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From economic indicators to valuation models — plain-language tutorials with hands-on tools

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Investment Dashboard: 4 Engines, One Stock at a Glance

Each stock's Insights tab packs 10 rows × 4 cards with 4-engine scoring (fundamentals / technical / risk / quantitative). Verdict, suggestions, and alerts on one page; click any card to drill down.

User Journey7 min read
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Alert Engine: 50+ Rules Auto-Flagging Each Stock

7 categories × 50+ rules: valuation, risk, credit, technical, momentum, dividend, quality. Auto-flagged red / yellow / green issues per stock — read reds first, greens as confirmation.

User Journey6 min read
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Margin & Short Selling: Retail Sentiment + Squeeze Potential Decoded

Margin trade (long with leverage) + short selling are retail sentiment gauges. Short-to-margin ratio ≥ 30% signals short-squeeze potential; margin used ≥ 90% signals leverage exhaustion. CTSstock provides per-stock detail + market ranking + alerts.

User Journey6 min read
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Institutional Ranking: Spot Today's Smart Money Across 2,000 Stocks

All ~2,000 listed stocks ranked by foreign / trust / dealer net buy. ETFs excluded by default to avoid market-maker distortion. Expand full 100 rows and resort by any column.

User Journey5 min read
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Multi-Factor Screener: Compose Your Own Filter Recipe

5 filter dimensions (financial health / relative valuation / momentum / volatility / market cap) compose freely. Run to get a filtered stock list; click any factor for threshold details.

User Journey6 min read
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ETF Complete Guide: Market View, Holdings, Distributions, Active ETFs

How ETFs differ from stocks: market view (NAV / premium-discount), top-10 holdings, distribution history, and active ETF (e.g. 00981A) special fields.

User Journey6 min read
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VIX Fear Index: Reading Market Sentiment from Historical Volatility

Uses ^TWII 20-day realized volatility (RV) as Taiwan VIX proxy (TAIVIX public data unreliable). Includes 5y percentile, 4-regime classification, low-vol reversal warnings.

Risk7 min read
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Volume Anomalies: The Earliest Signal That Smart Money Is Moving

Volume spike, 52-week high/low, A/D ratio — 3 scanners on one page. The earliest institutional-money footprints, more timely than MA, MACD, KD.

Charts & Basics7 min read
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4 Ways to Read the Heatmap: Price Change Is Just One

Heatmap now supports 4 modes: Price Change / Relative Strength (RS) / Liquidity / Amount. Switch modes for 4 completely different market insights.

Charts & Basics6 min read
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Heatmap: 1 Day or 20 Days? Different Time Dimensions Find Different Opportunities

Single-day heatmap misses trends. Now supports 5 time scales (1d/5d/20d/1m/3m) with dynamic color scaling — cross-period reading finds healthy pullbacks, oversold bounces, and sector rotation.

Charts & Basics6 min read
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Industry Monthly Revenue Comparison: Relative Winners in Downturns Matter Most

Is a stock's −5% YoY revenue good or bad? Depends on peers. Extends relative comparison to monthly revenue: rank, market share, 12-month share trend.

Revenue6 min read
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How to Value Loss-Makers? Use P/S and EV/Sales

PE impossible? Two new models in Valuation tab — P/S and EV/Sales — built for loss-makers, high-growth SaaS, and cyclical bottoms.

Valuation Models6 min read
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Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC): Channel Stuffing or Demand Slowdown?

CCC = DSO + DIO − DPO — days of working capital you must finance yourself. Stacked-bar decomposition with z-score anomaly detection spots channel stuffing and demand shifts early.

Financial Ratios6 min read
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ROE of 20% — Is That Good? Check Historical & Industry Percentiles

Absolute ratio values are meaningless without context. Every ratio gets dual badges: self 5y percentile + industry percentile, with four-quadrant interpretation.

Financial Ratios7 min read
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Historical Extreme Events & Clustering — Black Swans Rarely Come Alone

Lists 10 worst single-day events with benchmark return, excess return, and clustering analysis. Large negative excess = stock-specific risk; clustering = volatility clustering phenomenon.

Risk6 min read
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Q-Q Plot & Jarque-Bera — Are Your Returns Actually Normal?

Stock returns frequently deviate from normal: fat tails + left skew. Q-Q Plot and Jarque-Bera test reveal this empirically — the reason our VaR/CVaR uses historical simulation.

Risk7 min read
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Max Drawdown, Ulcer Index, Calmar — Three Ways to Measure Drawdown Pain

MDD for deepest, Ulcer for averaged pain, Calmar for return-per-drawdown. Complementary; Calmar best for investors sensitive to worst-case pain.

Risk6 min read
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Sortino & Downside Deviation — Only Penalizing Down Moves

Sharpe treats upside as risk, which isn't intuitive. Sortino only penalizes downside moves. When two stocks have equal Sharpe but different Sortino, the one with higher Sortino tends to drop less.

Risk6 min read
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VaR vs CVaR — How Much Do You Actually Lose in the Worst 5%?

VaR gives a loss threshold; CVaR tells you the average beyond it. Historical simulation — no normality assumption — applied to both individual stocks and portfolios.

Risk6 min read
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P/E of 25 — Cheap or Expensive? Use Percentile Ranking

Absolute multiples are meaningless — relative position matters. This platform shows both self-history and industry percentiles; four-quadrant interpretation tells you cheap vs expensive at a glance.

Valuation Models7 min read
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Altman Z / Piotroski F / Beneish M: Three Scores for Fundamentals & Integrity

Altman for bankruptcy, Piotroski for fundamentals, Beneish for integrity — three complementary scores. Only all-pass companies are truly worth holding.

Financial Ratios8 min read
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You Think You're Diversified? Check With Correlation

Many holdings ≠ diversification. Correlation reveals which positions are effectively the same bet. Use average ρ and high-correlation warnings to spot false diversification.

Portfolio6 min read
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Market Breadth: Why Counting Stocks Above MA Beats Watching Indices

Indices are dominated by mega-caps. Market breadth (% above MA20/60/120/240) counts stocks in uptrend, with 252-day percentile ranking to spot overheated or oversold conditions.

Rankings5 min read
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What Is GDP? Understanding a Country's Economic Health

A plain-language explanation of GDP (Gross Domestic Product), with Taiwan and US GDP charts to help you gauge how economic cycles affect the stock market.

Economic Indicators6 min read
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CPI & Inflation: How Rising Prices Affect Your Investments

Understand the differences between CPI, Core CPI, and PCE, and learn how to use inflation data to predict central bank rate decisions and market trends.

Economic Indicators7 min read
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Fed Interest Rates: How Rate Decisions Move the Stock Market

Understand the federal funds rate and Treasury yields, and learn how Fed rate decisions impact stock prices, bonds, and your portfolio.

Economic Indicators8 min read
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Taiwan Central Bank Rates & Money Supply Basics

Learn about Taiwan's rediscount rate, M1B, and M2 money supply, and how to use monetary data to gauge bullish or bearish trends in TWSE stocks.

Economic Indicators6 min read
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Yield Curve Inversion = Recession? Reading the 10Y-2Y Spread

What is a yield curve inversion? Why is the 10Y-2Y Treasury spread the most reliable recession predictor? Historical data tells the story.

Economic Indicators7 min read
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Nonfarm Payrolls & Unemployment: The Most Important Monthly Report

Why does the first-Friday NFP report shake global markets? Learn to read nonfarm payrolls, unemployment rate, and initial jobless claims.

Economic Indicators7 min read
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Understanding Taiwan Employment & Wage Data

Interpret Taiwan's unemployment rate, labor participation rate, and average wages to understand the link between the labor market and domestic demand.

Economic Indicators5 min read
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PMI & Industrial Production: Key Business Cycle Gauges

PMI is the most timely economic thermometer. Combined with industrial production and export orders, it helps you spot turning points early.

Economic Indicators6 min read
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Consumer Confidence & Retail Sales

Consumer spending makes up ~70% of US GDP. Learn how consumer confidence and retail sales data reveal the economy's strength and investment clues.

Economic Indicators5 min read
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FX & Trade: How TWD Moves Affect Taiwan Stocks

Does a stronger TWD hurt exporters? Analyze how exchange rates and trade data interact with TWSE stocks and your portfolio.

Economic Indicators6 min read
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US Housing Market Data Explained

From mortgage rates and housing starts to the Case-Shiller index and existing home sales — a complete guide to US housing data and its economic impact.

Economic Indicators6 min read
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Fed Balance Sheet & QE/QT: Impact on the Stock Market

What are QE and QT? How do changes in the Fed's balance sheet affect market liquidity and stock prices? A plain-language breakdown.

Economic Indicators7 min read
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US Government Debt & Fiscal Deficit

What does US national debt exceeding $30 trillion mean? How do debt-to-GDP ratios and fiscal deficits affect the dollar and global investments?

Economic Indicators5 min read
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Top 10 Economic Indicators Every Investor Should Track

From GDP and CPI to nonfarm payrolls and the yield curve — the 10 key economic indicators to build your own macro dashboard.

Economic Indicators8 min read
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5 Major Global Indices: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq, SOX & TAIEX

What do the Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq, Philadelphia Semiconductor, and TAIEX represent? A one-stop guide to their components and differences.

Indices & Commodities6 min read
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Gold, Oil & Copper: How Commodities Move with Stocks

Gold as a safe haven, oil reflecting demand, copper as an economic barometer — how major commodity prices interact with stock investments.

Indices & Commodities6 min read
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Using Rankings to Find the Strongest Stocks

Use price change, volume, market cap, and turnover rankings to quickly filter the most active and strongest stocks.

Rankings4 min read
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Financial Rankings: Find the Best Companies by ROE & EPS

Use ROE, ROA, EPS, and cash position rankings to find fundamentally strong listed companies.

Rankings4 min read
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Reading Candlestick Charts: MA, Bollinger Bands, MACD, KD & RSI

From candlestick basics to MA, Bollinger Bands, MACD, KD, and RSI — learn to read price trends with real chart examples.

Charts & Basics8 min read
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Monthly Revenue: Understanding YoY, MoM & Seasonality

Monthly revenue is the most timely fundamental data for Taiwan stocks. Learn to use YoY, MoM, and seasonal comparisons to assess growth momentum.

Revenue5 min read
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Income Statement, Balance Sheet & Cash Flow: All 3 Statements Explained

The three financial statements are the foundation of investment analysis. A plain-language breakdown of their core items and how to read them.

Financial Statements8 min read
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Gross Margin vs Operating Margin vs Net Margin

The three margins are the most fundamental profitability metrics. Learn the differences between gross, operating, and net margin with practical examples.

Financial Ratios5 min read
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ROE DuPont Analysis: Deconstructing a Company's Profitability

ROE is Buffett's favorite metric, but the number alone isn't enough. Use DuPont analysis to break it into net margin x asset turnover x equity multiplier.

Financial Ratios6 min read
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Current Ratio & Quick Ratio: Will the Company Survive?

Current and quick ratios are key to assessing short-term solvency. Combined with the interest coverage ratio, evaluate a company's financial safety.

Financial Ratios5 min read
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Inventory & Receivables Turnover: Measuring Operational Efficiency

Turnover ratios reflect operational efficiency — how fast does inventory sell? Are receivables collected? Learn to evaluate management effectiveness.

Financial Ratios5 min read
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What Is DCF? A Step-by-Step Valuation with TSMC

A complete DCF (Discounted Cash Flow) tutorial — from concept to hands-on calculation using TSMC as an example to find a stock's intrinsic value.

Valuation Models8 min read
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DDM (Dividend Discount Model): Valuation for Income Investors

DDM estimates stock price using the present value of future dividends — ideal for stable dividend payers. Includes a hands-on walkthrough with real data.

Valuation Models6 min read
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P/E Ratio Valuation: The Simplest Price Reasonableness Check

The P/E ratio is the most widely used valuation metric. Learn to use historical P/E band charts to judge whether a stock is cheap or expensive.

Valuation Models5 min read
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P/B Ratio: Finding Undervalued Companies

The P/B ratio helps you find companies trading below book value — especially useful for valuing financial and cyclical stocks.

Valuation Models5 min read
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EV/EBITDA: The Go-To Metric for Cross-Industry Comparison

EV/EBITDA removes capital structure and tax differences, making it the fairest valuation metric for comparing companies across industries.

Valuation Models6 min read
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Gordon Growth Model (GGM): Ideal Valuation for Steady Dividend Stocks

The GGM assumes perpetual dividend growth and uses a single formula to calculate fair price — best suited for large-cap steady dividend payers.

Valuation Models5 min read
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6 Valuation Models Compared: Which One Fits You?

DCF, DDM, P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA, and GGM — a complete comparison of use cases, pros, and cons to help you pick the right valuation tool.

Valuation Models7 min read
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Beta & Volatility: Visualizing Stock Risk at a Glance

Beta measures a stock's volatility relative to the market. Combined with annualized volatility and risk percentile, fully assess your holding's risk.

Risk5 min read
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Dividend Investing: How to Judge Dividend Stability

From historical payouts and payout ratios to cash vs stock dividend mix — learn to evaluate whether a company is worth holding long-term.

Dividend Policy5 min read
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Screen Quality Stocks with 5 Financial Indicators

Use ROE, EPS, gross margin, debt ratio, and free cash flow with a multi-factor screener to systematically find quality stocks.

VIP Features6 min read
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What Are Institutions Buying? Tracking Big 3 & 13F Filings

How to read Taiwan's Big 3 institutional buy/sell data and US 13F filings to follow institutional investors and find investment direction.

VIP Features6 min read
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What Is the Sharpe Ratio? Measuring Your Investment Efficiency

The Sharpe Ratio tells you how much excess return you earn per unit of risk — the gold standard for evaluating portfolio performance.

Portfolio5 min read
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