Five stocks a day. Every result on the record.

Each market day, the model scores hundreds of stocks and publishes the top five. Every entry is recorded the moment it's published and tracked until it exits — so you can check the results yourself, not take our word for it.

One process, several ways to follow it.

The same daily work shows up as a ranked screen, a public record, and a simple briefing you can read at a glance.

Illustrative ranked stock screener with scores and risk labels
Rank the research universeSee the names, scores, sectors, and risk context the model is comparing.
Illustrative model versus S&P 500 performance comparison
Keep the comparison publicEvery eligible result is measured against the S&P 500 using the stated method.See the live Track Record →
Illustrative public results tracker showing model outcomes
Track what happened nextEntries, exits, gains, and losses stay visible as the record builds.

What Is Top 5 Stocks?

Top 5 Stocks is a fully automated, AI-driven market research service. Our system analyzes market data every day, selects the top-ranked stocks and cryptos, generates a narrated video, and publishes it.

We're not a brokerage, not a hedge fund, and we don't manage anyone's money. We publish selections and educational research. What you do with the information is up to you.

Where We Publish

Our AI publishes across multiple channels daily:

YouTube (Stocks) — @Top5StocksDaily
Daily AI-narrated video with the top 5 stock rankings, catalysts, and risk context. Published daily around market open.
YouTube (Crypto) — @Top5CryptoDaily
Daily crypto video covering the top ranked coins with momentum and technical context.
Telegram Alerts
Private member alerts when tracked selections reach upside or downside reference levels, plus time-based model-exit notifications.
This Website
Live data on the Today page, full performance history, API access for developers, and weekly email recaps.

Three Strategies, Three Pipelines

We run three separate AI pipelines: short-term momentum, long-term value, and a monthly generational screen for durable compounders.

Top 5 Daily — Momentum

Published every market day. 5 stocks scored on short-term signals. Each entry is tracked until the upside or downside reference level is reached. Entries are short-term and typically reach a model exit within a month.

Price momentum & volume surge
Catalyst & news sentiment
Chart structure & breakout signals
Earnings growth & catalyst signals
Options flow & VWAP positioning
Macro regime & risk context

Undervalued — Long-Term Value

The production preview scans 900 large and mid-cap US stocks (S&P 500 + S&P 400) for quality companies trading below estimated fair value. Full Ultra delivery opens only after SEC and licensed-price readiness checks pass; eligible selections are tracked for up to 1 year.

DCF intrinsic value & margin of safety
Free cash flow yield & earnings quality
Insider buying clusters
Model valuation and upside context
Value trap detection
Revenue & earnings growth

Generational — Durable Compounders

The Generational screen is a conditional Ultra preview: at most 2 selections per month. Candidates are observed across a full month of scans and must qualify on the majority of them before selection — one strong day is never enough. Selections are tracked indefinitely with no exit levels; months where no company meets the bar are recorded and published after readiness is confirmed.

Multi-year revenue compounding
Return-on-capital consistency
Profit margins & pricing power
Balance-sheet strength
Market outperformance required
Valuation sanity cap

Rankings are locked at publish time and cannot be edited retroactively.

How Videos Are Made

How the pipeline works:

1

Scan & Score — Market data is pulled from multiple APIs. Every stock is scored and ranked.

2

Script Generation — A deterministic system builds each ranking's narrated line directly from real catalyst, news, and data facts; an LLM only writes the one-line market intro.

3

Video Render — Text-to-speech narration is synced with dynamic stock charts and data overlays.

4

Publish — The video is uploaded to YouTube, the website is updated, and paid members may receive model-event alerts via Telegram alerts if enabled.

How Entries Are Tracked

When a stock is selected, the model logs an entry at the current market price and sets two reference levels: an upside level and a downside level. These levels are derived from the model's analysis — they are not trade instructions.

The model then monitors the stock. When one of these levels is reached, an AI MODEL EXIT RECORDED event and the resulting model gain or loss are added to the performance record. No actual trades are placed — this is a simulated tracking system for transparency.

Top 5 Daily — Short-Term Momentum

An equal-weight basket of 5 stocks is selected each market day. Each entry stays active until a reference level is reached. Most entries resolve within 1–2 weeks. The model records an exit in one of three ways:

Upside Level Reached
Price reaches the upside reference level — model exit recorded as a gain.
Downside Level Reached
Price reaches the downside reference level — model exit recorded as a loss. Once an entry gains 3%+, the downside level is raised to just above the entry price, so a winner that reverses is recorded near breakeven instead of as a loss.
Time-Based Exit
Rarely used — if neither level is reached after an extended period, the model records an exit at the current price.

Undervalued — Long-Term Value

Same tracking logic with a longer horizon (up to 1 year) to let value theses develop. The model monitors the same upside and downside reference levels and records an exit when one is reached.

How We Measure Performance

We track two types of returns:

Per-Ranking Average

The simple average return across all individual closed rankings. Shows what a typical single ranking returned.

Growth Chart

A hypothetical $10,000 model portfolio using simple additive returns. Each daily basket is measured from its recorded model entry to its AI MODEL EXIT RECORDED price, and the percentage result is added to the running total. Only baskets with 2 or more fresh (non-repeat) rankings are included to avoid double-counting. This is not compound growth — each basket's return is independent.

S&P 500 Benchmark

The benchmark line shows a hypothetical buy-and-hold investment in SPY starting from the same date as the first basket, so readers can compare the model record with the same-period S&P 500 result.

Per-Ranking S&P 500 Comparison

Each individual ranking is also compared against SPY over the same holding window to calculate excess return vs the market.

A Published Record of Gains and Losses

The published record starts on August 3, 2026. We changed the scoring model, and the results before that date came from a different one — leaving them up would tell you how a system we no longer run used to do. So the record restarts with the model that actually picks today's five. Earlier research is still kept privately for our own analysis.

From that date on, everything eligible we publish stays on the record — the good calls and the bad ones. Because it starts fresh, it will be thin at first and build up day by day. You can watch it fill in on the Track Record page.

The point is to give you something you can check for yourself, instead of a marketing number you have to take our word for.

Who's Behind This

Top 5 Stocks is independently built and operated — one developer, one automated research system, no outside sponsors and no one paying us to feature their stock. The scoring models are backtested across multiple market regimes before any weight changes ship, and the publishing pipeline records released rankings for the public track record.

We publish under the same handle everywhere — @Top5StocksDaily on YouTube and this site — and the customer-facing record since August 3, 2026, including gains and losses, is one click away. Questions or corrections: top5stocksdaily@gmail.com.

Free vs Paid

The daily public research remains available without a paid plan. Membership tiers add more context and tools:

Pro

$29/month

The full available ranked stock list and the market context behind it.

Everything in Starter, plus

7-day free trial included. Cancel anytime before day 8 and pay nothing.

View Pro details →

Ultra

$49/month

Preview longer-horizon research while source-safe production checks are completed.

Everything in Pro, plus

Ultra is currently waitlist-only. Paid delivery opens after the same SEC and licensed-price readiness checks used by the research exports pass.

View Ultra details →

View pricing →

Check the work yourself

The rankings and the full record — wins and losses — are public.