# StockMap > See the market as a map, and your own stocks on it, with the model's call on each. How-it-works pages, each walked on stockmap.io by a robot every 15 minutes. Start here: https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/start ## See the market map - [How to read the stock market heatmap](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/stock-market-heatmap.md): StockMap's home page draws the whole US stock market as one heatmap. Each tile is a company, grouped by sector, sized by its market value and coloured by… - [How to browse stocks by sector and industry](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/sectors-and-industries.md): The Sectors page splits the market into its eleven sectors. Open one to see its industries as a heatmap, then open an industry to see the companies in it. - [How to browse stock rankings and the bubble map](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/stock-rankings-and-bubble-map.md): Rankings shows the day's biggest gainers and losers and ranks every stock by measures such as return on equity, highest or lowest first. The bubble map… - [How to open StockMap's crypto market map](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/crypto-market-map.md): StockMap covers crypto too. Switch the site to Crypto to see the largest coins by market cap and today's moves, coloured over 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days… - [How to see why crypto is up or down today](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/why-is-crypto-up-or-down-today.md): StockMap's Today page answers why crypto is up or down with numbers, each with its source and its time or date: Bitcoin over 24 hours, how many of the top… ## Look up a stock - [How to look up any stock on StockMap](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/look-up-a-stock.md): Type a ticker or a company name into the search box at the top of any StockMap page, then pick the company from the suggestions to open its stock page. - [What a StockMap stock page shows](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/stock-forecast-page.md): Every stock has its own page. At the top are its price and a chart with StockMap's prediction for the next two weeks. Further down are the model's call… - [How to see why the model made its call on a stock](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/why-the-model-made-its-call.md): StockMap's Why story explains the reasoning behind the model's call on any covered US stock: the consensus breakdown, the vote strip, the factor chips… ## Map my portfolio - [How to map your portfolio without an account](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/map-my-portfolio.md): You can map your portfolio without an account. Open Portfolio, type the symbols you hold, preview and confirm: each stock goes on your map, coloured by… - [How to compare your portfolio with the model](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/compare-portfolio-with-the-model.md): On Plus and Ultimate, Portfolio compares each holding against the model's calls: how many calls were right, the track record on each stock, and where the… - [How to watch a stock on StockMap](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/watch-a-stock.md): Press Watch on any stock's page to star it. On your first visit the star is kept on this device only and nothing is sent; to keep a watchlist that follows… - [How to get an alert when the model changes its call](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/stock-model-call-alerts.md): StockMap sends alerts whenever the model's nightly run changes its verdict on a stock in your portfolio or watchlists. Plus and Ultimate members receive… - [How to test your coins against just holding Bitcoin](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/did-my-coins-beat-bitcoin.md): The Bitcoin test answers one question: did your coins beat just holding Bitcoin? Paste your coins and the date you got them, and StockMap compares each… ## Follow the model's calls - [How StockMap grades its own forecasts](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/forecast-track-record.md): The Track record page explains how calls are graded: a call that leans one way is a hit or a miss against its benchmark two weeks later. It lists the… - [How to see what changed overnight on StockMap](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/what-changed-overnight.md): StockMap's engine runs overnight after each US trading day: it writes new insights, tests them, and drops the ones that score too low. What's changed… ## Ask MMCA - [How to open Ask MMCA, StockMap's assistant](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/ask-mmca.md): Ask MMCA is StockMap's assistant. Press Ask on any page to open it: it says where its answers come from and offers a few questions to start with. Sending… ## Optional - [How to see every stock StockMap covers, A to Z](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/all-stocks-a-to-z.md): All stocks lists every US stock StockMap covers, about 4,200 of them, A to Z, with a Search field at the top for a ticker or company name. Open any one… - [How to check "what crypto to buy now?" against the data](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/what-crypto-to-buy-now.md): StockMap's Leaders page names no coin to buy. It shows what the data says today: which coins are moving against Bitcoin, where the leverage is, the crypto… - [How to see the stocks that move with crypto](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/crypto-stocks.md): StockMap's crypto stocks page puts Bitcoin's move since the last US close beside the ETFs that hold it and the stocks that move with it: exchanges… - [How to see your portfolio's history against the model](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/portfolio-history-against-the-model.md): Portfolio history tracks your holdings over 30 days, 90 days, or all time: how many nights the model was right, the hit rate curve, and how your basket… - [How to share a watchlist with a link](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/share-a-watchlist.md): Plus members can share any watchlist with a public link. Anyone with the link sees the list's stocks, the model's call on each, and today's changes… - [How to see when your stocks pay dividends](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/dividend-calendar.md): The dividend calendar lists ex-dividend dates over the next 30 days for US equities. Filter between your holdings or all covered stocks, and export the… - [How to download a table as a spreadsheet](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/download-table-as-spreadsheet.md): Plus and Ultimate members can export rankings, sectors, watchlists, and portfolio tables directly to CSV for spreadsheet analysis in Excel or Google Sheets. - [How to get a daily digest on your coins](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/daily-crypto-digest.md): Receive a daily email summarizing measurable moves on your tracked coins: funding rate flips, open-interest surges, and relative moves against Bitcoin.… - [How to get an alert when one of your coins moves](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/crypto-alerts.md): Get instant email and browser notifications when something measurable changes on your coins in real time: sudden price moves against Bitcoin, funding… - [How to watch StockMap's engine work, live](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/watch-the-engine-live.md): The strip at the top of every StockMap page shows the engine at work: how many new insights it has written, the newest one's name and how long ago. When… - [How to get the model's calls through your own API key](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/api-access.md): StockMap's REST API gives Ultimate members programmatic access to the model's nightly calls, track records, and rankings. Generate an API key on your… - [How to get a deep research answer on a stock](https://stockmap.io/how-it-works/deep-research.md): Deep research uses Claude Opus to produce an in-depth, four-part analysis of any stock: company context, the model's thesis, risks, and valuation.…