The Watstock Bible

How to use the desk — even if you have never looked at a stock.

This is the member guide. It is written for smart people who are not professional traders. Read it once. Keep it. Print it. Send it to a friend. If something on the screen still feels opaque, the answer is almost certainly in here.

You do not need a finance degree. You need twenty quiet minutes and a willingness to look.

The one-page cheat sheet

Read this page first. It is the whole product.

The sentence to remember:

See the ranking. See the tape. See the world. Then decide.

Watstock is a research desk. It is not a broker. It does not buy or sell stocks for you. It does not hold your money. If anyone ever tells you otherwise, they are wrong.

1. What this is (and what it is not)

Imagine a serious newspaper's markets desk, shrunk onto a website, with one extra job: every week it has to commit. For each big US company on a fixed list, it publishes one of three words for the next five trading sessions: BUY, HOLD, or SELL.

That commitment is the product. Not a chatbot. Not a “hot tip.” Not a casino.

We are

• A weekly ranked book of US large-cap stocks
• A live tape of the world around those stocks
• A public scoreboard of whether last week’s calls were right
• A paper desk so you can practise without real money
• A handoff so you can take a call to the broker you already have

We are not

• A broker, a bank, or an app that places orders
• Personalised investment advice (the footer says this on every prediction)
• A guarantee, a signal service with “100% accuracy,” or a meme chat
• A place to deposit money

If you want to act on a call, you do it at your bank. That is a feature. It keeps us honest.

2. The 90-second first visit

• Open Hotstocks (the home page). That is the book.
• If you are Free, the top 10 is closed. You still see ranks 11–15. That is enough to learn the language.
• Notice the three tags: BUY, HOLD, SELL. Hover them. They explain themselves.
• Tap any ticker (the short name, like AAPL or JPM). That is the ticket for that company.
• On a ticket, you will see last price, news, and — on Pro — the 5-day path. Free still shows the last price so the page is never empty theatre.
• Optional: create an account. Same email you will use if you subscribe.
• Optional: open Paper desk, practise a call with fake money.
• When you are ready for a real order, use Handoff. Send the ticket to your bank. We never execute.

If you get lost, tap the ? in the header and choose Replay the tour or Open the Bible.

3. The three words, in plain English

Markets move in percentages. We picked a simple, public rule so nobody has to guess what “good” means.

Over the next five trading days (about one calendar week of sessions — weekends and market holidays do not count):

Trading day means a day the US stock market is open. Monday–Friday, minus holidays. Five trading days is not always five calendar days (a Friday call reaches into the next week).

Expected return is our model’s best estimate, not a promise. Stocks can do the opposite. That is why the scoreboard exists.

A HOLD is the most misunderstood word on this desk. It does not mean “we love it but we are shy.” It means the next five days look quiet. Doing nothing is a decision.

4. This week's ranking (Hotstocks)

This is the home page. It is the book.

• # — official rank. 1 is the strongest expected 5-day return in the universe this week. The rank comes from the server. The website does not invent it.
• Ticker — the short code (AAPL = Apple). Tap it.
• Company — the name in English.
• Signal — BUY, HOLD, or SELL.
• Score — headline sentiment, roughly −1 (grim news) to +1 (upbeat news). It is one input, not the whole call.
• Last — the last traded price we have. This is a snapshot, not a live blink every millisecond.
• Exp. 5-day — the expected percentage move. Green-ish is up. Red-ish is down.
• Geo — whether world events (a strait, a country, an energy shock) currently tilt this name.

You can filter by BUY / HOLD / SELL and by sector. That is a lens, not a second ranking.

Free vs Pro, said once clearly

• Free: ranks 11–15 unlocked. A sneak peek of the live tape. Daily sentiment on a stock page. A short watchlist. A few chat questions a day.
• Pro ($24.99 / month or $7.99 / week): the top 10, the rest of the book, the full tape, the 5-day path on every ticket, unlimited watchlist, more chat.

There is no “secret fourth tier.” If a row is locked, tap Unlock. You will see the price. You can stay Free forever.

5. The live tape (the strip of numbers)

Above the ranking sits a horizontal strip. People who are new to markets often skip it. Don’t. It is the weather report.

Typical cells:

• ES — S&P 500 futures. A shorthand for “how is the whole US market feeling right now?”
• NQ — Nasdaq futures (bigger technology weight).
• Gold / WTI / FX — classic hedges and the dollar. Useful when the world is noisy.
• SPY / QQQ flow — whether big funds are putting money into, or taking money out of, the main index ETFs.
• The wire — headlines (with pictures when the news feed sends one).
• The calendar — earnings, dividends, and other dated events.

Free sees a sneak peek (a couple of prints, a couple of headlines). Missing cells are not broken. They are closed. Tap Unlock the tape if you want the rest.

The tape never secretly rewrites the published ranking. Context sits beside the book. It does not overwrite it.

6. Opening a stock (the ticket)

Tap a ticker. You land on that company’s page.

What you are looking at:

• The name and the three-word call — so you never lose the headline.
• Last price and sentiment — free. We do not hide the present to sell the future.
• The 5-day path (Pro) — the week ahead, day by day. If you are Free, you will see a lock, not a fake HOLD.
• Why — short drivers (news tilt, a fund’s weight, a geo sleeve). These are explanations, not a second score.
• News and events — what the street is printing, and what is on the calendar.
• Paper-trade — book the call with fake money.
• Watch — pin the name so you can find it tomorrow.

If a number is missing on Free, it is gated. We would rather show a lock than a made-up HOLD. That is respect, not a bug.

7. Paper desk — practise without fear

Paper trading is how professionals rehearse. You get $100,000 of imaginary cash.

• Buy on the desk = “I want to practise a long.” The fill is the last print we have, not a live exchange auction.
• Sell = “I want to practise reducing or going short,” within the mock rules.
• Your equity is fake. Your P&L is fake. Your lesson is real.

When the five trading days pass, you can compare what the stock did with what we said. The public Scoreboard does this in aggregate for the whole book.

Reset the paper book from Account if you want a clean $100,000 again.

Nothing here is sent to a broker. Practise until the three words feel like English.

8. Handoff — your bank, not ours

When you actually want to place an order, you leave the desk.

Handoff makes a small file / ticket that says, in substance:

• the name
• the call
• that this is research
• that Watstock does not execute (executes: false)

You send that to the broker or bank you already use. They know you. They have your money. They place the order, or they refuse it. That is the correct legal and practical line.

We will never add a “Buy now with one tap” that routes to an exchange. If a future version ever looks like a broker, it has gone wrong.

9. Chat — ask like a beginner (that is a compliment)

The Chat tab is a desk assistant, not a fortune teller.

Good questions:

• “What does a HOLD actually mean?”
• “Did you see the latest on the Strait of Hormuz?”
• “Which names on this desk feel energy stress?”
• “How do I paper-trade a call?”

It will answer in English and, when it can, point at names already on this week’s book. It will not invent a private ranking, and it will not tell you to mortgage a house.

Free members get a daily cap (a handful of questions). Pro gets more. When you hit the cap, the desk says so. It does not hallucinate a bonus answer.

If Chat is tired or the model is on a fallback, you still get a reply. Believe the ranking over any paragraph.

10. World Monitor

The World tab is a map of country-level stress and a few strategic chokepoints (think oil straits, not holiday destinations).

A slice of that view — about 10% — can tilt a name on the book. The other 90% is still the tape, the news, and the technical ensemble.

You do not need to “read the map” to use Watstock. It is there so a war, a blockade, or an energy shock is not a surprise buried in a footnote.

If a name has a geo chip, hover it. It will say why.

11. Scoreboard — we keep the misses

Anyone can publish BUYs. The rare thing is a public list of wrong calls that nobody is allowed to delete.

Scoreboard is that list.

• A call is judged after five trading sessions, using the 1% rule above.
• A name with fewer than 10 resolved calls shows insufficient history, never a flashy percentage.
• We do not rewrite last month because this month looks better.

If you only remember one adult habit from this Bible, remember this: prefer a desk that shows its losses.

12. Watchlist, alerts, account

• Watchlist — your shortlist. Free has a small cap. Pro is unlimited. It is a notepad, not a portfolio.
• Alerts — Pro. A tap on the shoulder when the book or a name moves in a way we think you should see. Not a siren, not a day-trading pager.
• Account — your email, your plan (Free or Pro), a reset for paper money, and billing if you subscribe.
• Subscribe — Stripe on the website. Same email for the receipt and the login, or a refresh will look like you were never paid.

Create an account even on Free. It keeps your watchlist and paper book when you close the laptop.

13. A tiny glossary (so you never have to fake it)

You now know more than most people who open a brokerage app.

14. Questions people actually ask

“I’m not a finance person. Will I look stupid?” No. The desk is designed so a careful adult can use it. The tour, the hover labels, and this Bible exist because we would rather explain than impress.

“Is this telling me what to buy with my savings?” No. It is research on a five-day horizon for a fixed US list. It is not a retirement plan, a tax plan, or a suitability conversation. If you need those, you need a human adviser who knows you.

“Can I lose money?” Yes — if you take a call to a real broker and the market disagrees. That is how markets work. Paper-trade first. Never size a real order from bravado. Past scoreboard numbers do not guarantee the next week.

“Why can’t I see the top 10?” Because that is how we stay in business. Free is a real desk, not a demo video. The top of the book is the product.

“Why does a cell say nothing, instead of a price?” On Free, some feeds are a sneak peek. We hide the rest rather than print “No print,” which looks like a crash. Tap Unlock if you want them.

“Do you place the trade if I tap Buy on the paper desk?” No. Paper is fake. Handoff is a file. Your bank is the only place a real order happens.

“What is methodology_v1?” The locked scoring rule. Public on the Methodology page. We do not quietly retune last week to look clever.

“Can I send this Bible to my dad / my intern / my group chat?” Yes. That is why the print, email, and WhatsApp buttons exist. Please send the whole thing, not a cropped BUY.

“Who is Feynman Labs?” The company that owns Watstock. Watstock is the product. The legal line is on every ticket.

15. How to look fluent in five visits

Visit 1. Take the tour. Read the cheat sheet. Do not subscribe yet.

Visit 2. Open three tickets — one BUY, one HOLD, one SELL. Read them like short newspaper briefs.

Visit 3. Paper-trade one call. Write one sentence in a notebook: “I did this because…”

Visit 4. Come back after five trading days. Compare. Then open the Scoreboard.

Visit 5. Only now decide if Pro is worth it for you. If the Free ranks plus the scoreboard already change how you think, you are using it correctly.

Fluency is not speed. Fluency is not flinching when you see HOLD.

16. The rules of the road

• Hover a word you do not know. If it still feels foggy, open this Bible.
• Replay the tour from ? whenever you like. You will not annoy anyone.
• Do not screenshot a locked row and pretend it was a HOLD.
• Do not send a friend “this will 10x.” We will never say that. Neither should you.
• Do not deposit money here. There is nowhere to deposit.
• If a number and a paragraph disagree, believe the ranking and the scoreboard.
• If you are in trouble in real life — debt, panic, a bonus you cannot afford to lose — close the laptop. This desk will still be here on Monday.

Print, email, WhatsApp

• Print — use the button on the Guide page (or your browser’s print). It is designed to look like a short pamphlet, white paper, cyan rule.
• Email — the Guide page will open a draft with a short intro and the link.
• WhatsApp — the Guide page will open a share with the same intro.
• Replay the tour — header ?, or Account.

Keep a paper copy near the kettle if that is how you learn. We mean that kindly.

The legal sentence (please do not skip)

WATSTOCK provides research and analytics, not personalized investment advice. Markets involve risk, including loss of capital. Past performance of our scoring does not guarantee future results. WATSTOCK does not execute orders, hold funds, or act as a broker-dealer.

That paragraph appears on every prediction surface and every ticket. It is not decoration.

*Watstock is a product of Feynman Labs. This Bible is for members and anyone you want to feel as capable as you now are.*