# How to use Quantral: a step-by-step tutorial > A step-by-step tutorial for new Quantral users: start the free trial, read the signals list, open a stock's 0 to 100 score, check who is behind it, and catch up on any name in minutes. By Maya Koeva · 2026-08-18  Quantral reads finance X, Reddit, and Substack in real time, scores every tracked stock from 0 to 100, and grades the people making the calls on whether their past calls played out. That is the whole product in one sentence. This tutorial is the practical version: what to open first, what each number means, and how to get from "installed the app" to "read a stock in two minutes" in five steps. ## Step 1: Start the trial, anywhere you like Quantral runs in the browser at [app.quantral.com](https://app.quantral.com) and as an app on the [iOS App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quantral-stock-signals/id6779207758) and [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quantral.finance). Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial; after that it is $14.99 a month or $119.99 a year, and you can cancel anytime. Phone and browser show the same data, so pick whichever is in front of you. ## Step 2: Open the list and read it right The first screen that matters is the signals list: every stock Quantral tracks, ranked by the strength of its current signal, each with a one-line reason attached. Two habits make it useful from day one. Read it as a ranking of conversations, not a menu of tips. A high position means the talk around that stock is loud, leaning one way, and coming from accounts that have been right before. It does not mean "buy this". Expect the order to shift, not churn. The list re-ranks as the conversation moves, so the same names can hold the top for days while a story plays out. When something new does climb, that climb is the information. ## Step 3: Open a stock and decode the score Tap any name and you get its [signal score](/learn/what-is-a-stock-signal): one number, 0 to 100. Three inputs move it: how much recent activity there is, the sentiment behind that activity, and the credibility of who is driving it. The one-line reason under the score tells you which of the three is doing the work today. A practical calibration: a score in the 70s or 80s means the tracked room is loud and credibly bullish right now. A score in the teens means the credible side of the room is cold on the name, whatever the headlines say. We have written up real examples of both, like the score [reading SpaceX cold at 19](/blog/signal-autopsy-spacex) while the stock kept falling, then [flipping to 77](/blog/spacex-stock-sentiment) days before a 29% recovery. ## Step 4: Check who is behind it This is the step most sentiment tools cannot offer, and the one worth building a habit around. Under the score sits the conversation itself: who is talking, how they split bullish against bearish, and, for every graded account, a public track record showing how many calls they have made, how often those calls played out, and their last twenty at a glance. Before you take any post seriously, look at the record behind it. [Grading works the same for everyone](/learn/how-a-track-record-is-graded): a million-follower account and an anonymous one carry the weight their history has earned, and nothing more. The [leaderboard](/leaderboard) shows who has earned the most of it, and our [accuracy write-ups](/blog/most-accurate-finance-voices-2026) show what those records look like over six months. The ceiling is the honest part: the best verified hit rate on the board is about 64%, so no voice, however graded, is a sure thing. ## Step 5: Catch up on any name in seconds Every company page has a Recap tab: a month-by-month, plain-English summary of the conversation around that stock, with the mentions behind it one tap away. It is the fastest way to answer "what happened while I was not looking" without scrolling three weeks of posts. Between the recap, the score, and the breakdown, reading a new name cold takes a couple of minutes. ## What the score will not do Three limits, stated plainly, because using the product well means knowing them. The score is not a price target: a high number means a strong current signal, not a prediction. It is not financial advice: Quantral surfaces public signal and context so you can do your own research, and it never tells you what to buy or sell. And it is not a guarantee: credible voices are wrong all the time, and the score weighs the odds in the conversation without removing the risk. Used that way, as a reader of the room rather than an oracle, the product does one job: it turns hours of scrolling into minutes of reading, with receipts. Start the trial at [app.quantral.com](https://app.quantral.com) and read your first score today. --- *Quantral surfaces signals and context from public sources to support your own research. Nothing here is financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell. Past signals are not indicative of future results.*