How it works
Every stock pick. Every outcome.
Permanently on the record.
FinIQ tracks the accuracy of stock analysts, financial experts, and influencers — automatically, at every timeframe, against real market benchmarks.
The process
Paste a source
Submit any article, newsletter, Substack post, or tweet that contains stock recommendations. Our AI Monkeys extract every pick automatically — publisher, author, publish date, tickers, and signal type (buy, sell, or hold).
You review and confirm
Before anything is saved, you see exactly what was extracted. You can remove any pick that doesn't belong. Nothing goes into the system without your confirmation.
Prices are locked at publish date
The closing price of each stock is recorded on the article's original publish date — not when you submitted it. This is the only fair baseline. All returns are calculated from that price forward.
We track it forever
Performance is measured automatically at four timeframes: 3 days, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year. Each snapshot compares the pick's return against SPY, DIA, and QQQ so you can see real alpha — not just raw returns.
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What you see
What a tracked pick looks like
Every confirmed pick gets a permanent performance card — updated automatically at each timeframe as it matures. No manual updates, no revisionism.
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Publisher profiles
Every publisher gets a scorecard
As picks are submitted from a publisher, their profile builds automatically. Win rate, average return, signal mix, and performance by timeframe — all aggregated from real community submissions.
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Scoring
How performance is measured
Timeframes
Every pick is tracked at four milestones from the original publish date: 3 days (early signal), 3 months (short-term thesis), 6 months (medium-term), and 1 year (the final verdict that feeds our leaderboard). Each snapshot is locked permanently once it matures — there's no going back.
Benchmarks
Every pick is compared against three benchmarks at the same timeframe: SPY (S&P 500), DIA (Dow Jones), and QQQ (Nasdaq 100). The difference between a pick's return and the benchmark is the alpha — the only number that matters.
Signal types
Picks are classified as BUY, SELL, or HOLD based on the language used in the source. A BUY is scored on how much the stock rose. A SELL is scored on how much it fell. A HOLD is evaluated on whether the price stayed relatively stable. Each signal type is held to a different standard — because giving the same advice is not the same thing.
Price data
All closing prices are sourced from market data providers using adjusted historical prices. Prices are locked at the previous business day's close relative to the article's publish date.
Disclaimer
A few things worth knowing
FinIQ is a community-driven tracking platform, not a financial advisory service. The picks tracked here are sourced from publicly available articles, newsletters, and social media posts submitted by our users — they do not represent a complete record of any publisher's recommendations.
Nothing on FinIQ constitutes financial advice. Past performance of any tracked pick or publisher does not guarantee future results. You should always conduct your own research before making any investment decisions.
AI-assisted extraction is not perfect. While we require user confirmation before any pick is saved, errors in attribution, signal classification, or ticker identification may occur. We encourage users to review extractions carefully.
FinIQ is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any publisher, analyst, or financial institution tracked on this platform.
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