Navlio
Finance and crypto
stock recommendation
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 11 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.39.
Idea: 1 for, 7 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Theme search feature is useful for finding new stocks
From 1 comment
I like its ability to list stock symbols based on themes. As a long term investor who invests in specific industries, I have established fundamental and technical criterion I use…
ashwinl on HN
Objections
Relies on long 13F positions and misses short sales and derivatives
From 2 comments
This is a neat idea, but it has a flaw. The flaw is that Navlio is basing the recommendations on long equity positions (as well as other securities reported in HFs' 13F filings).…
vonnik on HNThanks for this feedback-- It's very accurate that 13Fs do not pick up hedge fund activity such as short sales and derivatives. 13Fs are not necessarily comprehensive of all of a…
navlio on HN
Following hedge fund data blindly can lose money
From 1 comment
Blindly following hedge fund data is a sure fire way too lose money. A lot of these hedge funds are using more complicated strategies such as premium selling and hedging using…
fuddle on HN
Financial advice site should not move fast and break things
From 1 comment
It should be that financial advice is one of the fields where it's really not a good idea to "move fast and break things."
minimaxir on HN
Recommending stocks is discomforting and may mislead users
From 1 comment
Diclosure: I work at a company https://www.tipranks.com and we collect all sorts of hedge fund, analyst, blogger and insider data. I don't understand how any of the suggestions…
inglor on HN
Requests
Backtest the algorithm and track performance against other strategies
From 2 comments
Cool project, have you tried backtesting your algorithm? You will probably get quite a bit of negativity if your plan is to make money off this by recommending stocks as is. I…
Everhusk on HNNice work! It would be interesting to write a bot that tracks a portfolio based on the recommendations from this to see how it performs against other strategies.
fru2013 on HN
Support ETFs such as SPY and GLD
From 1 comment
Looks like ETFs like SPY, GLD, OIL etc doesn't work. The interface could be less jumping from page to page. I would prefer something more simpler and straight forward: -Enter few…
sytelus on HN
Simpler interface with fewer page jumps and clearer predictions
From 1 comment
Looks like ETFs like SPY, GLD, OIL etc doesn't work. The interface could be less jumping from page to page. I would prefer something more simpler and straight forward: -Enter few…
sytelus on HN
Questions
How are stocks ranked in smart money manager results
From 1 comment
How do you rank the list of stocks in the "smart money manager" results? Typically rankings for this type of search are done by percentage of portfolio, but that definitely does…
Thorman on HN
Alternatives named
Index funds such as Vanguard ETFs
From 2 comments
For anyone who comes into this thread looking for long-term stock advice: put your money in some ETF (like vanguard) and call it a day. Look at previous rates of return if you're…
hardwaresofton on HNBefore anyone critiques this site, I'd urge them to read the entire front page of their site. In particular: Tell navlio the companies you like and it will apply machine learning…
JesperRavn on HN
Quantopian for backtesting
From 1 comment
Cool project, have you tried backtesting your algorithm? You will probably get quite a bit of negativity if your plan is to make money off this by recommending stocks as is. I…
Everhusk on HN
TipRanks hedge fund and analyst data
From 1 comment
Diclosure: I work at a company https://www.tipranks.com and we collect all sorts of hedge fund, analyst, blogger and insider data. I don't understand how any of the suggestions…
inglor on HN