Prove your research with a record
A verified investment track record is a record of research calls that were timestamped when they were made and measured against the market afterwards, so they cannot be edited later. It lets a researcher show what they got right, and lets a buyer choose research by proof instead of by followers.
Why followers are not proof
Investment research is usually judged by reputation: follower counts, how often someone posts, how confident they sound. None of that shows whether the calls worked. Screenshots of past wins are easy to choose selectively, and calls that went wrong are rarely kept.
What makes a record verifiable
A record is credible when nobody, including its author, can improve it after the fact.
- Each call is recorded when it is made, with the direction, the security, the horizon and the market price at that moment.
- Every call is kept, including the ones that did not work.
- Results are measured against a benchmark, not only in absolute terms.
- The reasoning is visible, so a reader can tell skill from luck.
- The record is kept by a third party, not by the author.
What buyers look for
Funds and investors who buy research look at more than the best call. They compare hit rate, average result, holding horizon and consistency over time, and they look at how recent the record is. A long record of modest, consistent calls is often worth more than one spectacular win.
An example
Two independent researchers publish ideas on mid-sized industrial companies. One has a large following and a widely shared call that doubled. The other has a smaller audience and forty recorded calls, with a hit rate and average result above the sector benchmark over two years.
A fund looking for outside ideas cannot verify the first researcher’s history. It can verify the second, call by call, and that record is what earns the subscription.
Illustrative example. The companies are not real, and nothing on this page is investment advice.
How Clargus builds a verified record
On Clargus, every strategy, thesis and automation builds a history of what it surfaced and when, measured automatically into a verifiable track record. Researchers sell what they make, strategies, reports, automations and discovery recipes, and are ranked by how their calls actually turned out, not by followers.
Funds and investors only buy. They choose sellers by track record and fold the research into their own process, while their own positions and research stay private.
Used by: Research creators, Independent investors, Hedge funds.