✨ Find strong stocks in strong groups, fast. Chaikin Themes group stocks around the business trends driving the market, and the PowerMap shows you at a glance which themes are strongest, then lets you drill down to the stocks leading them.
What Are Chaikin Themes?
Chaikin Themes are AI-built groups of stocks organized around a shared business, product or market trend. There are more than 100 themes, and each one has a plain-English description of what ties its stocks together.
- Themes contain stocks only. ETFs are not included.
- A stock can belong to more than one theme.
- Themes are refreshed several times a year to keep up with the market.
Why use themes?
Marc Chaikin's rule is to look for strong stocks in strong groups: a stock moves more easily when its group has the wind at its back.
Traditional industries are broad, give each company a single label, and are rarely updated, so new trends can go years without a group of their own.
Themes follow how the market actually moves, and the PowerMap shows which ones are strong. The goal of the PowerMap is to find the strong themes, and drill-down to strong stocks in strong themes.
How to Open Chaikin Themes
- In the top menu, open Find Stocks/ETFs and choose Chaikin Themes.
- The Chaikin Themes PowerMap opens. The left panel lists every theme sorted by its Power Bar, so you can click any theme by name. The strongest will be at the top of the list.
💡TIP: You can also browse the PowerMap by Sectors and Industries, or search for a stock using the “Search a stock or Group” in the top left. In the search results, you will find the stock and its associated Sector, Industry, and Chaikin Theme.
Find the Strong Themes
The PowerMap opens on Strong themes. Use the Filter at the top right to switch to Weak or All themes.
Read the PowerMap
Bigger box = stronger momentum. Greener box = more Bullish-rated stocks. Hunt for the big, green boxes.
You will also see the filtered themes in a table to the right of the PowerMap, showing their momentum score and 6M returns. Click the “6M” dropdown to change the return percentage time frame.
📊 Why the Weak filter matters: the PowerMap isn't only for finding opportunities. Switch the Filter to Weak to spot groups you may want to avoid.
Prefer a table? Use the Performance tab
Click the Performance tab to see the same themes with their Power Bar and returns from one week to five years. Click any column header to sort.
Open a Theme and See Its Top Stocks
- Choose a theme. You can do this by choosing a theme in the list on the left hand side, or by clicking a box in the PowerMap. This will open that theme's Summary page.
- Read the Description to understand what ties the theme together, then check the performance chart (plotted with the S&P 500) and the Money Flow.
- Look at Top Stocks on the right, ranked by return. The Filter is set to Top so you see the theme's strong stocks. Switch to Bottom for the weak ones or All for every holding. Scroll below the chart for the largest stocks in your chosen theme, ranked by market cap.
One screen answers three questions: What is this theme? Is it beating the market? Which stocks should I look at?
Dig Into the Stocks and Take Action
Check a single stock
Click on any stock you see in Top Stocks or Largest Stocks for its Chaikin Closeup. This is a snapshot of its Power Gauge Rating page, Chaikin Checklist, and a link to its full Power Gauge Rating page.
Review every stock and act on the list
- Click the Holdings tab for a full table of the theme's stocks.
- Toggle between Performance and Checklist views. Performance shows the stock's returns from one week to five years; Checklist shows the individual stock's Chaikin Checklist.
- Use “Add all tickers to…” to add these stocks to a watchlist, or use “Filter in Screener” to use this list as your starting universe for a new screen. “View Charts” will take you to the Power Gauge Rating page where you can dig deeper into this list of stocks.
A strong theme shows you where to look; the Power Gauge helps you pick the stock. One click turns your research into a watchlist or a Screener run.
💡 Tip: The same PowerMap, Performance, Summary and Holdings screens are available for traditional Sectors and Industries, so if you think in industries you can keep doing so.
Tips for Better Results
- Start with the big, green boxes. They are the themes with the strongest momentum and the most Bullish-rated stocks.
- Use the Weak filter too. It highlights groups you may want to avoid.
- Check the stock, not just the theme. Open the Checklist view on the Holdings tab and sort by Total to find the strongest set-ups.
- Keep your results. Add a theme's tickers to a watchlist, or send them to the Screener to perform further analysis.
🔒 Who Can Use Chaikin Themes
Chaikin Themes is available exclusively to members of the following Chaikin Analytics subscriptions:
- Chaikin Power Gauge Investor
- The Chaikin Trust
If you don't see Chaikin Themes in your navigation, your current plan doesn't include it. Call our Customer Support team at 1-877-697-6783 to learn about upgrading.
❓ Still Have Questions?
Need help getting started with Chaikin Themes or the PowerMap?
📞 Call us at 1-877-697-6783 – we're happy to walk you through it.