How to Read Breakdowns
A quick guide to understanding each section of a breakdown page
What You'll Find on a Breakdown Page
Each breakdown shows our AI's price prediction for a stock, ETF, or mutual fund, along with supporting data to help you make informed decisions. The page contains 8 key sections that you can expand, collapse, and reorder by dragging.
1. Price Forecast Chart
What it shows: Our AI's predicted price path for the next 30 days/weeks/months
Screenshot placeholder: Price forecast chart showing mean prediction line and confidence bands
How to read it:
- Purple line: The predicted average price path
- Shaded area: The confidence range (where price is likely to fall)
- Trend direction: Upward = bullish prediction, Downward = bearish
- Band width: Narrow = high confidence, Wide = more uncertainty
What to look for: Is the prediction going up or down? How confident is the model (narrow vs wide bands)?
2. Forecast Data Table
What it shows: Detailed numbers behind the chart for each day/week/month
Screenshot placeholder: Forecast table with columns for Day, Mean Price, Mean Return %, Percentiles, and Confidence
How to read it:
- Mean Price: Expected price on that day (green = up, red = down)
- Mean Return %: Expected gain or loss from current price
- 10th/90th Percentile: Worst-case and best-case scenarios
- Confidence: How reliable that specific prediction is
What to look for: Expected returns at different time points, and how wide the best/worst case range is.
3. Sentiment Analysis
What it shows: What people are saying about this stock in news articles and social media
Screenshot placeholder: Sentiment panel showing news sentiment, social sentiment, and combined score with gauge bars
How to read it:
- Combined Sentiment Score (0-1): 0 = very negative, 0.5 = neutral, 1 = very positive
- News Sentiment: Professional analysts and financial media
- Social Sentiment: Retail investors on Reddit and forums
- Confidence %: How much data backs up the score (more articles/posts = higher confidence)
What to look for: Is the overall sentiment positive or negative? Do news and social media agree? Is there enough data (high confidence)?
4. Financial Analysis
What it shows: The company's financial health based on SEC filings (not available for all assets)
Screenshot placeholder: Financial analysis panel showing risk level, health score, and recommendation badges
How to read it:
- Investment Risk: LOW (safe) to HIGH (risky)
- Financial Health Score: 0-100% (higher is better)
- Recommendation: STRONG BUY, BUY, HOLD, CAUTION, or SELL
- Key Ratios: Debt-to-equity, current ratio, returns on assets/equity
- Strengths/Concerns: Bullet points highlighting what's good or bad
What to look for: Is the company financially healthy? Does it have manageable debt? Is it profitable?
5. Historical Price & Volume
What it shows: Recent price movements and trading volume
Screenshot placeholder: Candlestick chart with green/red candles and volume bars below
How to read it:
- Green candles: Price went up that day/week/month
- Red candles: Price went down
- Candle body: Opening price to closing price
- Wicks (lines): High and low prices reached
- Volume bars: How many shares were traded (taller = more activity)
What to look for: Is the price in an uptrend or downtrend? Is volume increasing (shows strong interest)?
6. MACD Indicator
What it shows: Momentum indicator showing if the trend is strengthening or weakening
Screenshot placeholder: MACD chart with MACD line, signal line, histogram, and zero line
How to read it:
- Blue line (MACD): The main momentum line
- Orange line (Signal): Helps identify buy/sell signals
- Histogram (bars): Distance between MACD and Signal lines
- Zero line: Above = bullish, Below = bearish
What to look for:
- MACD crossing above Signal = potential buy signal
- MACD crossing below Signal = potential sell signal
- Growing histogram = strengthening momentum
7. RSI Indicator
What it shows: Whether the stock is overbought (too high) or oversold (too low)
Screenshot placeholder: RSI chart showing line oscillating between 0-100 with 30 and 70 threshold lines
How to read it:
- RSI > 70: Overbought - price may pull back soon
- RSI 30-70: Normal range
- RSI < 30: Oversold - price may bounce back soon
What to look for: Extreme readings (above 70 or below 30) suggest the price might reverse direction.
8. AI Trading Bot Results
What it shows: How our AI trading bot has performed on this stock (paper trading, not real money)
Screenshot placeholder: RL bot card showing total return, win rate, Sharpe ratio, and current position
How to read it:
- Total Return: Overall profit/loss percentage
- Win Rate: Percentage of profitable trades
- Sharpe Ratio: Risk-adjusted returns (higher is better, >1 is good)
- Max Drawdown: Worst loss from peak (lower is better)
- Current Position: Is the bot currently holding (long) or in cash (flat)
What to look for: Positive returns and high win rate suggest the bot's strategy is working. If the bot is currently long, it aligns with a bullish forecast.
Quick Tips
Best Practices
- Look for alignment across multiple sections
- Pay attention to confidence levels
- Consider both fundamentals (financial health) and technicals (charts)
- Check if sentiment supports the price prediction
Common Mistakes
- Don't rely on just one section
- Don't ignore low confidence warnings
- Don't forget predictions aren't guarantees
- Don't overlook financial red flags