Recent content by ms33

I think you're asking the wrong question. Can you earn a positive return using Can-Slim? That's not as easy as you might think since Can-Slim will expose you to stocks that lose 3-5% before you ever earn a nickel. If you are singlemindedly focused on making money from trading and that's close to...

I'm getting there. I'm concerned about aligning what I do with intelligent trading practices - buying into weakness instead of strength - but that will take me some time. I do feel greatly enthused to be showing some sizeable daily returns. You should take the two month deeply discounted trial...

What kind of returns have you had historically?

What kind of returns are you getting from your approach?

He says his win rate is 40-50%.

I don't understand what you mean by "I do the same". I believe his stops are 4-5%. If you look at the most attractive charts on MarketSurge right now, what's most noticeable is how god awful the fundamentals and earnings are, particularly the earnings. Stocks kicking ass on four quarters of...

MarketSmith has been renamed MarketSurge. Mark Minervini is one of the most successful Can-Slim investors I'm aware of and he only uses a few of its core factors: RS > 89, Composite score > 80. A lot of 50/150/200 day filters to make sure a stock is pointing north. I'm sure he glances at the...

My dumbfuck strategy has tripled my daily take from a clueless $60 a day on $100,000 over five years to more like $180 a day, enough to eliminate the drawdown on my retirement capital. (That point is actually $134 a day which is 34% a year and no mutual fund or ETF consistently earns that; they...

Jezz, how do you get gas piped with Sharpe Ratio of 3.0?

Backtesting it now on TradeStation.

What makes you think asking such questions isn't part of the research?

It's a testable proposition: I'm hoping for a sense of the probabilities. Someone must have backtested this or read some research that's relevant.

Are trending stocks that open strong likely to outperform trending stocks with a weak opening for a given trading day? I focus on stocks that have the greatest five day returns. My priors have been that trending stocks with a weaker opening have more room to move but I think I've got this wrong.

Mr. Wedge Pop that is when he's not experiencing an EMA Crossback. $15 book for $600.