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2 fills, 1 small winner, 1 small loser for a whopping +10 Actually pretty pleased with the trades, as they would have gone against me a decent amount had I not bailed when I did.

3 fills, 3 losers, -320 Had two shorts that popped with the opening market surge, so of course the one long I had was a complete dud.

3 fills, 3 wins, +700 -- lescor Jr. :D

Starts 2005 off right. 5 fills, 5 winners, +757 Could have been a lot more, but my feeble mind can only properly tape read 2 positions at a time, so I closed a few quickly. (Copied over from 2004 thread)

Here's a few that cost me thousands: 1. Waiting for a stock that had just broken out of a base that day to come down 15 cents so I could save 90 bucks. It never did, so I let it go and of course it took off. I kept tabs on it and traced the point were it started to give sell signals, 24...

What I meant is that O'Neil's strategy is generally not meant for short term holding periods (days or less) which I think is what a lot of people think of when they hear the term "trading". I could be wrong. Obviously an open position is a trade regardless of how long you hold it.

What I should also add is that CANSLIM is for INVESTING, not trading. You need to be able to allow 7% stops and hold for weeks or longer.

Actually, the methodology stresses market uptrends. So even though '00 to '02 was a down period for the market, there were tradeable rallies within those years. You'd have to be pretty nimble/fortunate to make 20% over that period, however. I have seen the study you mentioned as well, and...

I use it exclusively for the "investing" side of my trading, so to answer your questions: 1. 14 months (started learning CANSLIM in April '03) 2. Down 1% last year (got hurt by the many rookie mistakes I made). Break even so far for '04, haven't been many opportunities if you follow the...