Trade Like the Pros

The method from Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets. Buy stocks breaking into Stage 2 uptrends with rising moving averages and relative strength leadership.

• Price above rising 30-week MA (Stage 2)
• Relative strength vs. market in top quartile
• Volume expansion on breakout
• Structural stops below trend support

Pure technical, no narratives. Find stocks in mature corrections where sellers are exhausted, higher lows prove accumulation, and a breakout is imminent.

• Mature correction (10-50% pullback)
• Higher lows forming a base pattern
• Breakout above resistance on volume
• Tight stop below last swing low

Trade the three core setups: momentum breakouts, episodic pivots, and parabolic shorts. Focus on liquid leaders, explosive volume, and tight asymmetric risk.

• Breakouts from orderly consolidations in top leaders
• Episodic pivots: 10%+ gaps with heavy volume
• Parabolic short setups on overextended names
• Tight stops, small losses, large winners

The method behind every modern stage analyst. Read the tape to find where institutions are accumulating (Springs) or distributing (Upthrusts) — then trade with the Composite Man.

• Springs: false breakdowns that recover (long)
• Upthrusts: failed breakouts that reject (short)
• Volume confirms the structure
• Trade with the Composite Man's intent

The dancer who turned $10K into $2M in 18 months from Barron's and telegrams. Pure mechanical breakouts: 52-week highs + 3-day consolidation = a "box" to trade.

• New 52-week high is the only trigger
• Box forms after 3 days below the high
• Buy breakout on volume expansion
• Stop just below box top (not bottom)

Inspired by Mark Minervini's SEPA framework. Quality-first: the Trend Template qualifies a stock before you consider it, then the VCP pattern signals when institutions are done absorbing supply.

• Trend Template: 8 criteria must pass
• VCP: progressively tighter pullbacks
• Buy breakout above pivot on 2x+ volume
• Cut losses at 7-8% — always

A market-model-driven swing approach: QQQ must be above its rising 21dma zone before any long is considered. ATR extension filters out overextended entries; MCSI and MCO confirm broad participation; credit spreads, VIX, and BTC align the macro backdrop.

• QQQ above rising 21dma zone = market must be on-side first
• ATR extension <1× = buy zone; 2×+ = stand aside
• MCSI + MCO confirm breadth expanding before entry
• Internals all-clear: credit spreads tightening, VIX declining, BTC trending up
• Core setup: pullback to 21dma on volume contraction, then entry on expansion

A VCP-first momentum swing approach: every focus name must show completed volatility contraction with RVOL ≥ 2× on an ORH breakout. ATR extension from the 50-MA gates entries; a 3-stop structure caps risk at -0.67R while the 10-MA trail lets winners run for months.

• VCP completion required — never enter loose price action
• RVOL ≥ 2× on ORH breakout (institutional buying confirmation)
• ATR% from 50-MA < 4× — no entries when overextended
• 3-stop system caps losses at -0.67R per trade
• 10-MA trailing stop lets winners run for months

Stage 2 leaders only, traded through a 3-block market cycle: Decoupling Days → BP Reclaim → Stress Test. Signature entry is volume dry-up at a resistance pivot, exits trail the 10/20/50 EMA-SMA ladder so winners are systematically rotated out.

• Stage 2 only: price above rising 30-week (150-day) MA
• Volume dry-up at resistance pivot — no sellers = breakout incoming
• 3-block cycle: Decoupling Days → BP Reclaim → Stress Test
• Exit ladder: trim at 10 EMA → 20 EMA → full exit at 50 SMA