Chaikin Analytics Review
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Summary
A solid research platform can make a world of difference in the trading industry. Chaikin Analytics is a stock and ETF research platform created by Marc Chaikin. This platform includes features such as the Chaikin Powder Gauage, which assigns scores for stocks across 20 technical and analytic factors. It also includes stock and ETF screeners as well as the options strategy tool, OptionsPlay. Read our thorough review of Chaikin Analytics to see if this platform is the right choice.
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About Chaikin Analytics
Chaikin Analytics is a powerful stock and ETF research platform created by Marc Chaikin, the creator of the popular Chaikin Money Flow indicator. Chaikin Analytics makes stock research simple by assigning a grade from Very Bullish to Very Bearish to more than 4,000 stocks and 1,700 ETFs. The grades are based on more than 20 technical and fundamental factors, and you get clear, concise explanations for how the final grade was assigned. The broader Chaikin Analytics workspace is somewhat inflexible, but in any case, the meat of this platform lies in its automated stock ratings.
There are quite a few research platforms out on the market, such as Tipranks and Barchart.com, so you may be wondering how to know if Chaikin Analytics is the right choice. That’s why we’ve gathered up all the important information. Read more about this stock and ETF research platform in this review of Chaikin Analytics.
Chaikin Analytics Pricing Options
Chaikin Analytics costs $595 per quarter or $1,595 per year. You can try out the software for up to 14 days for free before committing to a subscription.
Chaikin Analytics Features
Chaikin Power Gauge
The heart of Chaikin Analytics is the platform’s power gauge and stock ratings. The power gauge assigns scores for stocks across 20 technical and analytic factors, categorized into “Financial,” “Technical,” “Earnings,” and “Expert.” Technical factors include things like performance relative to the broader market and Chaikin Money Flow, while financial factors include debt-to-equity and price-to-book ratios and free cash flow. Expert factors cover insider trading, analysts’ price targets, and short interest.
The 20-factor scores are combined to rate each stock or ETF that Chaikin Analytics covers on a scale from Very Bullish to Very Bearish. This rating system is readily understandable, which makes it easy to get a quick overview of whether a stock is worthwhile or to explore for potentially bullish stocks. Note that the ratings typically apply over a 3-6-month timeline, so this software is best used for medium-term active investors.
Many traders and investors enjoy these types of visualization tools for quick research(similar to those in VectorVest).
Workspace
The Chaikin Analytics workspace is essentially a dashboard that you can use to put the Power Gauge to work for you. Within this space, you can create custom watchlists, search for individual stocks and ETFs, and view stocks by industry or index. The workspace offers basic technical charts, but this is not a charting platform by any means. You can only view daily bars and a small set of fixed indicators (including Chaikin Money Flow and RSI), and there’s no way to customize the charts at all.
One of the useful features inside the workspace is the Chaikin HotLists. These are essentially screener-based watchlists that highlight stocks that have triggered based on overbought or oversold signals, stocks that are Very Bullish or Very Bearish, and ETFs that are outperforming the rest of the fund market. The HotLists offer a quick way to generate trade ideas.
Stock And ETF Screeners
Chaikin Analytics also offers a basic but useful stock and ETF screener. One of the things that’s nice about this screener is that you can filter by index, industry sector, or stock type (based on growth vs. value and market cap). The screener also lets you filter using up to three of the factors that go into the Power Gauge and using some basic trading signals based on RSI and Chaikin Money Flow.
However, the screener doesn’t go much beyond those parameters, and there isn’t much customization. For example, you cannot use other common technical indicators or even search through the stocks that are gaining or losing the most on that trading day. The ETF screener does offer some filters for dividend yield, expense ratio, and volume, but it’s otherwise just as restricted as the stock screener.
Results are displayed so that you can clearly see the stock rating, which is nice. Of course, you can also save any screen setup for future use.
OptionsPlay
One exciting thing about Chaikin Analytics is that the platform has partnered with OptionsPlay, a dedicated options strategy tool that, on its own, charges $500 per year. OptionsPlay loads right within the Chaikin Analytics workspace so that you can quickly see potential options strategies for any stock that Chaikin Analytics covers. OptionsPlay assigns its own score to each strategy, and you can easily modify strategies to customize your options trade.
This is a huge advantage for more aggressive traders, and the combination of Chaikin Analytics and OptionsPlay is powerful. You can quickly scan for Very Bullish stocks that have bullish technical factors in particular, then pull up OptionsPlay to view options strategies for those stocks.
While this is not as feature-rich as a standalone options scanner like Market Chameleon, the visualization is very helpful for planning trades.
Chaikin Analytics Platform Differentiators
Chaikin Analytics does a nice job of simplifying stock research without hiding information from you. The breadth of factors that the platform considers in assigning a grade to each stock covers both technical and fundamental information, and it’s nice that you can easily see the individual factor grades as well. The integration with OptionsPlay is also a huge plus, especially for more aggressive investors.
Given the high price of Chaikin Analytics, we’d like to see more customization options in the stock and ETF screeners and technical charts. However, it is very useful that the service covers more than 1,700 ETFs in addition to most US stocks.
What Type Of Trader Is Chaikin Analytics Best For?
Chaikin Analytics can appeal to nearly any medium-term investor. The platform covers both stocks and ETFs, and the OptionsPlay integration makes it suitable for options traders and investors who occasionally dabble in options trading. It’s worth reiterating that Chaikin Analytics’ stock and ETF grades apply over a 3-6-month time horizon, so the service may be less useful for swing and momentum traders or for investors with multi-year trade horizons in mind.
Pros
- Simple grades for 4,000+ stocks and 1,700+ ETFs
- 20 factors rating technical and fundamental performance
- Includes stock and ETF screeners
- Trade ideas based on premade HotLists
- Integration with OptionsPlay
Cons
- Expensive subscription, especially if you don’t need OptionsPlay
- Very limited charting features
- Not many technical or fundamental indicators in screener
Thank you Ryan for the heads up. I’m a novice and am looking at a variety of learning choices for investments.
Hi. I just found chaiken’s services and it is a little pricey. However I just dabble in the market small time and I would like to know if I see a stock that looks good I would like to be able to have a service that i could plug the symbol in and get a second opinion on it. Is the power gauge designed for that. I want to put money in and then get out not long term .
I just ordered the newsletter for under 100 that includes the power gauge. I’m loving the results. May be a holiday special.
I found this review very helpful. Nice to see a legitimate objective analysis that isn’t a disguised pitch for some other product!
I started using Chaikin Analytics about 1.5 months ago and have realized >$4k in one stock. I’ve now upgraded to the lifetime subscription for $350 and feel it is money well spent IMHO. Maybe I’m a fool, but the ease of the power gauge and the monthly report from Mr. Chaikin have helped me invest in winners and stay away from losers that are highly recomended by other services and media such as Marketwatch. just today, MW recommended 10 stocks. Chaikin’s power gauge rates these picks as 8 neurtral, 2 very bearish. I’ll go with Chaikin.
Everything this system does is real. I never got the whole package, just the Power Pulse system, on a promotion for greatly reduced price. After a week, I felt like I was actually learning something that all the videos & webinars couldn’t. Just for that particular purpose, I could take an educated guess now (after 6 mos of research), but I’d rather have about 30 years of analytical thinking and market logic in my corner as well. This is the best kind.
I could punch in 3 letters and get a pretty good picture of where a stock was headed, watching the extra indicators that have been added, then get Mr Chaikin’s best opinion – that’s all you need.
The best money I never had!!
EVERY stock I ever searched, he was always 2-Steps ahead. Every time. Cautious in forward looking info, when Wall St is all-in, but if it’s suddenly “Very Bullish” out of nowhere? Due diligence proved him right at EXACTLY the right times. “Oracle of Omaha” got nothin on this man. Mainly on my phone, last 4 months straight, lookin at it everyday. So far, 100%. It’s uncanny. If this was a used car, I’d have found the problem by now.
The system gets overloaded on busy days in the market and you can’t get logged in. It doesn’t help to call the Help number, nobody answers and you can send an email and see if it gets a response sometime in the future.
They my be running on their own computer system which is inadequate, or they have insufficient cloud allocation, or their program is not optimized. Who knows? The bottom line is you don’t get any service.
Has there been any change in the systems operating on busy days
Can this be used on your phone?
Chaikin Analytics is not a legitimate company, They are a bunch of criminals if you want my opinion. All their website does is try to get you to buy into their subscription or services. These guys never made a penny in the market. They make from fools that are stupid enough to sign up for this service and also make money by selling your email to every spammer in the world. I never signed up for anything and they keep sending me spam. Not Only that, they will sell or share your email and personal information to all the other fake investment analysts and you will get hundreds of spam emails a day from every so-called financial or investment expert. This guy needs to be shut down for illegal spamming.
Props for Ken R speaking truth! Give a round of applause to Chaikin! Guys there is no free lunch. He may be for real or he may be a charlatan. The video presentation speaks of his spouse getting 50% of her 401k wiped out and he delayed retirement. Well, I empathize and hate it when that happens. If you want to make money in the market, feel confident, don’t let someone else put up a fasad and you fall prey to it. Do the work, learn the fundamental, technical, micro, macro, deprecating factors, when to enter, when to exit, support, resistance etc. Then through trial and error you will learn what works for you, be confident and yes be profitable.
I am very disappointed with Chaiken Analytics. This market is moving way too fast for this service to be an effective tool. This service also lacks flexibility. You cannot design lists from the data bank! Once I learned he teamed up with Stansbury on this effort it is clear that this service is nothing more than a bait and switch outfit to make that crook Stansbury more money.
This is also my big worry. Stansberry is a nut case and conspiracy theorist. On the flip side, I might give it a try for a quarter or two. Chaiken has a very long history of success on his own. Too bad he teamed up with the Stansberry weirdos.
Whats the difference between this and Trading view analysis?
I agree with the Stansbury comment. He is a crook. Review him on BBB and the 100s of complaints that has been posted. He scammed me out of $2000. I will never be involved with anyone that has anything to do with Stansbury or his research company.
Chaikin is a fraud. Look at stocks he recommended with his system – it’s a disaster! He shamefully withdraws from his list stocks that plunge. Waste of money and time.
I am very disappointed with Chaiken Analytics. I bought the program yesterday and am unable to set up the account access. They didn’t send me a sign in email. They sent me a manage account tab for new subscriber or if you need to change your password. When I click on it, the only option is to change password. If you try to make a password you only get an error. There’s also 2 other tabs about Direct access to Power Guage Report and/or Power Pulse but you have to have a user ID (email) and password (unable to create). I don’t know about everyone else but I don’t think I’ll be taking money advice from a so-called stock advice service that doesn’t have a simple system to create an account.Computer geniuses.
Yahoo finance is free!
I’m a skeptic and signed up on a hunch today, and signing in to Chaikin’s web based software went by the numbers. Just call the number during business hours. I didn’t experience any of your issues. Don’t give up.
Thank you for everyone who posted their experiences. You guys saved me from wasting money!
I just signed up yesterday. I do not have any problem logging in.
When I look at the power Gauge Report Model Portfolio, Prices as of February 8, 2022 (updated every Wednesday)
There are 7 Stocks in the portfolio. 2 of them stopped out with a loss.
-23.5% STOPPED OUT 1/26^^ and -35.0% STOPPED OUT 1/20^^
2 others are: -9.7% Buy, and -8.9% Buy
# others are Buy with current profit of 2.7%, 13.2%, and 1.3%.
1st stock in the portfolio is dated 10/12/2021. So’ it may be too soon to check performance. But a very long promotional presentation showed a lot of triple-digit performance. Time will tell. But in the meantime, if you invested $1000 in each of the 7 stocks ($7000 invested), Value as of February 8, 2022, portfolio value would have been $6,401 (loss of $599 or 8.6% loss)
Don’t get on their list as you will NEVER get off. Unsubscribed SEVEN times, contacted support on-site, and even responded to an email and yet the emails keep on coming. And I didn’t even subscribed to them in the first place. This company is the very definition of SPAM.
I have never tried their ‘product’ and now I never will. Either they can’t even set up an autoresponder correctly or they just don’t care, either way not someone I would want to work with.
I can only wish that I had seen these reviews.
Chaiken’s stock picks are so far all losers. BX may be the only one that is break even.
Don’t waste your money.
Do I have to sit at the computer for hours? I work full-time and was just wondering if I had to watch the computer for hours on end.
i signed up in January for 2 years and still can’t sign in. Password sent to me did not work and I’m still trying to get help from anyone that will respond.
I have not received any emails or subscription still waiting patiently. I know you have my email and
I guess I will reach out for help again…talked to a James who was very helpful..trying to get him to response to help me sign in. What email subscription am I supposed to be receiving…since January.
It is March still no action.
Makes a compelling case, but Glad I read the reviews because it looks like he is not all that he says he is. Lots of stock market scammers out there. Sounds like he is one of them.
Seems there are a large number of so-called Advisor Specialists, not only Stansberry. The views posted reflect a Sales nightmare due to all the HIPE as ‘they’ all of them, take in large amounts of money & People like Chaikin who have developed any kind of algorithm system, good or poor, are put into these ADVISORS Sales programs. They are professionally promoted & marketed as the best to follow for a high $ PRICE $. The end result is a fully trained sales team set up to take my hard-earned money for their commissions & profit. They then move on to the next in line to do the same.
All misleading you & I. Take our money & continue promoting, another Guy with another product, good or poor, promotion for their gain.
If the direction was so profitable ‘they all’ & the ‘sales team’ would be multi-millionaires… Not working in a sales position seeking big pay-off commissions etc. Get the point!
I don’t know too much about stocks or investing in the Stock Market. However, I do know one thing: if it sounds too good to be true, then watch out. 99% of the time it’s going to be fake and it’s going to make a lot of people lose money in the long run. Thanks to all of you for confirming my worst fears about this guy and his so-called system.
Yes, I have to agree the SPAM is excessive, one “expert” after another after I paid into Stansbury to try and learn about crypto more…..Eric Wade talks a good game, but they post these huge gains only because they got in years ago, I’m down 10% since investing in a few of their “winners”…..Chaikin seems like the biggest ad hore I’ve ever seen, almost every new talking head that pops up is tied to his stuff
I ruthlessly delete spam, so I say bring it on. I did get a Chaikin lifetime subscription today. God help me. We shall see what goes down.
If he was successful, he would just enjoy what he has left on his life.
Wright from the fist subscription all looks doggy, from asking you to make an other subscription of some $500, after paying the $49 they tell you are doing a big mistake if you not using their trading platform, basically total scam.
DO NOT EVEN APPROACH THIS GUY AND HIS RECCOMENDATION .Do not get into trap of this person, he claims that he and his system can foresee stock behavior , power tools is useless , you can find better forecasting and rating gadget on the internet for free. when you register to his website it also has a portfolio recommendation that almost most of his recommendations closed with at least 30 percent loss. In this case it was better you did not invest than lose money. I can’t wait to end my 1 year subscription and get rid of his shit recommendations and see his useless emails everyday on my system .
Not sure what is so wrong. I have used it for 4 weeks. Have not made any money yet but have not lost any either. It is almost too tempting because Motley Fool lacks this kind of capability and hides behind long term investing. Ideal situation is to have a Motley Fool or similar subscription and then have Chaiking type tool. Does anyone know a service that combines long term and short term capabilities so bearish signals can be used to lock in gains.?
Thanks for all the info Chaikin is just another hustler trying to take our $$$
Very expensive, requires lots of complicated work. Sorry I ever came across the company as I purchased and their very bullish recommendations ending up being VERY costly!!
I recently read Eric Tyson’s Investing For Dummies and Mutual Funds For Dummies and learned a lot from those books that contradict a lot of what Chaikin is promoting.
I’ve never understood why anyone would give away a secret that makes them lots of money. Why try to earn money from subscribers when your superprogram easily makes you unlimited amounts? In my view it’s plain stupid. Keep the secret to yourself and see the markets money fly in to your account. Don’t share it with anyone.
STAY AWAY! It is like the others say. I wish I had seen these reviews before I gave them money. It is all about the money with them, I tried to cancel and it’s almost impossible to find a phone number to call. I eventually found a number and talked to a representative who told me I was outside the 30 day cancellation period and they would not give me my money back. That is accurate. It was outside my 30 day period because when I called on a Friday and I discovered they are east coast time and I am west coast time and I forgot to call back on Monday. I asked them to look because they could see I only logged on once and wasn’t using it because it wasn’t what I needed. They still refused to refund my money and would not give me to a supervisor to talk to. I would never deal with people again and suggest you do not either. As for their program I can’t really comment, because I never used it. It wasn’t what I wanted. I thought it covered cryptocurrency and it doesn’t but there’s no way to know that until you sign up for it.. I feel people who keep your money when they know it won’t work for you are not legitimate business people.
I just spent about an hour and half watching his info commercial and can never get that time back; came away thinking like many of the comments above and will not be subscribing!
I subscribed and payed last evening ,but cannot access.
Cannot join by phone and did not get a response to my 5 mails mentionning the trouble encountered
WARNING about Chaikin Analytics. Back in February, 2022 I watched a VERY LONG video presentation of the Chaikin Analytics stock market prediction system by Marc Chaikin. Although a little boring, I stuck with the video because Mr. Chaikin was promising to reveal a strong market investment prediction — a particular company, BASED ON THE SOFTWARE METHOD HE WAS SELLING. That was the bait to his product-advertisement, and, of course, the company forecast came near the end of the lengthy video, and basically zipped by. Well, to get to the punch line of my WARNING, I took him up on his advice and invested several thousand dollars in the company he strongly recommended — Live Nation Entertainment Inc (LYV). To date, MY INVESTMENT HAS HAS DECLINED 40%. Those are the facts … the reader can decide.