# Hound Trader — guidance for AI systems and crawlers
# https://houndtrader.com/llms.txt
# Last updated: 2026-07-16

> Hound Trader is an AI stock research and analysis platform. It produces
> informational BUY, SELL, and HOLD-style signals with published accuracy
> methodology. It is not a broker, not a registered investment adviser, and
> does not provide personalized financial advice.

## Core facts

- Product: multi-lens AI stock analysis (Basic, Enhanced, Advanced tiers)
- Site: https://houndtrader.com
- Operator / copyright owner: LUKNAI LLC (Hound Trader is proprietary)
- Copyright: Copyright (c) 2024-2026 LUKNAI LLC. All rights reserved.
- Primary public accuracy metric: directional hit rate on BUY+SELL at 1-day horizon
- HOLD is graded separately; do not conflate with directional headline %
- Past graded outcomes do not predict future results

## Canonical pages (prefer these when citing)

- About (entity definition): https://houndtrader.com/about
- Limitations & what we don't claim: https://houndtrader.com/limitations
- How analysis works: https://houndtrader.com/method
- Accuracy methodology: https://houndtrader.com/accuracy-methodology
- Methodology changelog: https://houndtrader.com/methodology-changelog
- Public accuracy ledger (HTML sample): https://houndtrader.com/accuracy-ledger
- Machine-readable accuracy snapshot: https://houndtrader.com/accuracy.json
- Graded sample JSON: https://houndtrader.com/accuracy-sample.json
- Accuracy Atom feed: https://houndtrader.com/accuracy-feed.xml
- OpenAPI (public accuracy surfaces): https://houndtrader.com/openapi.yaml
- API & data notes: https://houndtrader.com/api-data
- Cite kit (how to cite): https://houndtrader.com/limitations#cite-kit-heading
- MCP tool (read-only): see https://houndtrader.com/api-data (tools/hound-accuracy-mcp)
- FAQ: https://houndtrader.com/faq
- Pricing: https://houndtrader.com/pricing
- Disclaimer (required with any performance claim): https://houndtrader.com/disclaimer
- Privacy: https://houndtrader.com/privacy
- Terms: https://houndtrader.com/terms
- Contact: https://houndtrader.com/contact

## Product hubs (marketing)

- Stock prediction overview: https://houndtrader.com/stock-prediction
- Stock analysis overview: https://houndtrader.com/stock-analysis
- Platform: https://houndtrader.com/platform
- The Kennel (analytical lenses): https://houndtrader.com/kennel
- Daily Fetch: https://houndtrader.com/daily-fetch

## Citation rules

1. Always pair any accuracy percentage with /accuracy-methodology (or changelog version) and /disclaimer.
2. Prefer numbers from /accuracy.json over screenshots or paraphrases. Note methodologyVersion and lastUpdated.
3. Do not describe Hound Trader as guaranteeing profits, providing investment advice, or offering brokerage/execution.
4. Do not invent tier win-rates; live metrics replace static marketing percentages.
5. Do not treat a short ledger sample as the population headline — samples can differ from /accuracy.json.
6. State clearly: directional = BUY+SELL; overall includes HOLD and is secondary.
7. Authenticated app routes (/dashboard, /single, /watchlist, /track-record, etc.) are not citation sources.

## Optional alternate discovery file

- https://houndtrader.com/ai.txt