See exactly how the software works

Market Sentiment is a live read on how bullish or bearish the market looks across the tickers we track. Instead of guessing the mood, you get a single conviction score for each ticker — a green number when the read is bullish, red when it's bearish — updated live throughout the day.

You open it from the Sentiment link in the sidebar. It opens in a new browser tab so your dashboard stays exactly where you left it.

Note

Sentiment lives on its own page (a separate tab), but you never have to log in again — your account is handed over automatically behind the scenes, so the board just loads with your data. There's nothing to type.

The overall read

At the top, Overall Sentiment boils the whole watchlist down to one number so you can feel the market's mood at a glance — for example a small positive reading (say 0.17) means the tracked names are leaning mildly bullish on balance. Next to it you'll see how many tickers are on the watchlist, how many currently have data, and how many are flagged hot 🔥.

Top Picks (ranked by conviction)

The main list ranks tickers by conviction — a single score that blends five live signals into one read:

• Live price & volume — real-time price action, and whether a ticker is trading well above its normal pace (e.g. "premarket volume 3.4x normal"), which often flags that something is happening.
• Live news analysis — fresh headlines, read for whether the tone leans positive or negative.
• Live analyst ratings — the latest Wall Street calls, in plain English: Strong Sell · Sell · Hold · Buy · Strong Buy.
• Community trading ideas — where the wider trading community is leaning on a name.
• Social media keyword tracking — how much a ticker is being talked about across social media, and whether that chatter is upbeat or negative.

A hot 🔥 badge marks tickers with standout activity so the ones worth a look rise to the top.

The leaders

Below the picks, three quick lists cut to the extremes: Top Bullish (strongest positive conviction), Top Bearish (strongest negative conviction), and Most Active (biggest volume vs. normal). It's the fastest way to see what's being bought, what's being sold, and where the action is.

Finding what matters

The board is sortable and filterable: sort by conviction, filter to just the hot names, or type a ticker to jump straight to it. It refreshes on its own every few seconds, and you can force a refresh anytime.

A quick example

Say you're about to take a call (bullish) trade on VOO. You glance at the board and VOO reads 0.57 in green — its highest conviction that day — backed by positive news, a Buy analyst consensus, bullish technicals, and premarket volume 3.4x normal. Everything is pointing the same way, so that's a tailwind. If instead VOO showed up in the Top Bearish list with a red score, you might size down, wait, or skip it.

Tip

Use sentiment as a confirmation, not a signal — it doesn't place trades for you. It's most useful when it agrees or disagrees with what you were already planning. A strong disagreement is your cue to slow down and look closer.