Reading the tools · 6 min read
Read the two lenses before the combined score
What the 0–10 LensScore measures, why it is two separate lenses, and when the combined number is misleading.
What the 0–10 LensScore measures, why it is two separate lenses, and when the combined number is misleading.
A single number that tells you whether to buy a stock would be worth a great deal of money, and nobody has one. LensScore is not that. It is a summary of evidence the tool has already gathered, arranged so you can see which part is carrying the conclusion — and, more usefully, when the two halves disagree.
LensScore is a 0–10 buyability metric, not a prediction. LensValue measures the long-term opportunity; LensSetup measures the current technical entry. The combined score is useful only when you can explain what each lens is saying.
LensScore = 70% LensValue + 30% LensSetup ± alignment, subject to caps
A 9.1 LensValue and 5.0 LensSetup can describe an attractive business at a technically weak entry. Use each lens independently.
Golden Lens is deliberately rare. It requires both lenses to be exceptional, adequate confidence, and no active quality cap.
The habit worth building: read the two lenses first, then the combined score. If you cannot say in one sentence what each lens is telling you, the combined number is not information — it is just a colour.