19 Feb 2014
How do your services differ from IBD's Leaderboard?
Leaderboard often overlaps with the actionable stocks we ... see archives) when it had a pocket pivot. It's gapping up today (10/18/13) for a second ... We also were recommending stocks like TSLA well before Leaderboard when TSLA was trading around 70. There are ...
23 Dec 2011
I was curious as to the reason why your Model would switch to a buy today and IBD's Big Picture did not go back to Confirmed Uptrend? What is the benefit of your model over IBD's model?
We do not use IBD's Big Picture as their writers at times ... and weaknesses. In 2009, I examined all of IBD's market calls since they started making them in Dec ... ). That said, their track record still puts IBD's Big Picture among the very few timing systems ...
04 Apr 2012
Have you found any evidence that stocks, which are highlighted in IBD's top 50, are targeted by algo systems that can, for example, force out many retail traders by selling a stock down 8%?
... you found any evidence that stocks, which are highlighted in IBD's top 50, are targeted by algo systems that can, for ... rate is usually 50% at best (this was O'Neil's typical success rate in a bull market) thus the importance ...
21 May 2020
I know how to pick stocks. How does your service add value? How often do you send out reports?
... overlooked. One stock can make a big difference if that stock is a future leader ... serve little purpose except to distract one's portfolio from focusing on the best names ... will greatly benefit. 3) Our webinar service discusses the general market as well as ...
30 Nov 2018
I depend on your service for guidance, yet you are telling me to look elsewhere?
... VoSI is not intended as a timing service where we tell you what to buy ... to do and when to do it. Only the Market Direction Model is intended as a timing service, where ... reports such as Short-Sale Set-Ups into your own trading and investing, then it would be ...
27 Aug 2012
I am a novice and have little time to follow the market. What would you recommend I do with respect to all your services?
... have little time primarily use the MDM (market direction model) service. When there is a change in signal, you will receive ... of your account into buying or shorting any of the stocks we email out in our reports through our other services such ...
10 Jun 2016
The market is too volatile so I will sign up for your service when things calm down.
That is understandable, but instead of using all of our services, some of our members strictly use the signals issued by ... for the small losses along the way, thus the model's long term returns of 33% per year using the NASDAQ ...
20 May 2022
How do you quantify or measure success of your service?
... famous traders who made money buying base breakouts were unprofitable doing so during bear markets. Thus market timing which profits from ... constant in markets is change. For example, William O’Neil’s base breakout strategy worked well prior to the year 2000 ...
08 Mar 2017
Do your stock picks fit my style or are they too aggressive, ie, beyond my risk tolerance threshold?
... a better fit for their risk tolerance levels. Knowing one's risk tolerance level is key to good trading since one ...
21 Dec 2011
The Big Picture column in Investor's Business Daily is on a buy signal, yet MDM is still on sell. Please comment.
We don't follow IBD's calls and use a different set of criteria for our ... hence should not be expected to "match" IBD's calls every time, and in practice we find ... has proven to be objectively superior to IBD's market calls based on the objective results of ...