FAQ

Getting Started: What are the benefits of using Ziggma?
Ziggma empowers independent, long-term investors to build portfolios that generate strong financial returns while being in full control of what their money supports.

✔️ Holistic Analysis: Instantly view diversification, risk, and quality for all of your investments
✔️ Portfolio Optimization: Identify weaknesses and opportunities to own your best portfolio
✔️ Impact Insights: Learn what your money supports and how well your investments are aligned with your values
✔️ Total Independence: Unlike your broker, we work for you, not your trades - with you for the long run.
Getting Started: What do I need to sign up and check it out?
All you need is an email address, a first and last name, even initials will suffice.
Getting Started: What are your most popular features? 
Ziggma offers a suite of tools designed to help you invest for  profit with purpose. Our most popular features are:

‍✔️ Portfolio Checkup: Our #1 tool. Unique insights into your portfolio’s quality, risk,yield and real-world impact
‍✔️ Portfolio Optimizer: Fine-tune your holdings for stronger returns and better alignment with your values
‍✔️ Ziggma Stock Score:  Proprietary scoring for a data-driven snapshot of any stock’s potential
‍✔️ Powerful Screening:  Opportunities that meet your specific financial and sustainability criteria at your fingertips
Getting Started: Where can I find tutorials and product demos? 
Explore tutorials and demos to see how Ziggma helps you invest better.
➡️ GETTING STARTED
➡️ PORTFOLIO INSIGHTS
➡️ RESEARCH
➡️ PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION
➡️ PORTFOLIO TRACKING
Getting Started: Which broker and retirement platforms can I link to Ziggma?
Ziggma securely syncs accounts at over 10,000 banks and brokers, including all market leaders, such as Fidelity, Schwab, Robinhood, Webull or Coinbase.

What our clients value first and foremost is having an independent and trustworthy investing platform that enables them to build portfolios that perform well while being aligned with the future they to live in.

Ziggma also connects with most plan sponsors and retirement account fiduciaries.
Getting Started: How do I link an investment account?
Linking an investment account is quick and easy.  ▶️  DEMO.

Simply click the “Link Account” button to start a secure, encrypted connection process. Once connected, you’ll instantly gain access to powerful, independent analytics and insights for each of your portfolios, or for all of them combined in one consolidated view.
Getting Started: Is syncing up my account secure?
Your financial data security is a top priority at Ziggma.

Account connections are protected using bank-level encryption and modern authentication standards designed to safeguard sensitive information. When available, Ziggma connects to brokerage accounts using OAuth—the industry gold standard—which allows accounts to be linked without ever sharing login credentials.

OAuth is supported by most major brokers, including Fidelity, Charles Schwab, Robinhood, Webull, and Vanguard. At no point does Ziggma see, store, or process your brokerage login credentials.Linking an investment account is quick and easy.
Pricing: How much does Ziggma cost? 
You can start using Ziggma for free.

For investors who want deeper analytics and research tools, Ziggma also offers a Premium plan. It has a 7 day free trial period. There is no charge during the trial period.

The Premium plan unlocks advanced features such as consolidated, real-time investment insights and tracking, Portfolio Checkup, Portfolio Optimizer, as well as institutional-grade, proprietary investment research.
Premium Access: Is there a free trial? 
Yes.
You can try any Premium plan free for 7 days, commitment-free. You will not be charged during the trial period.
Premium Access: Can I cancel anytime?
Yes, you can cancel your subscription at any time. You subscription will remain active until the end of the last billing period.You can start using Ziggma for free.
Premium Access: What happens when I cancel my subscription?
You’ll be automatically switched to the Free plan at the end of the subscription period.

Any linked investment account will become a virtual portfolio and stop updating performance and other tracking measures.

Access to premium features, such as the Portfolio Optimizer and Ziggma Stock Scores will be removed.
Security and Privacy: Is my personal information secure?
Yes. Protecting your personal and financial data is a top priority at Ziggma.

We use industry-standard encryption and modern security protocols to safeguard all information transmitted through the platform. Your data is used solely to provide portfolio analytics and insights within your account. Ziggma does not sell your data and does not share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.
First steps: How do I link my investment account?
Linking an investment account is quick and easy.   ▶️ DEMO.
1. Open Investment Accounts from the Navigation Menu.
2. Click on "Link Account".
3. Select the broker and account you wish to link.
4. Complete the fully secure and encrypted link process.

Once linked, you’ll instantly benefit from Ziggma's independent analytics and insights for each of the portfolios you linked, or for all of them combined in one consolidated view (All Accounts portfolio selector).
First steps: Can I upload my portfolio as a file? 
Absolutely.
You can upload a portfolio by uploading a csv file in a few simple steps. The upload format is based on Yahoo Finance portfolios. So if you upload your virtual Yahoo Finance portfolio, you have no adjustments to make.

1. To upload your portfolio, click on virtual portfolios in the left-hand menu.

2. Click on the upload button to the right of your virtual portfolio selectors.

3. Enter a portfolio name.

4. Click to upload your portfolio file - Please make sure that it follows the yahoo finance csv format. You can find a sample file here.
-> Column A: Header must read Symbol
-> Column A, Rows B - …. must contain ticker symbols
-> Column J: Headers must read Trade Date, Rows B - …. must contain purchase dates. Trade data is optional.
-> Column K: Header must read Purchase Price, Rows B - …. must contain purchase price in $
-> Column L: Header must read Quantity, Rows B - …. must contain number of shares.
First steps: How do I create a virtual portfolio?
To create a virtual portfolio, simply click on the + icon to the right of the portfolio selectors at the top of your screen.
Then enter a portfolio name, a starting cash amount and hit Create.
▶️ DEMO
First steps: How do I create a watchlist?
These are the steps to follow to create a watchlist:
1. Navigate to Watchlists in Research section of the left-hand menu.
2. Click on the + icon next to the watchlist selection dropdown menu.
3. Enter a name for your watchlist and hit Create.
4. Now, you can start adding securities to your watchlist.
Ziggma Research: What is the Ziggma Stock Score?
The proprietary Ziggma Stock Score is a data-driven rating that summarizes a company’s fundamental strength versus its peers on a simple scale from 0 to 100.

The Ziggma Stock Score analyzes multiple financial dimensions, including growth, profitability, valuation, and financial health - to provide a clear, objective view of overall company quality.

Higher scores generally indicate stronger, more resilient businesses based on consistent financial performance and sound fundamentals relative to industry peers.

The Ziggma Stock Score helps you quickly understand a company’s strengths and weaknesses relative to its peers and identify high-quality opportunities with greater confidence.
Ziggma Research: How does the Ziggma Score compare to the ratings provided by Seeking Alpha, Zacks or Morningstar?
The Ziggma Stock Score strongly differs from the ratings and scores provided by Seeking Alpha, Zacks or Morningstar through both its holisitic focus on fundamentals and affordability.

While some rating providers focus primarily on a single dimension—such as short-term earnings revisions or valuation—Ziggma evaluates multiple pillars of company quality, including growth, profitability, valuation, and financial strength.

This broader framework helps investors see a company’s fundamentals from several perspectives rather than through a single lens. The result is a clear 0–100 composite score, supported by transparent sub-scores that show exactly where a company stands relative to its peers.

By combining multiple fundamental factors into one intuitive rating, the Ziggma Stock Score makes it easier to identify high-quality businesses and build stronger portfolios with confidence.

Learn more in this article.

How the Ziggma Stock Score compares to peers
Ziggma Research: What is the Top 50 Stock List?
The Ziggma Top 50 Stock List highlights the five highest-rated companies - based on the Ziggma Stock Score - in each of the ten industries currently showing the strongest revenue growth.

By combining industry momentum with Ziggma’s fundamentals-driven scoring model, the list surfaces companies that pair strong financial quality with powerful growth trends.

Updated daily, it serves as a curated shortlist of businesses with strong fundamentals and exceptional long-term value creation potential.

The proprietary Ziggma Stock Score is a data-driven rating that summarizes a company’s fundamental strength versus its peers on a simple scale from 0 to 100.
Is Ziggma an investment advisor?
Ziggma is neither a registered investment advisor nor a broker and does not provide investment advice or recommendations. The platform provides independent portfolio analytics, research tools, and informational content designed to help investors better understand and evaluate their portfolios.

All information and analysis provided by Ziggma is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered financial, investment, legal, or tax advice. Investors should conduct their own research and, where appropriate, consult a qualified financial professional before making investment decisions.

Ziggma does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or future performance of any information or analysis provided on the platform. Users remain solely responsible for their investment decisions, and Ziggma shall not be liable for any losses or damages arising from the use of the platform or reliance on its content.
Can I trade through Ziggma?
We are actively looking into enabling trading through Ziggma. If you are interested to be informed of its launch, please enter your email address to our waitlist HERE.