About Stockscores

Calculated by factoring over 30 technical analysis indicators, Stockscores provide a simple and effective way to evaluate stocks. Stockscores can help you gain a great deal of insight into market sentiment and the future for an individual stock.

You will now find the Stockscore for more than 20,000 North American equities updated throughout the market day within the Stockhouse Company Snapshot. You will also find a complete summary of Stockscore indicators (including Price, Volume & Momentum) within the Company Snapshot under the Tech. Analysis tab. Stockhouse members can also track Stockscores in their Portfolio.

Signal Stockscore

The Signal Stockscore is the raw stockscore. It is calculated hourly during market days using an estimated daily volume.

	1 - 29 - Bearish			60 - 69 - Optimistic
	30 - 39 - Caution			70 - 100 - Bullish
	40 - 59 - Neutral

Sentiment Stockscore

The Sentiment Stockscore is a smoothed or moving average stockscore. The Bullish / Neutral / Bearish rating is more broad to accommodate for this average.

	1 - 39 - Bearish
	40 - 59 - Neutral
	60 - 100 - Bullish

Read this background piece on 'How to Use Stockscores', which also contains the three rules for using these indicators. Below you will find links to the Stockscores Glossary as well as a number of informative essays.

Stockscores Links

General:	How to Use Stockscores What is Technical Analysis? Stockscores Glossary
Educational:	Discipline Failed Signals Support and Resistance Understanding Short Selling What Causes Movement in Stock Prices
Buying Strategy:	Bottom Fishing Using Abnormal Activity to Predict New Upward Trends Using Consolidations to Anticipate Upward Moves Using the Stockscores Ratings to Find Buying Opportunities Using Upward Gaps to Predict Upward Trends
Selling Strategy:	Profiting from Euphoria Using Consolidations to Anticipate Downward Moves

PDF versions of these essays are available for downloading and printing by viewing one of the essays and then clicking on the "PDF Version of This Essay" link. You must have the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view these essays in PDF format. If you don't have it, you can download it here.