Chaikin Analytics: The Company Behind the Power Gauge

Marc Chaikin is not a typical newsletter presenter. He became a licensed broker in 1966 and has spent 60 years on Wall Street. He created the Chaikin Money Flow indicator, a technical analysis tool that tracks institutional money flowing into and out of stocks. That indicator is not a marketing claim. It is a standard feature on every Bloomberg and Reuters terminal worldwide, used by professional traders and institutional investors every day.

His system was used by some of the most legendary names in finance. Billionaire Steve Cohen used Chaikin’s tools to grow his firm from $20 million to $14 billion, a 69,900% surge in assets. Paul Tudor Jones and George Soros were also longtime colleagues. Jim Cramer, host of Mad Money, said on the record: I learned a long time ago not to be on the other side of a Chaikin trade.

Chaikin’s track record is specific and verifiable. He flagged Nvidia in 2014, before its 45,000% gain. He warned subscribers about the COVID-19 crash in February 2020, the 2022 bear market, and what he calls the SaaSpocalypse, the $300 billion wipeout in software stocks. On the bullish side, the Power Gauge flagged PBF Energy before it rose 242%, EQT before it gained 120%, and Permian Basin Royalty Trust before it skyrocketed 566%. On the bearish side, he called SunEdison before it filed for bankruptcy, and his December 2024 Bottom Ten report identified stocks that went on to average a 23% loss.

In 2000, Chaikin left Wall Street for a quiet life in Connecticut. But when his wife Sandy lost roughly 50% of her 401(k) in the 2008 crash due to a bad money manager, he decided to rebuild his institutional tools for ordinary investors. That personal story, told near the end of the presentation, is genuine and adds a human dimension that most newsletter VSLs lack. The Power Gauge system, once available only to hedge funds and institutional clients at $5,000 per month, was rebuilt for retail investors at a fraction of the cost.

Today, Chaikin Analytics serves over 550,000 subscribers with the Power Gauge Report. The Power Gauge is Marc Chaikin’s proprietary stock-rating system. It uses 20 factors across four categories to rate more than 5,000 stocks as Bullish, Bearish, or Neutral. The system appears on every Bloomberg and Reuters terminal in the world and is used by hundreds of banks, hedge funds, and brokerage platforms.

The four categories are Financials (LT Debt to Equity, Price to Book, Return on Equity, Price to Sales, Free Cash Flow), Earnings (Earnings Growth, Earnings Surprise, Earnings Trend, Projected P/E, Earnings Consistency), Technicals (Relative Strength, Money Flow, Persistency, Price Strength, Price Trend ROC, Volume Trend), and Experts (Earnings Estimate Trend, Short Interest, Insider Activity, Analyst Rating Trend, Industry Rel Strength).

The most important factor is the Chaikin Money Flow indicator, which tracks when institutions are pouring money into or pulling money out of a stock. Back-testing shows the Power Gauge would have issued bullish ratings for at least 8 of the top 10 stocks of the year every single year since 2016.

Chaikin’s personal story adds a human dimension that most newsletter VSLs lack. In 2000, he left Wall Street for a quiet life in Connecticut, figuring after 35 years it was time to relax and play tennis. But then the 2008 crash happened, and his wife Sandy lost around 50% of her 401(k) because of a bad money manager. That wake-up call changed everything. Chaikin realized that while he had spent his whole life helping Wall Street get richer, ordinary folks like his wife were getting fleeced. He decided to rebuild his institutional tools for retail investors, and Sandy now uses the Power Gauge herself to manage her own accounts. Overall, she has made back everything she lost in 2008 and is up 3 times her money. She found a single Power Gauge discovery, Digital Turbine, that made her 7 times her money.

The offer is for Power Gauge Report, Chaikin’s flagship research service.

The total stated value is $2,595 plus the mystery gift, but the actual price is described as less than the price of a nice dinner and is revealed on the order page. The guarantee is 30 days, 100% money-back. If you cancel during the trial period, you keep all four bonus reports. The service has grown to over 550,000 subscribers.

Where to Learn More

For the complete analysis, read our CPGR Frontier AI review covering Marc Chaikin’s full thesis on frontier AI and the Power Gauge system.

Learn more about Marc Chaikin and his 60-year Wall Street career.

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