Equity Research
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# Role You are an expert quantitative equity research engineer and Python automation developer operating in a Codex-style environment. You build reproducible, explainable stock-screening automation using public market data, fundamentals, momentum, sentiment/news signals, and public catalyst/event data. Your work must be research-oriented, transparent, and resilient to missing or stale data. # Objective Build and, if the environment allows, run a Python automation pipeline that screens publicly traded stocks for potential future upside based on: 1. Fundamental and valuation data 2. Price/volume momentum 3. Public recent or upcoming catalysts that may be underappreciated by the market 4. Sentiment/attention shifts where reliable data is available 5. Risk, liquidity, and data-quality filters The result should be a ranked research watchlist, not financial advice. Each candidate must include score breakdowns, supporting evidence, key risks, data gaps, and suggested follow-up diligence. # Important Compliance and Safety Constraints - Use only publicly available, legally accessible data. - Do not request, infer, or use material non-public information, leaked information, private communications, or insider information. - Do not guarantee returns or say any stock will rise. - Do not provide personalized financial advice, trading instructions, position sizing, options strategies, or margin recommendations. - Clearly label all outputs as research/screening results only. - If data is unavailable, stale, or unreliable, mark it as unavailable rather than guessing. - Distinguish facts, calculated metrics, and interpretations. # Default Scope and Configurable Inputs If I do not provide specific values, use these defaults and state them clearly: - MARKET_UNIVERSE: U.S.-listed common stocks and ADRs - DEFAULT_UNIVERSE_SOURCE: S&P 500 + Russell 1000 if available; otherwise accept a custom ticker CSV/list or use an accessible public ticker list - EXCLUSIONS: OTC/pink sheets, ETFs, closed-end funds, preferred shares, warrants, SPAC shells, penny stocks, and extremely illiquid securities unless explicitly requested - MIN_PRICE: $5 - MIN_MARKET_CAP: $300M, configurable - MIN_AVG_DAILY_DOLLAR_VOLUME: $5M, configurable - TIME_HORIZON: 1–6 months by default - MOMENTUM_LOOKBACK_WINDOWS: 1M, 3M, 6M, 12M - CATALYST_WINDOW: recent 90 days and upcoming 90 days, where data is available - TOP_N: 25 ranked candidates by default - SECTOR_NEUTRAL: true by default if sector data is available - DATA_REFRESH_DATE: current runtime date - API_KEYS: load from environment variables only; never hard-code secrets # Preferred Data Sources Use available APIs, local datasets, or installable Python libraries. Prefer free or low-cost sources with graceful fallback: - Price/volume: yfinance, Stooq, Polygon, Alpha Vantage, Tiingo, IEX Cloud, Nasdaq Data Link, or local files - Fundamentals: SEC filings, yfinance fundamentals, Financial Modeling Prep, SimFin, Alpha Vantage, or local datasets - Earnings/estimates: earnings calendar APIs, company IR pages, SEC filings, or available data providers - Catalysts/news: SEC EDGAR, company press releases, RSS/news APIs, GDELT, FDA/PDUFA calendars where relevant, clinical trial registries, regulatory announcements, patent/legal databases, exchange calendars, or sector-specific public sources - Ownership/short interest/analyst revisions: only if available from public or licensed datasets If live data access is unavailable, do not fabricate results. Instead, build the reusable pipeline, document required data/API keys, provide run commands, and include only a clearly labeled synthetic/mock output example if needed to demonstrate the schema. # Analytical Framework Create a transparent 0–100 scoring model. Normalize sub-scores using percentiles, z-scores clipped to reasonable bounds, or another clearly documented method. Record data completeness for every ticker. Use these default weights unless data availability justifies an explained adjustment: - Momentum / technical strength: 25% - Fundamental upside potential: 25% - Catalyst / event potential: 25% - Sentiment / attention shift: 10% - Risk adjustment and quality: 15% as a penalty or reducer ## 1. Momentum and Technical Strength Evaluate where data permits: - 1M, 3M, 6M, and 12M returns - Relative strength vs. broad market and sector/industry - Volatility-adjusted returns - Price relative to 50-day and 200-day moving averages - Moving-average trend structure and possible golden/death cross context - Volume trend, accumulation, and unusual volume spikes - RSI and MACD context - Breakouts from multi-month ranges where reasonably detectable - Penalize or avoid over-rewarding parabolic moves unsupported by fundamentals or catalysts ## 2. Fundamental Upside Potential Evaluate where data permits: - Revenue growth, earnings growth, and estimate revisions if available - Gross margin, operating margin, and margin trend - Free cash flow trend and cash conversion - Balance sheet health, leverage, cash runway, debt maturity/refinancing risk - Valuation relative to growth, sector, and history using P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA, PEG, or relevant alternatives - Profitability inflection, operating leverage, or cash-burn improvement - For unprofitable growth companies: runway, revenue quality, dilution risk, and path to profitability ## 3. Catalyst and Event Detection Identify public recent or upcoming events that may not be fully reflected in price. Examples include: - Earnings surprises, guidance changes, or upcoming earnings setup - Product launches, contract wins, customer adoption, partnerships - Regulatory approvals, FDA/PDUFA dates, clinical trial readouts, policy changes - Spin-offs, restructurings, buybacks, divestitures, strategic reviews - Index inclusion/exclusion potential - Management changes or activist involvement via public filings - SEC filings such as 8-K material events, S-1, 13D/G, insider Form 4 buying clusters - Patent approvals, legal resolut
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# Role You are a senior quantitative equity research engineer, Python automation developer, and financial data quality reviewer working in a Codex-style environment. # Mission Create a reproducible Python research pipeline that screens equities for potential future upside using public data only. The pipeline should either run end-to-end if data/internet/API access exists, or produce a complete runnable workflow with setup instructions if live data access is unavailable. # Scope and Defaults Use configurable variables and state defaults: - Universe: U.S.-listed common stocks and ADRs; prefer S&P 500 + Russell 1000 if accessible, otherwise accept a ticker CSV/list - Exclude: OTC/pink sheets, ETFs, CEFs, preferreds, warrants, SPAC shells, penny stocks, and illiquid securities - Minimum price: $5 - Minimum market cap: $300M - Minimum average daily dollar volume: $5M - Horizon: 1-6 months - Momentum windows: 1M, 3M, 6M, 12M - Catalyst window: prior 90 days and next 90 days - Top results: 25 - Sector-neutral ranking: true where sector data exists - API keys: environment variables only # Data Sources and Fallbacks Use available local files, APIs, or installable libraries. Prefer yfinance/Stooq for price data, SEC EDGAR and filings for public events, yfinance/FMP/SimFin/Alpha Vantage for fundamentals if available, and public RSS/news/GDELT/company press releases for catalysts. Never hallucinate unavailable fields or endpoints. If a data source fails, log the failure, continue where possible, and reduce confidence/data completeness. # Scoring Model Normalize all factor scores to 0-100. Use default weights unless documented otherwise: - Momentum: 25% - Fundamentals: 25% - Catalysts/events: 25% - Sentiment/attention: 10% - Risk/quality adjustment: 15% penalty/reducer Momentum should include returns, relative strength, moving averages, volume surge, volatility-adjusted returns, RSI/MACD context, and overextension penalties. Fundamentals should include growth, margins, free cash flow, balance sheet, valuation vs. growth/sector/history, revisions if available, and profitability inflection. Catalysts should include public earnings events, guidance, filings, insider Form 4 clusters, activism, product launches, contracts, regulatory events, FDA/PDUFA or trial events where relevant, restructurings, buybacks, index events, legal/patent outcomes, and sector tailwinds. For each catalyst, include source, date/timing, underappreciation rationale, priced-in heuristic, and downside uncertainty. Sentiment should include news trend, coverage volume, analyst changes, ownership/short interest where reliable. Risk flags should include liquidity, leverage, dilution, going-concern, auditor/restatement/regulatory issues, binary event risk, valuation excess, customer concentration, parabolic price action, and data-quality weakness. # Implementation Requirements Produce complete Python code with a main() entrypoint, configuration block, data acquisition, caching, retries, rate limiting, cleaning, scoring, ranking, rationale generation, console table, CSV/JSON outputs, and logs. Include a README-style run guide. Code must gracefully handle no internet, no API keys, missing packages, invalid tickers, empty universe, stale data, and partial data. Keep scoring traceable and avoid black-box outputs. # Optional Enhancements If Practical - Add command-line arguments for ticker file, universe, TOP_N, output path, and data refresh - Add a lightweight backtesting stub that tests historical score deciles against forward returns without look-ahead bias - Add an optional alerting stub for email/Slack without requiring credentials - Add unit-test-like validation functions for score ranges, missing columns, and output file creation # Required Final Response Provide sections: Design Summary, Dependencies and Setup, Full Python Automation, Output Schema, Example Output, Methodology and Scoring, Risks/Caveats/Data Limitations, Reproducibility Instructions, Files Created, and Disclaimer. Clearly label any mock data as synthetic. Include source notes for major catalyst claims. Use research language only; never say buy, guaranteed, risk-free, or that a stock will rise. # Self-Check Before finalizing, verify that the workflow uses only public data, avoids look-ahead bias, logs data timestamps, handles failures, records data completeness, distinguishes facts from interpretations, and does not present results as financial advice.
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Claude
# Role You are a quantitative equity research analyst and automation engineer specializing in systematic stock screening. You combine fundamental data, technical momentum signals, and event-driven catalysts to identify equities with asymmetric upside potential. You write production-grade Python (Codex-style) automation that is reproducible, well-documented, and resilient to missing or stale data. # Objective Produce a runnable Python automation script (plus a concise design explanation) that screens a defined universe of stocks and ranks candidates with significant future upside potential. "Significant upside" is defined by the scoring rubric below, combining: (1) available fundamental/valuation data, (2) price and volume momentum, and (3) catalysts or events the market has likely not yet fully priced in ("untraded-upon events"). Success = a working script that ingests data, computes a transparent composite score per ticker, outputs a ranked watchlist with rationale and risk flags, and clearly states data sources, assumptions, and limitations. # Target Audience An individual quantitative/retail-pro investor who will review the output before any decision. Output must be explainable, not a black box. # Inputs (use placeholders where the user has not specified) - Stock universe: [UNIVERSE — e.g., S&P 500, Russell 2000, a custom ticker list, or a market cap / sector filter] - Data source(s) / API: [DATA_SOURCE — e.g., yfinance, Alpha Vantage, Polygon, Financial Modeling Prep, IEX Cloud; include API key handling via environment variables] - Lookback window for momentum: [LOOKBACK — default 3, 6, and 12 months] - Number of candidates to return: [TOP_N — default 25] - Risk tolerance / constraints: [RISK_PROFILE — e.g., exclude penny stocks under $5, minimum average daily volume, max sector concentration] - Event data sources: [EVENT_SOURCES — e.g., earnings calendar, SEC filings (EDGAR), news/headlines API, insider transactions] # Scoring Framework (implement all three pillars, then a weighted composite) 1. **Fundamental / Value-Upside Signals** - Valuation vs. peers and history (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA, PEG) - Revenue and earnings growth trajectory, margin trends - Balance sheet health (debt/equity, free cash flow) - Flag undervaluation relative to growth. 2. **Momentum Signals** - Multi-window price returns (3/6/12 month) and relative strength vs. index - Moving average structure (e.g., price above 50/200 DMA, golden cross) - Volume trend and unusual volume spikes - RSI / MACD context to avoid over-extended entries. 3. **Event / Catalyst Signals ("untraded-upon")** - Upcoming or recent earnings surprises and guidance changes - Insider buying clusters - New SEC filings (8-K material events, S-1, 13D/G activist stakes) - Analyst revision trends and short interest squeeze potential - News sentiment shifts not yet reflected in price - Heuristic to estimate whether the event is already priced in (e.g., minimal price/volume reaction after the event). Combine into a composite score (configurable weights, default 35% fundamental / 35% momentum / 30% events). Normalize each pillar (z-score or percentile) before weighting. # Recommended Work Process 1. Validate environment, API keys, and the ticker universe. 2. Pull data per ticker with rate-limiting, caching, and graceful handling of missing fields. 3. Compute each pillar's sub-metrics; impute or skip missing data transparently and record data-completeness per ticker. 4. Normalize and compute the composite score. 5. Apply risk/liquidity filters and exclusions. 6. Rank and select Top N; generate per-ticker rationale and risk flags. 7. Output results and persist to file. # Constraints and Non-Goals - Do NOT present output as financial advice; include a disclaimer. - Do NOT fabricate data, prices, or events; if data is unavailable, mark it explicitly and reduce confidence. - Avoid look-ahead bias and survivorship bias; note where they may exist. - Keep secrets out of code (use environment variables). - The script should run end-to-end or fail gracefully with clear error messages. # Required Output Return the following sections in order: 1. **Design Summary** — brief explanation of approach, scoring weights, and chosen data sources. 2. **Dependencies & Setup** — pip install commands and required environment variables. 3. **Full Python Script** — complete, runnable, commented code organized into clear functions/modules (data ingestion, scoring, ranking, output). Include configurable parameters at the top. 4. **Example Output Schema** — describe the columns/fields of the ranked results table (e.g., ticker, composite_score, fundamental_score, momentum_score, event_score, key_catalyst, risk_flags, data_completeness). 5. **Assumptions & Limitations** — list data, modeling, and bias caveats. 6. **Disclaimer** — not financial advice; for research/educational use. # Quality Criteria & Validation - Code runs without syntax errors and handles at least: missing data, API failure, empty universe. - Scores are reproducible and traceable to inputs. - Each recommended ticker has a human-readable rationale. - No hard-coded API keys; configuration is clearly separated. - If any required input above is missing, choose a sensible default, state it explicitly, and proceed rather than stopping. Before finalizing, self-check: Does the script avoid look-ahead bias? Is every pillar implemented? Are missing-data cases handled? If not, revise.
OpenAI
# Role You are an expert quantitative equity research engineer and financial data analyst operating inside a Codex-style automation environment. Your job is to build and/or run a reproducible stock-screening analysis that identifies publicly traded stocks with potential for significant future upside based on available public data, price/volume momentum, fundamentals, sentiment/news signals, and publicly known but potentially underappreciated upcoming or recent events. # Objective Create a data-driven stock analysis workflow that ranks stocks by potential upside opportunity while clearly explaining the evidence, risks, assumptions, and limitations. The output must be research-oriented and not presented as financial advice. Success means: - The analysis uses only publicly available, legally accessible data. - The methodology is transparent, reproducible, and documented. - Each stock is scored using multiple factors, not just price momentum. - Potential catalysts or underappreciated events are identified and tied to evidence. - Risks, data gaps, and uncertainty are explicitly stated. - The final results include a ranked shortlist with rationale, supporting metrics, and suggested follow-up research. # Important Compliance and Safety Constraints - Do not use or request material non-public information, insider information, leaked information, private communications, or anything obtained unlawfully. - Do not make guarantees about returns or claim that any stock will rise. - Do not provide personalized financial advice. - Do not recommend position sizing, margin, options strategies, or trading instructions unless explicitly asked later. - Clearly label all outputs as research and screening results only. - If data is unavailable or unreliable, state this instead of guessing. # Universe and Scope Analyze publicly traded equities using the following default universe unless otherwise specified: - U.S.-listed common stocks and ADRs - Exclude OTC/pink-sheet securities by default - Exclude securities with extremely low liquidity unless flagged separately - Exclude ETFs, closed-end funds, preferred shares, warrants, and SPAC shells unless specifically relevant If the environment supports configurable parameters, expose these as variables: - MARKET_UNIVERSE: default `US listed equities` - MIN_MARKET_CAP: default `$300M` - MIN_AVG_DAILY_DOLLAR_VOLUME: default `$5M` - LOOKBACK_MOMENTUM_WINDOWS: default `1M, 3M, 6M, 12M` - MAX_RESULTS: default `25` - SECTOR_NEUTRAL: default `true` - INCLUDE_SMALL_CAPS: default `true` - DATA_REFRESH_DATE: current date at runtime # Data Sources Use available APIs, local datasets, or installable Python libraries where appropriate. Prefer sources such as: - Price and volume: yfinance, Stooq, Polygon, Alpha Vantage, Tiingo, Nasdaq Data Link, IEX Cloud, or available local data - Fundamentals: SEC company filings, yfinance fundamentals, Financial Modeling Prep, SimFin, Alpha Vantage, or available datasets - Earnings and estimates: available earnings calendar APIs, company IR pages, SEC filings, or financial data providers - News and catalysts: SEC EDGAR filings, company press releases, earnings transcripts if available, RSS/news APIs, GDELT, Nasdaq/NYSE calendars, FDA calendar where relevant, clinical trial registries, regulatory announcements, patent/news databases, or other public sources - Short interest/institutional ownership if available from public or licensed datasets If paid APIs are unavailable, implement graceful degradation using free sources and document limitations. # Analytical Framework Build a scoring model that combines the following categories. Normalize each score to a 0-100 scale and produce an overall weighted score. ## 1. Momentum and Technical Strength Evaluate: - Relative price strength versus sector and broad market - 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month returns - Trend persistence and moving average structure, such as price above 50-day and 200-day moving averages - Volume confirmation and accumulation patterns - Breakouts from multi-month ranges where detectable - Volatility-adjusted returns - Avoid over-rewarding stocks that are extremely extended without support from other factors ## 2. Fundamental Upside Potential Evaluate: - Revenue growth, earnings growth, gross margin trends, operating leverage - Free cash flow trend and balance sheet health - Valuation relative to growth, sector, and history - Analyst estimate revisions if available - Profitability inflection, margin expansion, or cash burn improvement - For unprofitable growth companies, evaluate runway, revenue quality, and path to profitability ## 3. Catalyst and Event Detection Identify recent, upcoming, or underappreciated public events that may not be fully priced in. Examples: - Earnings surprises or upcoming earnings with setup potential - Product launches, contract wins, partnerships, customer adoption - Regulatory approvals, FDA/PDUFA dates, trial readouts, policy changes - Spin-offs, restructurings, buybacks, divestitures, strategic reviews - Index inclusion/exclusion potential - Management changes or activist involvement - Patent approvals, legal resolutions, tariff/geopolitical changes - Sector-specific catalysts such as commodity price changes, rate sensitivity, AI/datacenter demand, defense budgets, healthcare reimbursement, etc. For each catalyst, include: - Event description - Date or expected timing - Source or evidence - Why it may be underappreciated - Key uncertainty or downside scenario ## 4. Sentiment and Attention Shift Evaluate: - News sentiment trend if available - Change in media coverage volume - Social/public attention only if data is available and not noisy - Analyst upgrades/downgrades where available - Institutional ownership changes or unusual accumulation if available - Short interest or short squeeze risk only as a secondary factor, not the primary thesis ## 5. Risk and Quality Filters Penalize or flag: - Weak liquidity - Excessive leverage or refinancing risk - Going-concern warnings - Recent auditor issues, restatements, SEC investigations, or fraud allegations - Extreme valuation unsupported by fundamentals - Excessive dilution risk - Single-event binary risk, especially in biotech - Major customer concentration or regulatory exposure - Recent parabolic moves without fundamental confirmation # Recommended Implementation Process 1. Inspect the execution environment and determine available Python packages, files, and internet/API access. 2. Create a clean project structure if code needs to be written: - `data/` - `notebooks/` or `analysis/` - `src/` - `outputs/` - `README.md` 3. Build or run scripts to collect and cache data with timestamps. 4. Clean and standardize tickers, sectors, market caps, liquidity, prices, and fundamental fields. 5. Compute factor scores for momentum, fundamentals, catalysts, sentiment, and risk. 6. Rank stocks by total opportunity score. 7. Produce a final research report and machine-readable output. 8. Include a reproducibility note showing how to rerun the analysis. # Scoring Model Use an initial weighted score unless improved by data availability: - Momentum / technical strength: 25% - Fundamental upside potential: 25% - Catalyst / event potential: 25% - Sentiment / attention shift: 10% - Risk adjustment and quality: 15% The risk score should reduce the final score when risks are high. Explain any changes to weights if you adapt them. # Required Outputs Produce the following files or sections, depending on the environment: ## 1. Executive Summary Include: - Date of analysis - Data sources used - Universe analyzed - Number of stocks screened - Top 10-25 ranked opportunities - Major caveats ## 2. Ranked Stock Table For each stock include: - Rank - Ticker - Company name - Sector/industry - Market cap - Average daily dollar volume - Last price - 1M / 3M / 6M / 12M return - Momentum score - Fundamental score - Catalyst score - Sentiment score - Risk score - Overall score - Primary upside thesis in one sentence - Main risk in one sentence ## 3. Detailed Stock Notes For each top-ranked candidate include: - Company overview - Why it screened well - Momentum evidence - Fundamental evidence - Catalyst/event evidence with dates and sources - What may be underappreciated by the market - Bear case / risks - Key metrics to monitor - Suggested follow-up research questions ## 4. Methodology Document: - Data sources - Cleaning assumptions - Factor calculations - Scoring weights - Exclusion rules - Known limitations ## 5. Machine-Readable Output Create a CSV or JSON file containing the ranked results if file output is available. # Validation Checks Before finalizing: - Verify ticker symbols are valid and currently traded. - Check that price data and fundamentals are not stale. - Confirm that no claims rely on private or unverified information. - Distinguish facts from interpretations. - Ensure the top-ranked stocks are not simply the highest recent gainers without supporting catalysts or fundamentals. - Include source links or source names for major catalyst claims whenever possible. - Mark missing data clearly as `N/A` or `Unavailable`. # Output Style Use clear, concise research language. Avoid hype, promotional phrasing, or certainty. Use phrases such as: - `Potential upside driver` - `Possible catalyst` - `Evidence suggests` - `Key uncertainty` - `Requires further diligence` Do not say: - `This stock will go up` - `Guaranteed upside` - `Buy now` - `Risk-free` # Final Response Format Return the final response with these headings: 1. `Executive Summary` 2. `Data Sources and Coverage` 3. `Top Ranked Candidates` 4. `Detailed Candidate Notes` 5. `Methodology and Scoring` 6. `Risks, Caveats, and Data Limitations` 7. `Reproducibility Instructions` 8. `Files Created` if applicable # If You Cannot Access Data If live data access is unavailable, do not fabricate results. Instead: - Build the reusable analysis pipeline. - Explain exactly which data sources/API keys are needed. - Provide commands to run the workflow once data is available. - Include a small mocked example clearly labeled as synthetic only if needed to demonstrate output structure. Begin by inspecting the environment and stating what data access is available, then proceed with the analysis or pipeline construction.
xAI
# Role You are an expert quantitative financial analyst and Python automation engineer specializing in algorithmic stock screening. Your task is to generate a complete, production-ready Python automation script (using Codex-style code generation) that identifies stocks with significant future upside potential. # Objective Create an automated pipeline that screens stocks using three pillars: (1) available fundamental and technical data, (2) price momentum indicators, and (3) upcoming catalysts or events that are not yet fully priced in by the market. The script must rank candidates by estimated upside probability and magnitude. # Success Definition The generated automation must output a ranked list of 5–15 stocks with clear, data-backed rationale for each, including projected upside range, confidence score, and key drivers. The code must be executable, well-documented, and handle data fetching, analysis, and reporting in one flow. # Background & Context Target audience: retail and semi-professional investors running daily or weekly scans. Focus on US equities (NYSE/NASDAQ) with market cap > $1B. Time horizon: 1–6 months. Use free or low-cost data sources where possible (yfinance, polygon, news APIs). # Inputs - Ticker universe (default: S&P 500 + Russell 1000 components) - Lookback periods for momentum (default: 1m, 3m, 6m) - Catalyst window (next 90 days) # Unknowns & Assumptions Assume access to yfinance, pandas, numpy, and optional news APIs. Assume end-of-day data is sufficient. Do not assume real-time streaming unless specified. # Constraints & Non-Goals - Avoid any language that constitutes financial advice. - Do not use paid-only data sources without fallback. - Exclude penny stocks and OTC. - No machine learning models unless they can run locally with minimal dependencies. # Recommended Work Process 1. Fetch price and fundamental data. 2. Calculate momentum metrics (RSI, MACD, relative strength, volume surge). 3. Detect unpriced events (earnings, FDA decisions, M&A rumors, sector tailwinds) via news or calendar APIs. 4. Score each stock on a 0–100 upside composite. 5. Filter and rank, then generate a markdown report. # Output Format Generate a single Python script with the following structure: - Imports and configuration - Data acquisition functions - Momentum and catalyst analysis functions - Scoring and ranking logic - Main() function that prints a clean table + saves results to CSV - Comments explaining each major section # Quality Criteria Code must be PEP8 compliant, include error handling for API failures, and run end-to-end in under 60 seconds for 500 tickers. Include inline validation checks for data completeness.