The Chaikin Power Gauge Report is Marc Chaikin’s flagship monthly newsletter under Chaikin Analytics, which sits inside the MarketWise (NASDAQ: MKTW) family alongside Stansberry Research and InvestorPlace. The list price is $499 a year. New members come in at $149 for the first year and renew at $499. That renewal step-up — 234% in a single bill — is the most important number on this page, and the one the marketing spends the least time on.
The price table (verified July 18, 2026)
| Tier | First-year price | Renews at | What you get | Refund window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Gauge Report | $149/yr | $499/yr | Monthly newsletter + model portfolio + Power Gauge rating tool (5,000+ tickers) + daily alerts + four bonus reports | 30 days, full refund |
List price: $499/yr. Promo price for new members: $149/yr (a 70% discount). Renewal: $499/yr — the full list price, billed automatically. The $149 figure is the front-end price; the $499 figure is what the service actually costs in year two. Source: chaikinanalytics.com and the MarketWise order flow, corroborated against thestockdork.com and stockhitter.com member-reported pricing, confirmed July 18, 2026.
What you get at the $149 tier
The Power Gauge Report is the newsletter bundled with access to Chaikin’s Power Gauge rating system, the 20-factor quantitative stock screener that covers more than 5,000 tickers and spits out Bullish, Neutral, or Bearish ratings. The system is the institutional-grade piece; the newsletter is the monthly application of it.
Subscribers get:
- The monthly Power Gauge Report newsletter with Chaikin’s current stock recommendations
- Access to the model portfolio (ten positions at last count, with a 30% trailing stop-loss updated weekly)
- The Power Gauge rating tool for any of 5,000+ tickers — the same screener built into Bloomberg terminals, thinkorswim, and TradingView, packaged for retail use
- Daily email alerts and market updates
- Four bonus reports tied to the current 100X Starburst / Project Tengu campaign (the AI Cornerstone, the $150 Billion AI Power Source, Amazon’s Silent Partner, and “Sell These Stocks Immediately”)
- A free one-year TradeStops Basic membership (the portfolio-tracking and stop-loss tool)
Higher Chaikin tiers exist — Power Gauge Pro at $399/yr and Power Gauge Max at $1,200/yr — but those are separate products with different feature sets, not upsells within the same subscription. This page covers the Power Gauge Report front-end only.
The auto-renew mechanics, plainly
Chaikin Analytics bills automatically each year on the card you signed up with. The renewal steps up from $149 to $499 — a 234% increase in a single charge. This is the detail that generates the most complaint-board traffic on the Power Gauge Report: subscribers who do not disable auto-renewal before the year is up get hit with the full $499 charge, and the 30-day refund window does not extend into the renewal term. If you want to evaluate the service and not pay the renewal, disable auto-renewal in your account settings on day one — not day 360.
The 30-day money-back guarantee covers the first year only. If you cancel within 30 days of subscribing, you get a full refund. After 30 days, you are paid through the year. The renewal is a separate transaction at the $499 list price, and Chaikin’s refund policy on renewals is narrower — credit toward future services is the family pattern at MarketWise, though Chaikin Analytics’ specific renewal-refund terms are not published cleanly on the order page.
To cancel auto-renewal: log in to the Chaikin Analytics member portal and turn off auto-renewal in your account settings, or call Member Services. Do it the day you subscribe if you want to make the renewal decision yourself rather than have it made for you.
Is the promo price worth it
At $149 with a 30-day refund, the Power Gauge Report is a fair buy for active investors who will actually use the screener. The rating tool is the value — you get 5,000+ tickers rated on Chaikin’s 20-factor model, which is the same methodology built into Bloomberg terminals, for less than the cost of a single month of a Bloomberg subscription. The monthly newsletter applies the tool to specific picks, and the model portfolio gives you a trackable set of positions with disciplined stop-losses.
The renewal at $499 is a different animal. The same service that looks like a bargain at $149 looks like a premium product at $499, and the value case at the renewal price depends on whether you use the screener actively enough to justify it. Wallstreetzen’s reviewer concluded the Power Gauge Report is not worth $499 for most investors; stockhitter’s four-year member reached the same conclusion and recommended turning off auto-renewal on day one. For passive investors making one trade a quarter, the renewal price is steep. For active investors making ten or more trades a year, the screener earns its keep through better entry and exit timing.
The framing holds either way: $149 is a low-risk trial of a legitimate quantitative tool. $499 is a commitment to using that tool year over year. Treat them as two different decisions, and make the second one with a year of data.
Links
- Full Power Gauge Report track record: Chaikin Power Gauge retro (sibling piece in the Chaikin silo)
- Chaikin’s current 100X Starburst campaign: Marc Chaikin 100X Starburst (the promo this cost page sits under)
- Live offer page: Chaikin Power Gauge Report (affiliate; we earn a commission if you subscribe, at no cost to you)
Prices verified July 18, 2026, against the chaikinanalytics.com order flow and corroborated by thestockdork.com and stockhitter.com member-reported pricing. Affiliate disclosure: Flack Jacket Finance is an affiliate partner of Chaikin Analytics. We earn a commission on subscriptions initiated through our links. This does not affect the price you pay or the honesty of the pricing data on this page.
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