Stock Sentiment Map: Free crowd price forecasts to sharpen your daily trading plan

Sanzhi Kobzhan
3 days ago
6 min read

Trading is often a lonely game: you build a thesis, pick a level, manage risk, and live with the outcome. But markets are also driven by collective behaviour — what traders as a group believe may happen next. Market sentiment is commonly described as the overall “feel” or attitude investors have towards a stock, sector, or the market, and it shows up in real buying and selling behaviour.

The Stock Sentiment Map feature by Stocks2Buy app is a community feature built to make that crowd view visible and actionable: traders can place a price forecast directly on a chart, and everyone can see those forecasts by ticker—turning scattered opinions into a simple “map” of expectations.

What the Stock Sentiment Map does

At its core, the Stock Sentiment Map is a stock price forecast chart powered by your community:

You enter a stock ticker and load the chart. Then place a forecast level on the graph (simply by clicking on the graph).
Other traders’ forecasts appear too — so you can instantly see whether the crowd is clustering around similar targets or split across very different levels.
Forecasts display as horizontal “price lines” with a clean label format (example shown on the site: AAPL • 278.48 • 2W • Added 2026‑02‑17).

This is a free stock price prediction feature designed for everyday use: quick to post, easy to scan, and practical as part of a repeatable routine (planning levels, checking bias, and comparing your thesis with the crowd).

What you’ll see on the chart

The experience is intentionally “trader-first”: the feature shows the essentials most traders use for daily decisions—price action, trend context, and participation.

A candlestick chart is a standard technical-analysis chart type that displays open, high, low, and close for each period. The Stock Sentiment Map uses that candlestick foundation and overlays key context:

Candlesticks (price action), so you can judge structure, volatility, and recent behaviour.
EMA trend lines (commonly used to track trend with more sensitivity to recent prices than a simple moving average).
A commonly watched 12 / 26 EMA pairing (the same periods used in the MACD construction, which is derived from the difference between the 12‑day EMA and the 26‑day EMA).
Volume bars, since trading volume is widely used to assess participation and confirm (or question) price moves.
Crowd forecast levels (horizontal lines), which make community price targets obvious at a glance.

Stock Price Predictions by traders. Community stock price predictions.

How traders use it in practice

Using the Stock Sentiment Map is designed to be simple enough for daily repetition:

Log in (posting requires being logged in).
Enter a stock ticker and press Show Graph.
Click on the chart where you believe price can reach (your forecast level).
Set your forecast Duration and place your Reasoning (optional) on why you put the forecast on that level and what indicators/tools you used.
Drag the forecast line to refine the exact price level.
Your forecast appears as a labelled line, with a timeframe-style label (e.g., “2W”, “1M”) and an added date.
When you point on a forecast timeframe-style label, you can see other traders’ reasoning (if any).
If you point on a forecast line, you can see the user’s profile (a profile of someone who placed that forecast). Clicking on their profile name brings you to their Profile page.

From there, the feature becomes more than “posting a guess”. It becomes a lightweight trading workflow: forecast → explain → review → learn.

You can also see the most recent forecasts below the graph.

Stock price predictions by traders, by Stocks2Buy Forecaster feature.

The community workflow also connects naturally with discussion: Stocks2Buy provides a dedicated “Stock Price Predictions” group where members can share forecasts and commentary.

How to use crowd forecasts in your daily trading strategy

A crowd forecast tool is most useful when you treat it the way professionals treat any single indicator: not as “truth”, but as context. Market sentiment is real, but it is not guaranteed to be right.

Here are practical, trading-focused ways to integrate the Stock Sentiment Map into everyday decision-making.

Use it to identify “obvious levels” and crowded targets. Support and resistance are foundational technical-analysis concepts: support is often described as a zone where demand has historically slowed a decline; resistance is where selling interest has historically slowed an advance. When many forecasts cluster around a similar price, that cluster can act like a “crowd-drawn level” you can compare with your own support/resistance work.

This is especially helpful for:

planning exits/targets (where others expect price to reach),
spotting levels likely to attract attention (clusters often become discussion points, and attention can matter),
avoiding “wish targets” by sanity-checking whether your level is totally isolated or broadly shared.

Combine crowd levels with trend context

EMAs are commonly used because they weight recent data more heavily and respond faster to current conditions. With the EMA overlays, you can frame forecasts as:

trend-following (targets in the trend direction), or
counter-trend (targets betting on a reversal).

Because the 12/26 pairing is closely associated with MACD-style momentum thinking, it can also help you interpret whether forecasts are aligned with strengthening momentum or fading momentum.

Validate (or question) forecasts using volume

Volume is widely interpreted as participation/liquidity and is often used to validate price movement (e.g., moves with strong volume may be viewed differently from moves on weak volume). If the crowd is forecasting a breakout level, but you’re seeing declining participation, that may influence how aggressively you trade the idea—or how tight you manage risk.

Turn it into a daily routine

The highest-value use case is consistency. A simple routine could be:

Before the open: check your watchlist tickers and see where the community has placed levels (quick sentiment scan).
During the session: if price approaches a clustered forecast zone, watch behaviour (rejection, breakout, volume response).
After the close: review which forecasts were “in play” and whether price respected those zones (build pattern recognition).

Over time, you’re not only tracking price—you’re tracking the gap between expectations vs reality, which is a powerful way to sharpen judgement.

Stock Sentiment Map: Risk management and responsible use

No chart, indicator, or community forecast removes trading risk. Stocks2Buy explicitly states the platform is an educational and research tool and does not provide investment advice; it also warns that trading/investing involve risk, including loss of capital, and that strategies/signals can fail under different market conditions.

A forecast level becomes far more useful when you pair it with risk rules:

Define invalidation: If you place (or follow) a forecast, decide what price action would prove it wrong. Support/resistance frameworks are often used for this (e.g., “If it breaks and holds below support, I’m out”).
Use stop-loss logic when appropriate: Stop-loss orders exist specifically to help limit losses by triggering an exit when price reaches a pre-set level.
Size positions intentionally: Position sizing is the process of deciding how much to allocate to a trade based on account size and risk tolerance—core to making losses survivable.

If you day trade or trade aggressively, it’s worth remembering regulators’ risk language is blunt: FINRA warns day trading can lead to large and immediate financial losses, and that additional risks (including system issues) can affect execution.

Used responsibly, the Stock Sentiment Map is best seen as a sentiment lens—a way to visualise where traders think price may go—rather than a signal that tells you what to do.

FAQ — Stock Sentiment Map

Is the Stock Sentiment Map a trading signal?

No. The feature visualises community expectations, not instructions. It works best as contextual sentiment data alongside your own technical, fundamental, or risk-management framework rather than as a standalone signal.

Do I need an account to view forecasts?

You need to register/login to view forecasts and charts and for posting your own forecasts so forecasts remain tied to a profile and timeframe history.

How accurate are community price forecasts?

Accuracy varies. Like any crowd sentiment measure, forecasts reflect opinions rather than guaranteed outcomes. Many traders use the feature to compare expectations versus reality rather than to predict exact prices.

Can I edit or remove my forecast after posting?

Yes — forecasts can typically be adjusted by dragging the level on the chart, and management options exist within your profile so you can refine or remove outdated views as market conditions change.

What timeframe should I use for a forecast?

That depends on your trading style. Short-term traders may use weeks, while swing or position traders may prefer monthly horizons. The key is consistency so you can review outcomes and improve decision-making over time.

Is this suitable for beginners?

Yes, provided it’s used as an educational sentiment tool rather than investment advice. Beginners often find it helpful for learning how other traders think about support, resistance, trend direction, and risk management.