The short version
The Stock Coffee homepage does not tell you what to buy. It answers three questions in order:
1. How should you operate today? Read the six market states built from 60MA, 120MA and market-wide margin balance.
2. Which stocks are currently strong? Review the top-300 names in strict bullish alignment and above 10MA.
3. Which mistake is easiest to make now? Read the trading quote selected for the current market state.
Use the homepage in that order every day: market first, stocks second, discipline last.
1. Market Today: three signals, three jobs
Taiwan provides a useful data point that has no direct U.S. equivalent: market-wide margin shares. It measures leveraged stock purchases, so the homepage gives each signal a separate job:
- 60MA identifies tailwinds and normal pullbacks. A move back to 60MA is not automatically bearish.
- 120MA identifies a true headwind. A break below 120MA marks materially higher medium-term risk.
- Margin balance shows whether leverage has cooled. Below 75% of its historical high, leverage has been substantially washed out.
Margin near 90% of its historical high is an elevated-leverage warning. It calls for less chasing and less borrowing, but it cannot time a top by itself.
A state must remain valid for three consecutive sessions before the homepage changes, reducing one-day whipsaws.
2. Market lifecycle: six market positions
The lifecycle turns an abstract bull-or-bear judgment into a readable market map: Early Recovery → Recovery Confirmed → Tailwind → Bull-market Pullback → High-risk Consolidation → Headwind.
This is a common market outline, not a forecast that stages must occur in order. Markets can skip stages or reverse. For example, a pullback that holds can return directly to Tailwind without entering High-risk Consolidation. The homepage marks the current position; it does not predict the next stop.
🟢 Tailwind
The index is above 60MA and 60MA is above 120MA. The trend is intact and market leaders have a better chance of continuing.
🟡 Bull-market Pullback
The index is below 60MA but still above 120MA, while 60MA remains above 120MA. This is a normal pullback rather than an automatic bear signal. Avoid chasing and wait for individual stocks to stabilize.
🟠 High-risk Consolidation
The index is still above 120MA, but the 60MA and 120MA signals conflict. Reduce leverage and concentration while the market chooses a direction.
🔴 Headwind
The index is below 120MA. Medium-term drawdown risk is elevated; control exposure, respect stops and do not average down simply because prices have fallen.
🔵 Early Recovery
Margin is at or below 75% of its historical high and the index has reclaimed 60MA but not 120MA. Leverage has washed out and price is starting to repair, but the medium-term trend is not confirmed.
🔵 Recovery Confirmed
Margin is at or below 75% of its historical high and the index has reclaimed 120MA. Leverage and price have both improved, although a second test remains possible and the exact bottom is never guaranteed.
3. Matching Today: a consistent daily screen
The homepage screen always uses the same transparent rules:
- Top 300 listed companies by market capitalization
- Strict bullish alignment: 5MA > 10MA > 20MA > 60MA
- Latest close above 10MA
- Calculated from the latest completed trading session
The list finds stocks with an intact trend and continued short-term strength. It is a research shortlist, not a promise that those stocks will rise. Open “See all” to narrow the results by industry, revenue growth, EPS growth or new-high status.
The homepage displays the closing date used. If the list is behind the latest index data or was generated under an older filter definition, it is hidden and rebuilt in the background instead of showing stale names.
“Nothing matches today” is also a valid conclusion. It means no stock satisfies both strict bullish alignment and the 10MA rule, which itself can signal a weakening or transitional market.
4. Reading the detailed market data
Expand “Market Details” to see:
- Current margin shares as a percentage of the historical high, with elevated, washed-out or middle-range guidance
- The index relative to 5MA, 10MA, 20MA, 60MA and 120MA
- Distance from the half-year, one-year and two-year averages
Long-term averages provide location and risk context, not automatic buy signals. The homepage conclusion still comes from the six-state framework using 60MA, 120MA and margin balance.
5. Why the quotes change
The first quote changes with the market state: tailwinds emphasize holding winners, pullbacks emphasize patience, transitions emphasize waiting for confirmation, headwinds emphasize stops, and recoveries emphasize courage and trend confirmation.
The quote is not decoration. Different environments invite different mistakes. A second quote rotates daily through broader lessons on psychology, supply and demand, and discipline.
6. A daily routine
1. Read “Market Today” and identify the current state.
2. Expand the explanation to understand the 60MA, 120MA and margin evidence.
3. Review “Matching Today” for strict-bullish stocks still above 10MA.
4. Open the full screener and inspect sector concentration, fundamentals and new highs.
5. Use the quote as a reminder to adjust chasing, exposure and stops to the environment.
The core principle is simple: the homepage tells you how to approach today’s battle; the screener tells you which stocks deserve further research. Nothing on the site constitutes investment advice.