Welcome to Valarn#

If you've just signed up, this guide walks you through your first complete AI research report — from adding a stock to reading the results. By the end you'll know how to run a report and how to read the research view, the confidence score, and the debate between the agents.

Step 1: Add a Stock to Research#

Valarn researches individual stocks, one ticker at a time — there are no watchlists to set up first. There are three easy ways to get a stock in:

The onboarding wizard (new accounts). On your first visit, click Run my free AI analysis, type a ticker, and Valarn runs a free report for you. It uses your one free report for the month.
Start new research. Type any ticker or company name into the "Start new research" bar. Valarn automatically starts tracking it — you don't have to add it anywhere first.
The Stocks page. Click Stocks in the left sidebar to add and manage the tickers you follow.

Any ticker you type is created as a tracked stock automatically, so you can go straight from a symbol to a report.

Step 2: Choose Your Report Type and Options#

Open Analysis in the sidebar — the drawer is titled "Run Stock Research." Pick your stock, then choose a Report Type:

Quick — Market + News agents. Ready in about 30–60 seconds for roughly half a research credit. A fast first snapshot.
Standard — up to ~10 agents. Ready in about 2–3 minutes for 2 research credits. The everyday choice.
Deep Debate — the full roster of up to ~25 agents with a complete bull-versus-bear debate. About 4–6 minutes and 3–8 credits depending on the AI routing. The deepest research.

Costs are measured in research credits. On free and report-based plans the unit shows as "reports" instead — for example, "1 report."

A few optional settings, all with sensible defaults:

Analysis Style — presets such as Balanced (the default), Technical Focus, News Focus, Risk Review, Earnings Review, or Valuation Review. The preset decides which agents lead; some styles are available on higher plans.
AI Routing (Pro and above) — choose a speed/quality band (Fast, Balanced, Premium, Premium Full, or Local) and a provider (GPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini, or DeepSeek). Free plans use default routing.
Risk Profile — Conservative, Balanced, or Aggressive.
Advanced — Debate Depth (1–3 rounds) and Ensemble Runs (run the whole analysis 1–3× and merge the results by majority vote to reduce randomness — this multiplies both credits and runtime). Active Analysts lets you switch specific agents on or off.

Two things worth knowing: there is no "time horizon" or hold-period setting, and Ensemble is a separate multiplier, not a "Standard vs. Ensemble" choice. You can run a Standard report at 3× ensemble whenever you want a more stable read.

Step 3: Run It#

With your stock and report type selected, click Run Standard Report (or Run Basic Report / Run Deep Debate). A badge shows the exact credit cost before you commit. When the run finishes, the report opens on its own page under Reports.

Step 4: Reading the Research Report#

Valarn produces research, not trading calls. Here's what to look at first.

The Research View#

At the top you'll see Valarn's overall research view — one of Bullish, Cautious Bullish, Neutral, Cautious, or Bearish. This is a research posture, not a buy / sell / hold recommendation.

You may still see the words "buy" or "sell" elsewhere in the report — on Wall Street analyst ratings, insider filings, or Congressional trades. Those are other people's actions, clearly labeled as third-party facts, never Valarn's own view.

Confidence and Agreement#

Two different 0–100 scores sit next to the view, and they mean different things:

Confidence — how complete and reliable the underlying data is (source coverage and freshness). Bands: High (80+), Moderate (60–79), Low (40–59), Insufficient (below 40).
Agent Agreement — how strongly the agents converge on the same view.

Read both. High agreement with low confidence — or the reverse — tells you something on its own. Neither number is a price prediction.

The Executive Summary#

The summary band gives you the three things that matter fastest: what supports the view, what works against it, and the single biggest risk.

The Agents#

A Standard report runs up to about ten agents. Deep Debate runs the full roster of up to ~25 specialist agents across five categories — Core Research, Market Structure, Debate & Risk, Financial Quality, and Events/Sector & Macro. Each agent contributes a stance (bullish, neutral, bearish, mixed, or unavailable), a short summary, and a data-quality note, all shown as agent run cards and a full reasoning transcript. Higher-quality evidence is weighted more heavily than a simple head-count.

The Debate Summary#

This is where the research earns its keep. It lays out:

Bull case emphasized — the strongest supportive arguments
Bear case emphasized — the strongest counterarguments
Research Manager decision — how the synthesis weighed the two sides

Take your time here. The disagreement is often more useful than the headline view.

Scenario Range#

Instead of price targets, Valarn shows a Scenario Range (bear / base / bull reference levels), a Reference Price, and a Risk Level. These are educational modeling inputs — not entry points, targets, or stop-losses.

Step 5: Save, Compare, and Re-Run#

Every report is saved under Reports, so you can revisit it any time. Use Compare Runs to see how the research on a stock has shifted over time, and re-run the analysis whenever something material changes — earnings, major news, or a large price move. Research goes stale; a report from last week may not reflect today.

Tips for New Users#

Don't anchor on the view alone. The confidence score and the debate summary carry just as much signal.
Read the disagreement. When the agents split, that tension usually points to the real question.
Re-run before you rely on it. A report is a snapshot of a moment, not a standing call.
It's research, not advice. Valarn is built to help you think. Every report is educational only and is never a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold.

Welcome to Valarn. Our team is available any time via Training & Support in the app.

Getting Started with Valarn: Your First Analysis Run