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Understanding Stock Fundamentals
Before buying any stock, understanding what the numbers mean gives you a serious edge. Here is every metric you will see on PriceIQ — explained clearly.
Market Capitalization
The total market value of a company
Market cap = share price × total shares outstanding. A $2.45B market cap means the entire company is valued at $2.45 billion right now. Size categories: Mega-cap ($200B+), Large-cap ($10B–$200B), Mid-cap ($2B–$10B), Small-cap ($300M–$2B), Micro-cap (under $300M). Smaller companies carry more risk but can grow faster. Larger companies are more stable but growth is slower.
EPS — Earnings Per Share
How much profit the company earned per share
EPS = net profit ÷ shares outstanding. If a company earns $10B with 1B shares outstanding, EPS = $10. Higher is generally better — it means the company is generating more profit per share.
Trailing EPS — what the company actually earned over the last 12 months. Real, confirmed numbers. Forward EPS — what analysts expect the company to earn over the next 12 months. An estimate, not a guarantee.
Earnings beats (actual EPS above estimate) often push stock prices higher. Misses tend to cause drops. Watching EPS trends over time shows whether a company is consistently growing its profits.
P/E Ratio — Price to Earnings
How much you're paying for every dollar of earnings
P/E = share price ÷ EPS. A P/E of 25 means you are paying $25 for every $1 of annual earnings. Think of it as a valuation multiple — how expensive the stock is relative to its profits.
Trailing P/E — based on the last 12 months of actual earnings. More reliable. Forward P/E — based on estimated future earnings. Lower forward P/E = more expected growth.
Industry context matters: Tech stocks typically trade at 25–40x P/E. Banks at 8–15x. Utilities at 12–18x. A stock with a P/E of 50 isn't automatically overvalued if it's growing at 40% per year. Compare P/E to industry peers and historical averages — not in isolation.
PEG Ratio — Price/Earnings to Growth
P/E ratio adjusted for growth rate
PEG = P/E ÷ earnings growth rate. It accounts for the fact that faster-growing companies naturally deserve higher P/E multiples.
PEG < 1.0 — potentially undervalued. Growth isn't fully priced in. PEG 1.0–2.0 — fairly valued relative to growth. PEG > 2.0 — potentially expensive relative to growth rate.
Example: A stock with P/E of 30 and 30% earnings growth has a PEG of 1.0 — a much better deal than a stock with P/E of 20 and only 5% growth (PEG 4.0).
Revenue & Revenue Growth
Total money coming in — the top line
Revenue is the total income a company generates before any costs are subtracted. It is the very first line on an income statement — hence the term "top line." Revenue does not equal profit.
Revenue Growth (YoY) — how much revenue increased vs the same period last year. 20%+ growth for large companies is considered strong. Slowing revenue growth often signals saturation or competition.
Revenue alone does not tell the full story. A company can grow revenue and still lose money. Always pair revenue figures with margin and profitability data.
Profit Margins
How much of each dollar of revenue the company keeps
Gross Margin = (Revenue − Cost of Goods) ÷ Revenue. How efficient the core business is at production. Software companies often have 70–80%+ gross margins. Retailers might be 20–30%.
Operating Margin = Operating Income ÷ Revenue. After subtracting operating costs (salaries, rent, R&D) but before interest and taxes. This shows the true efficiency of running the business day-to-day.
Net Profit Margin = Net Income ÷ Revenue. The bottom line — what percentage of revenue actually becomes profit after everything. A 20% net margin means the company keeps $0.20 from every $1 of revenue.
Expanding margins over time indicate management is executing well. Shrinking margins signal rising costs, pricing pressure, or increasing competition.
52-Week High / Low
The highest and lowest price over the past year
The 52-week range shows where the stock has traded over the last 12 months. It's one of the most referenced data points because it frames the current price in context.
A stock trading near its 52-week low with strong fundamentals may represent an opportunity — it could be oversold. A stock near its 52-week high may be in a strong uptrend, but has less room to run before hitting resistance. Neither is automatically a buy or sell signal. Always combine this with other data.
ROE & ROA — Return on Equity & Assets
How efficiently the company uses money to generate profit
ROE = Net Income ÷ Shareholders' Equity. How much profit the company generates per dollar of shareholder investment. ROE above 15% is generally considered strong. Warren Buffett looks for consistent ROE above 20% as a sign of durable competitive advantage.
ROA = Net Income ÷ Total Assets. How efficiently the company uses all its assets to generate profit. More relevant for asset-heavy industries like banks and manufacturing. Above 5% is solid across most sectors.
Debt / Equity & Free Cash Flow
Financial health and cash generation
Debt/Equity Ratio — Total debt ÷ shareholder equity. A D/E of 1.0 means the company owes as much as investors have put in. High debt isn't always bad (leveraged growth) but it increases risk during downturns. Under 1.0 is generally preferred.
Free Cash Flow (FCF) — Cash generated after capital expenditures. This is the real money left over after running the business. Positive FCF = the company funds itself, can buy back shares, pay dividends, or invest in growth without needing to borrow. Negative FCF requires outside funding — riskier.
Beta
How volatile the stock is compared to the market
Beta measures a stock's sensitivity relative to the S&P 500 (beta = 1.0).
Beta < 1.0 — less volatile than the market. Defensive stocks like utilities or consumer staples. Safer in downturns. Beta = 1.0 — moves roughly in line with the market. Beta > 1.0 — more volatile. Tech and growth stocks often have betas of 1.2–2.0. Higher potential returns, higher risk. Negative beta — moves inversely to the market (e.g. gold stocks, some hedges).
Analyst Consensus & Price Target
What Wall Street professionals think
Professional analysts from major banks research companies in depth and publish ratings: Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Sell, Strong Sell. The consensus is the aggregate of all current analyst ratings.
Analysts also publish 12-month price targets — their estimate of where the stock will trade in a year. These targets are based on financial models, industry research, and management guidance.
Important caveat: Analysts can be wrong, biased toward positivity, or slow to update. A consensus "Buy" with 54 analysts means more than a "Buy" with 3. Always check the number of analysts contributing — a consensus from 2 analysts carries far less weight than one from 50.
Earnings History — Beats & Misses
Quarterly track record of actual vs estimated earnings
Each quarter, companies report their actual EPS vs what analysts had estimated. The difference is the "surprise."
● Beat — actual EPS exceeded the estimate. Bullish signal. Stocks often gap up. ○ Estimate — the consensus expectation before the report. ● Miss — actual EPS came in below estimate. Bearish signal. Stocks often drop significantly.
A pattern of consistent beats builds trust. A sudden miss after a streak of beats often causes a sharper drop than expected, because it signals something may have changed fundamentally. The "whisper number" (the unofficial market expectation) is often higher than the official consensus — which is why a beat on the official number can still cause a stock to drop if it missed the whisper.
Is the stock cheap, fair, or expensive relative to its fundamentals?
PriceIQ's AI generates a valuation verdict by analyzing P/E, PEG, margins, growth rate, and compares them to industry norms and peers.
Undervalued — the stock appears to be priced below its intrinsic worth. Low P/E relative to growth, strong fundamentals, near 52W low. Potential buy opportunity if the thesis holds. Fairly Valued — the market has priced the stock accurately relative to its current fundamentals and growth outlook. Overvalued — the stock trades at a premium that isn't fully supported by fundamentals. High P/E with slowing growth, near 52W high. Risk of a pullback if expectations aren't met.
Use the valuation verdict as one signal among many — not as a standalone buy or sell decision.
⚠️ All stock analysis on PriceIQ is AI-generated for educational and informational purposes only. Not financial advice. Always conduct your own research before making any investment decisions.
Trading & Confluences
PriceIQ's analysis system is built on institutional trading concepts — the same framework used by professional traders. Learn what every confluence means and how they all work together.
What Is a Confluence?
Multiple independent signals pointing to the same conclusion
A confluence is when multiple independent signals all point to the same thing at the same time. One signal on its own is not enough — it could be random. But when three or more different things all agree, your odds get much better.
Example: Price reaches a key support level (Location) during a bullish trend (Structure), coinciding with a Fair Value Gap (Zone) after sweeping buy-side liquidity (Liquidity) at the start of the New York session (Timing) — that's 5 confluences. Each one alone is weak. Together they form a high-conviction setup.
PriceIQ grades your trades based on how many confluences you've identified and whether they're legitimate.
Market Structure
The foundation — understanding trend direction
Higher Highs / Higher Lows (HH/HL) — Bullish trend. Each swing high is higher than the last, and each pullback holds above the previous low. Price is in an uptrend.
Lower Highs / Lower Lows (LH/LL) — Bearish trend. Each rally fails lower than the last high, and each drop breaks below the previous low. Price is in a downtrend.
Break of Structure (BOS) — When price breaks a previous swing high (in an uptrend) or swing low (in a downtrend), confirming the trend continues. A BOS in the direction of your trade is a confirmation signal.
Change of Character (ChoCH) — The first sign that a trend may be reversing. In a downtrend, a ChoCH is when price breaks ABOVE a recent swing high for the first time. This doesn't confirm the reversal — it signals to start watching for one. Multiple ChoCH signals followed by structure shifts = potential trend reversal.
Order Block (OB)
Where institutions placed their big orders
An Order Block (OB) is the last candle going the opposite direction before a big move. Big institutions can't buy or sell all at once without moving the price — so they leave some orders waiting at that level. When price returns, those orders activate and price tends to react.
Bullish OB — the last bearish (down) candle before a strong bullish impulse. When price returns to this zone from above, it often acts as support. Bearish OB — the last bullish (up) candle before a strong bearish impulse. When price returns, it often acts as resistance.
The key is confirmation: price reacting at an OB with a bullish candle, engulfing pattern, or a lower-timeframe ChoCH strengthens the signal significantly.
Fair Value Gap (FVG)
Gaps in price where no trading occurred — magnets for price
A Fair Value Gap (FVG) forms in a 3-candle sequence where price moves so fast it skips over a price area entirely. Candle 1 closes at a certain high. Candle 3 opens above that — meaning the zone between them was never actually traded through. That gap is the FVG.
Because markets tend to be efficient, price often comes back to fill that gap before continuing. This makes FVGs reliable levels to watch.
Inverse FVG (IFVG) — When price fully fills an FVG and blows straight through it, the zone flips. A bullish FVG that gets completely filled can become a bearish resistance zone. These are considered high-probability areas because the level has been tested from both directions.
FVGs work best when they line up with an Order Block at the same price level.
Liquidity Sweeps & Stop Hunts
How smart money triggers retail traders' stops before reversing
Liquidity is just clusters of stop-loss orders. Retail traders follow obvious patterns — stops go above highs and below lows. Smart money knows exactly where those stops are sitting.
A liquidity sweep (stop hunt) happens when price briefly spikes through a key level — sweeping those stop orders and triggering them as market orders — then quickly reverses. This gives institutions the liquidity they need to fill large positions at better prices.
Equal Highs / Equal Lows — Double or triple tops/bottoms where stops are stacked. These are magnets for price. Seeing price approach equal highs in a bearish context is a warning — a fake break above them (sweep) followed by a rejection is a classic short setup.
The sweep-and-reverse pattern: price breaks level → spikes through stops → engulfing candle back below → continuation in the opposite direction of the sweep.
Premium & Discount Arrays / Equilibrium
Where in a range is price trading — expensive or cheap?
Every price range has a middle point (50% = Equilibrium). The top half is called Premium — price is expensive. The bottom half is Discount — price is cheap.
Core principle: In a bullish trend, look to buy in discount zones (below the 50% level). In a bearish trend, look to sell in premium zones (above the 50% level). Trading against this principle — for example, buying in a premium zone during a downtrend — puts you at a structural disadvantage from the start.
When price is in a discount AND overlapping with an Order Block AND aligned with trend direction AND occurring at the New York or London open = a very high-confluence setup. This stacking of conditions is exactly what PriceIQ's grading system measures.
Breaker Block
A failed Order Block that flips into the opposite role
A Breaker Block is a failed Order Block that flips into the opposite role. If a support OB gets broken decisively, it becomes resistance. If a resistance OB gets broken decisively, it becomes support.
Breaker Blocks are powerful because they represent a confirmed shift in institutional order flow. The level that was previously defended is now being attacked. Trading from a confirmed Breaker Block in the direction of the break is a high-probability play, especially when combined with structure (BOS/ChoCH) and liquidity context.
Multi-Timeframe Analysis (MTF)
Trade in the direction of the bigger picture
Every chart tells a different story depending on how zoomed in you are. Multi-timeframe analysis (MTF) means looking at the big picture first, then zooming in to find the best entry point.
Top-down approach: Start on the Daily or 4H chart to identify the macro trend and key levels. Move to the 1H to see the current cycle. Drop to the 15M or 5M for your entry trigger.
The golden rule: only take long trades on a lower timeframe when the higher timeframe trend is bullish. Only take short trades when the higher timeframe is bearish. Fighting the higher timeframe trend is the most common reason traders lose. As the saying goes — the trend is your friend until it bends.
Session Timing — London & New York
The hours when the market is most active and predictable
Most of the important price action happens in two windows:
London Open (2:00 AM – 5:00 AM ET) — The most liquid session. European and London institutions are active. The "London Killzone" (2–5 AM ET) often sets the high or low of the day on Forex pairs. For stocks, it can influence pre-market direction.
New York Open (8:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET) — The "New York Killzone." The first 2–3 hours after the US market opens are the most volatile. Major moves, reversals, and trend continuations happen here. This is when most institutional orders get filled.
Trading during off-hours (overnight, late afternoon) means low volume, choppy price action, and increased chance of fakeouts. The market tends to respect structure better during high-volume sessions.
How PriceIQ Grades Your Trades
The 5-layer confluence grading framework
When you submit a chart for analysis, PriceIQ scores it across five layers. More layers aligned = stronger grade.
1. StructureTrend direction, BOS, ChoCH, HH/HL or LH/LL. Is the trade WITH the trend or against it?
2. LocationOrder Blocks, FVGs, Supply/Demand zones, Premium/Discount. Is price in a meaningful zone?
3. LiquidityHas price swept a liquidity level? Equal highs/lows taken out? Stops hunted before the move?
4. TimeframeHTF bias alignment. Is the LTF entry in the direction of the bigger picture?
5. ConfirmationEngulfing candles, volume spike, LTF ChoCH, retest of broken level. Is there proof of reversal?
Grades: A (all 5 aligned), B (4 aligned), C (3 aligned), D/F (2 or fewer).
Risk Management
The most important skill in trading — more important than entries
Risk management matters more than your entry strategy. A trader who wins 40% of the time can still be profitable. A trader who wins 80% of the time can still blow their account. It all comes down to how much you risk per trade.
Risk per trade — Never risk more than 1–2% of your account on a single trade. A string of 5 consecutive losses is normal even for professional traders. At 1% risk per trade, 5 losses equal a 5% drawdown — manageable. At 10% risk per trade, 5 losses equal a 50% drawdown — potentially account-ending.
Risk/Reward Ratio (R:R) — How much you risk vs how much you aim to make. A 1:3 R:R means you risk $1 to make $3. At a 1:3 R:R, you only need to win 33% of the time to break even. PriceIQ uses 1:3 as the minimum recommended R:R. Lower R:R setups require a much higher win rate to be profitable.
Stop-loss placement — Always place stops where your thesis is invalidated, not based on dollar amount. If price hits your stop, the trade idea was wrong. Stops that are too tight get hunted by normal market noise. Stops that are too loose hurt your risk/reward ratio. Find the right balance by placing stops just beyond key structure levels.
Power of 3 (PO3) — Session Model
Accumulation → Manipulation → Distribution
Every major trading session moves through three phases that institutions use to shake out retail traders before the real move.
Accumulation — price consolidates in a tight range, usually during the quietest session (Asia for forex, pre-market for stocks). No clear direction yet.
Manipulation — price makes a fake move in the wrong direction to trigger stop losses and trap retail traders. This often looks like a clean breakout but reverses immediately. This is the London open spike for forex, or the first 15–30 minutes for stocks.
Distribution — the real move begins in the opposite direction of the manipulation. This is where institutions fill their actual positions. NY session for forex, mid-morning for stocks.
How to use it: if price makes a strong move DOWN in the first 30 minutes (manipulation), watch for the real move UP. Never chase the initial move — wait for the reversal.
Optimal Trade Entry (OTE)
The ideal Fibonacci retracement zone for entries
The OTE is the precision entry zone defined by the 0.618–0.786 Fibonacci retracement of a swing move. This is where institutions re-enter after the initial impulse in the same direction.
Bullish OTE — price makes a strong move up, then pulls back to the 0.618–0.786 retracement zone. That pullback into the zone is the buy entry. Bearish OTE — price makes a strong move down, then retraces up to the 0.618–0.786 zone. That retracement is the sell entry.
0.705 level — the single most powerful level within the OTE zone. When price stalls precisely at 0.705, it has very high probability.
Important: OTE alone is not a signal. It must overlap with an Order Block, FVG, or demand zone at the same price to count as a valid confluence.
Previous Day High / Low (PDH / PDL)
Institutional reference levels that price is drawn to
The Previous Day High (PDH) and Previous Day Low (PDL) are the most important short-term reference levels that institutions watch every session. Stop losses cluster just beyond these levels, making them prime targets for liquidity sweeps before reversals.
PDH as resistance — when price approaches the previous day's high, expect a sweep above it (grabbing stops of short sellers) before potentially reversing back down. PDL as support — when price approaches the previous day's low, expect a sweep below it (grabbing stops of long holders) before potentially bouncing back up.
The same concept applies on higher timeframes: Previous Week High/Low (PWH/PWL) for swing traders, Previous Month High/Low (PMH/PML) for position traders. The higher the timeframe, the more significant the level.
Session Gap Fills
Price gaps are magnets — the market tends to fill them
A gap forms when a session opens significantly above or below the prior session's close, leaving a price range that was never traded. These gaps act like magnets — the market tends to revisit them before continuing.
Bullish gap — today's open is above yesterday's close. The gap zone below the open is potential support on a pullback. Price may dip into the gap before continuing higher. Bearish gap — today's open is below yesterday's close. The gap zone above the open is potential resistance. Price may bounce into the gap before continuing lower.
Not all gaps fill right away — strong trending markets can leave gaps open for days or weeks. Treat a gap as a target level, not a guaranteed entry. A 50% fill of the gap acting as S/R is often enough to confirm the zone is respected.
⚠️ Trading involves significant risk and is not suitable for everyone. PriceIQ's analysis tools are for educational purposes only. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Never trade with money you cannot afford to lose.