The Power Gauge doesn't rate every symbol you can search. If you've looked one up and don't see a rating, it's almost always because that security falls outside what the system is built to evaluate — not because anything is wrong with your account.

💡 Good to know: Whether a symbol is rated reflects our data coverage and methodology only. It isn't a judgment about the security itself, and Chaikin Analytics doesn't provide personalized investment advice.

✅ What the Power Gauge Rates

The Power Gauge Rating is designed for two kinds of securities:

• U.S.-listed individual equities (common stocks) that have enough trading history and available data.
• Equity ETFs, which are rated by evaluating the underlying stocks the fund holds.

If a symbol isn't one of those two things, it typically won't carry a rating. Here's a closer look at the most common reasons.

🚫 Why a Symbol Might Not Be Rated

• It's a closed-end fund or other pooled vehicle (not an equity ETF). Closed-end funds trade like stocks on an exchange, but they're pooled investment vehicles — not equity ETFs — so there's no standard basket of underlying stocks for the system to score. This often comes up with midstream/MLP-focused funds (for example, a fund holding Master Limited Partnerships), which also carry unique structural and tax characteristics that fall outside standard equity-rating criteria.
• It's not an equity ETF. Because ETF ratings work by evaluating the equities inside the fund, ETFs that aren't equity-based (for example, bond or commodity funds) don't have the underlying stock holdings the methodology relies on.
• It doesn't have at least a year of trading history. The rating needs a sufficient track record to evaluate a security's behavior and trends. Newly listed stocks and recent IPOs often won't be rated until roughly a year of data is available.
• It's an over-the-counter (OTC) stock. Securities traded over the counter rather than on a major exchange tend to be less liquid and less consistently reported, which makes them difficult to evaluate reliably.
• It's a foreign / non-U.S.-listed stock. Stocks listed outside U.S. markets may have limited or inconsistent data available, so they may not receive a rating.
• The necessary data isn't available. In some cases we simply can't source complete, reliable financial and market data for a symbol. Since accurate data is essential to a sound evaluation, the symbol won't be rated until that data is available.

⚠️ Only U.S. equity ETFs receive full Power Gauge Ratings. Other fund types may show limited information or no rating.

❓ Still Have Questions?

If you've checked the reasons above and think a symbol should be rated, we're glad to take a look.

📞 Call us at 1-877-697-6783 or reach out through Support — we're happy to help.