Data categories

What powers Tapeline.

The data categories Tapeline reads from, the surface area where each one appears, and the refresh cadence. No black boxes, no “proprietary data” vague-speak.

The Tapeline composite score and the per-factor sub-scores are computed via the published 6-factor formula at /how-it-works. Those numbers are Tapeline’s analytical output — derived through transformation, not redistributed from any single source. The list below covers the underlying input categories.

Live market data
Market data
What it’s used for
- ·Equity + ETF prices, OHLC bars, volumes
- ·Trend and relative-strength calculations
- ·Heatmap tile sizing (dollar-volume weighted)
- ·Auto-discovery of the active US ticker universe
Where it appears
Every ticker price, every chart, every percentage change, the heatmap tiles, the scanner table.
Refresh cadence
Sub-60 seconds during US market hours.
Fundamentals
Market data
What it’s used for
- ·Per-ticker financial ratios (P/E, ROE, margins)
- ·Revenue and EPS growth
- ·Debt / equity, balance sheet health
- ·Company classification (sector backfill)
Where it appears
The Financials tab on every ticker page and the Fundamentals sub-factor in the score breakdown.
Refresh cadence
Refreshed on company filing cadence.
Macro indicators
Public record
What it’s used for
- ·10-year Treasury yield, DXY US Dollar Index, VIX
- ·Rate-direction classification (RISING / FALLING / SIDEWAYS)
- ·Inputs to the Macro sub-factor
Where it appears
The Regime tile on every dashboard page. The Macro sub-factor on every ticker. The Fear & Greed composite on /app/regime.
Refresh cadence
Hourly cache, refreshed on next worker tick.
SEC filings
Public record
What it’s used for
- ·Form 4 insider transactions (buys, sales, vesting)
- ·8-K material event filings (M&A, restatements, executive changes)
- ·CIK-to-ticker mapping
Where it appears
Recent insider buys feed at /app/holdings. Breaking-news bar 8-K alerts on dashboards.
Refresh cadence
Form 4 daily for the top-liquidity universe. 8-Ks every 5 minutes.
Congressional disclosures
Public record
What it’s used for
- ·House + Senate financial disclosure filings
- ·Inputs to the Smart Money sub-factor
Where it appears
Congressional trades feed at /app/congress (Premium tier).
Refresh cadence
Daily.
News wire
Market data
What it’s used for
- ·Live cashtag-tagged headlines per ticker
- ·Sentiment-tagged headlines for the breaking-news bar
Where it appears
News bar on every dashboard page. Per-ticker news section on the ticker detail page.
Refresh cadence
Every ~5 minutes.
Analyst ratings
Market data
What it’s used for
- ·Consensus tally (Buy / Hold / Sell)
- ·Average price target + recent rating events
Where it appears
Analyst Ratings widget on Premium ticker pages. Not folded into the score — displayed as descriptive context only.
Refresh cadence
Cached 6 hours per ticker.

Transparency note

Tapeline reads from several categories of market and reference data, transforms it through a 6-factor scoring formula, and surfaces the result. The categories above describe what each input is used for and where it appears in the product. Where Tapeline displays a number that came directly from an upstream feed (a price, a P/E ratio, an analyst rating), the displayed value is the upstream value at the time of the most recent refresh. Where Tapeline displays its own derived metric (the composite score, the sub-scores, the signal label, the plain-English "why" sentence), that's Tapeline's own analytical output computed via the published 6-factor formula at /how-it-works. Tapeline is not a registered investment adviser. Everything on the platform is descriptive analytics — see /legal/risk for the full disclosure.

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