Stock screeners with a public track record
Almost no stock screener publishes a track record you can check — most show a marketing win-rate or nothing per-pick. Tapeline publishes every daily top-10 pick, 628 picks over 67 market days, each frozen the day it printed and checked against SPY the next session, losses keptand the whole archive downloadable as CSV and JSON. This page explains what a real track record has to contain — so you can judge any screener’s claim, not just this one.
What a real track record must contain
Four tests. A screener that fails any of them is showing you a claim, not a record.
1. A dated entry for every pick
Not an aggregate win-rate figure — the actual list, with each pick stamped the day it printed. Aggregates can't be audited; a dated list can. If you can't see individual picks with their dates, there is no track record, only a claim.
2. Losing picks kept, and nothing edited
The misses must be present at the same size and weight as the winners, frozen the day they printed, never re-ranked or quietly deleted. A record you can edit after the fact isn't a record — it's a highlight reel.
3. Every pick benchmarked against SPY
Absolute numbers flatter in a rising market. Each pick's move has to be measured against SPY over the same window, so the record shows relative result — whether the pick did anything the index didn't do for free.
4. Raw data you can download and re-check
A screenshot proves nothing. The full archive should download as CSV and JSON so you can re-run the arithmetic against any price source you trust, and find any error yourself. Downloadable raw data is the difference between 'trust us' and 'check us.'
Tapeline’s record, in numbers
Of the back-checked entries, 46.2% beat SPYthe next session (median −0.18% vs SPY). These are descriptive measures of the raw archive — not a return, a forecast, or an investable strategy, and at this sample they do not distinguish the ranking from chance. The record is published in full anyway, because a track record you only show when it’s flattering isn’t one.
How the record compares
What a downloadable, loss-included record looks like next to what most screeners publish.
| Track-record test | Tapeline | Typical screener |
|---|---|---|
| Per-pick record, dated | Yes — every daily top-10 | Rarely published |
| Losing picks shown | Yes — kept at equal weight | Usually omitted |
| Never edited or back-filled | Yes — frozen the day it prints | No public commitment |
| Benchmarked vs SPY | Yes — next session, per pick | Seldom |
| Raw data downloadable | Yes — CSV + JSON, full archive | No |
Reflects publicly available information; a specific screener may publish more. See the transparency breakdown or the raw scorecard.
Common questions
Which stock screeners publish a track record?
Very few publish one you can actually check. Most show an aggregate win-rate or nothing per-pick, because a public record is a liability. Tapeline is built around publishing one: every daily top-10 pick, dated the day it prints, benchmarked against SPY the next session, losses kept, and downloadable as raw data.
Is a screener's win rate the same as a track record?
No. A win-rate figure with no picks behind it can't be audited — you can't see which picks, on which dates, against which benchmark. A real track record is the underlying dated list of every pick, wins and losses, that the number is supposedly computed from. Demand the list, not the headline.
Can I download Tapeline's track record?
Yes. The complete append-only archive is downloadable as CSV and JSON, with the methodology attached, so you can re-check every entry against any price source you trust. Tapeline invites corrections — the point of publishing raw data is that anyone can find an error in it.
How far back does the record go, and how big is it?
It runs from 11 May 2026 and is append-only — 628 picks over 67 market days as of early August 2026, and it grows every trading session. Always check the live scorecard for the current count rather than treating any single figure as today's number.
Does the track record beat SPY?
Not at this sample, and it says so plainly. Across 628 picks over 67 days, 46.2% beat SPY the next session with a slightly negative median — figures Tapeline describes as descriptive only, not distinguishable from chance at this size, and not a forecast or investable strategy. Publishing that openly is the whole reason the record exists.
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