As may be seen from the two illustrations (Universe and work sheet), PVT trading is a relatively slowly changing process with respect to a trader's portfolio.
This shows how easily a person can use the ingredients of PVT on a computer to display all that is of interest.
Here in this thread we are doing analysis, testing and clarification of PVT.
None of these can be done without a universe. For anyone wishing to use PVT it is a click of a button. In effect, it is self testing once the tester has verified that the script that allows the click of a button is correct.
How does one test the script available for getting the universe. This is done line by line by the tester and the tester does have to know what he is doing.
So far no one has posted that any of the scripts available in freeware or commercially produced script are faulty or have flaws.
That brings us to the model, development, use and transference of the Universe.
Joab has 27 years of trading experience and can't handle Jackspeak. He doesn't get the criteria, modelling, development use and tranference of something worked on by myself since 1957. This is true for 80% of the respondents to polls regarding my efforts in these areas. I have lost track of how many people became millionaires using the universe concepts over the 50 some years.
The universe criteria is stringent for one reason. All of the stocks that make it into the universe have a high repeatability quality.
"high repeatability quality" means that they behavior in a very very similar manner.
If a comparison is made with any other universes, the distribution of the PVT type of universe will lie the the right of most all universes in how narrow the group performance is in terms of just how similarly (use a reasonable sample size where p is <0.05 by any stat measures) the PVT members perform by TA criteria (See measures in TA From A to Z by Achelis and partularly the measures used in charts, lists and indicators of PVT). The phrase "they all look alike to me" is appropriate and it is the goal of the Universe.
Use the Initial Analysis Spread Sheet to observe how sorting 15,000 stocks narrows the Universe down to approaximately 150 stocks total in the Universe at any time.
Testing any stock at any time that is not in the Universe with respect to any writings on PVT is possible and the results obtained simply state that the person did it for his reasons and they are not associated with PVT trading in any way.
Basically the Universe is obtained by using Fundamental Analysis. FA is a guarantee of quality regarding eps and EPS. It is also a gurantee of RS and "they all look alike to me".
this thread is only for analysis, testing and clarification. Glossaries are locaated elswhere. So are the instructions for transference.
The Universe is part of PVT and it is obtainable with the click of a button.