort by grade (best to worst)
4. Theme Stock Lists
Stocks in themes show grades:- Easy to filter quality names
- Find best opportunities in theme
5. Chat Results
When AI recommends stocks:- Shows grades
- “Here are 3 A-rated growth stocks…”
💡 How to Use Snapshot Grades
Quick Decision Framework
Grade-Based Trading Rules: A & B Grades:- ✅ Good candidates
- Consider buying
- Generally safe picks
- May be crowded trades (everyone likes them)
- ⚠️ Neutral
- Need deeper analysis
- Could go either way
- Wait for setup to improve
- 🔴 Avoid or short
- Weak on multiple fronts
- High risk
- Only for contrarian plays
Combining Grades for Strategies
Different strategies, different grade priorities:Generalist (Money Monty) 💰
Priority: Technical + Fundamental > Sentiment > Risk Ideal:- Technical: B+ or better (clean setup)
- Fundamental: B or better (quality bias)
- Sentiment: B (not hated; social/context aware)
- Risk: C+ or better (avoid landmines)
Day Trading (Blitz) 🚀
Priority: Technical > Sentiment > Risk > Fundamental Ideal:- Technical: A or B (strong setup)
- Sentiment: B+ or better (momentum)
- Risk: C or better (not too wild)
- Fundamental: Don’t care (not holding long)
Swing Trading (Maverick) 📈
Priority: Technical > Sentiment > Fundamental > Risk Ideal:- Technical: A (bullish setup)
- Sentiment: B+ (building momentum)
- Fundamental: B or better (quality company)
- Risk: B (moderate risk okay)
Long-Term Investing (Sage) 🏦
Priority: Fundamental > Risk > Sentiment > Technical Ideal:- Fundamental: A (quality company)
- Risk: A or B (stable)
- Sentiment: B or better (not hated)
- Technical: Don’t care much (will hold years)
Grade Change Alerts
Track grade changes over time: 🔴 Downgrade Alert:“TSLA Snapshot Grade dropped from A- to C+. Technical and Sentiment deteriorated. Review your position.”🟢 Upgrade Alert:
“AMD Snapshot Grade upgraded from B to A-! Fundamentals improved after earnings beat.”Set alerts for your portfolio holdings.
📊 Understanding Each Letter Grade
Grade Scale Interpretation
A (90-100):- Excellent across the board
- Top-tier stock
- Low probability of failure
- Widely recognized quality
- Above average
- Solid stock
- Good risk/reward
- Minor flaws
- Average
- Mixed signals
- Higher risk
- Needs more analysis
- Below average
- Multiple red flags
- Avoid unless contrarian
- High risk
- Poor quality
- Serious problems
- Very high risk
- Only for speculation
🔍 Expanding Grades for Details
Tap/click any grade to see full breakdown: What you’ll see:- Specific metrics analyzed
- Why it got that grade
- What could improve it
- Historical grade changes
AAPL Fundamental Grade: A Strengths:Weaknesses:
- Revenue growth: 15% YoY ✅
- Profit margin: 26% (excellent) ✅
- Cash: $200B+ (fortress balance sheet) ✅
- ROE: 150%+ (exceptional) ✅
- Debt/Equity: 0.8 (manageable) ✅
Overall: World-class fundamentals. Minor concern on growth rate, but still excellent.
- Revenue growth slowing (was 25%+) ⚠️
🎯 Real Trading Examples
Example 1: The A-Grade Long-Term Hold
Stock: MSFT- Fundamental: A
- Technical: B+
- Sentiment: A-
- Risk: A
- Overall: A-
Example 2: The Technical A, Fundamental F Day Trade
Stock: Small Cap Momentum Play- Fundamental: F (losing money, no profits)
- Technical: A (breaking out, huge volume)
- Sentiment: B+ (WSB pumping it)
- Risk: F (extremely volatile)
- Overall: D+
Example 3: The Value Play
Stock: Beaten Down Quality Name- Fundamental: A (strong business)
- Technical: D (in downtrend, oversold)
- Sentiment: D (everyone hates it)
- Risk: B (stable company, just out of favor)
- Overall: C+
⚠️ Important Limitations
Grades Are NOT Perfect
Remember:- AI analyzes data, not magic
- Based on available info
- Can’t predict black swans
- Historical data, not future guarantees
- Grades change
- Market conditions shift
- Company situations evolve
- What’s A today might be C tomorrow
- Context matters
- F grade might be oversold opportunity
- A grade might be overvalued momentum play
- Your strategy determines what grades you want
- Still need to think
- Grades are a tool, not the answer
- Do your own research
- Understand what you’re buying
💡 Pro Tips
1. Filter by Grades
When screening stocks:- Start with A & B grades
- Quickly eliminate obvious bad picks
- Saves hours of research
2. Grade Disagreements = Opportunities
When grades conflict:- Fundamental A, Technical F = Oversold quality? Buy opportunity?
- Fundamental F, Technical A = Momentum play, don’t hold long
- Sentiment A, Technical D = Hype without substance?
3. Track Grade History
Watch grade evolution:- Consistent A’s = stable quality
- A → B → C = deteriorating (sell)
- F → D → C = improving (bottom forming?)
4. Sort Portfolio by Grades
Monthly portfolio review:- Sort holdings by Overall Grade
- See D & F grades at bottom
- Ask: “Why do I still own these?”
- Consider trimming weak grades
❓ FAQ
Q: How often do grades update? A: Daily after market close. Intraday for technical grades during high volatility. Q: Can a stock’s grade change mid-day? A: Technical grade can (based on price action). Others update after close. Q: Why did a stock I love get an F? A: AI sees data, you see emotion. Review the grade details. Maybe AI is right? Q: Do grades work for all stocks? A: Best for mid/large caps with enough data. Small caps may have incomplete grades. Q: Can I customize grade weights? A: Not yet. Everyone gets same formula currently. Q: Are higher-grade stocks guaranteed to outperform? A: No guarantees! Higher grades = lower risk, but lower risk ≠ higher returns always. Q: Should I only buy A-grade stocks? A: Depends on strategy. Day traders might target Technical A with Fundamental F. Value investors might buy Fundamental A with Sentiment F.What’s Next?
Explore More Ticker Features:- Ticker Page Overview → - All ticker page features
- Bulls vs Bears → - Sentiment deep dive
- Company Story → - Business overview
- Performance → - Returns & charts
- Understanding Snapshot Grades → - Deep dive learning
- My First Stock Research → - Uses grades
Snapshot Grades = Stock Report Card. A-F for every stock, updated daily! 📊🎯