FAQs Frequently Asked Questions - Investor Education

Do you have performance results over the years of the Pocket Pivot Review and the Buyable Gap Ups ?

How have Pocket Pivots performed in 2011, a year that could never really catch a trend.

Can you discuss how you would handle stock or ETF XYZ?

Should I buy a buyable gap up at the open or wait until later in the trading day? What about buying in subsequent days on pullbacks? Stop loss?

When using the 50-day moving average as one's selling using under the 7-week rule, the 50-day moving average sometimes seems so far from where the stock is trading, so it would have to have a serious drop to trigger a violation of the 50-day moving average.

Ten Rules for Pocket Pivots

How best to handle a BGU?

Undercut & Rally query

When a stock has the wild action NVTA is having today (11-8-18), should it be dropped from our BUY Watch List or should it be kept for a new PP or BGU signal (much later obviously)?

When should I buy a stock that gaps higher? LITE, MHO, and RNG gapped higher then fell. (8-10-17)

Do you have any historical performance data for your Focus List?

Please discuss 5-day pocket pivots.

This is my third week as new member (as of 3-16-17). I have not received any emails alerting to Pocket Pivots or gap ups in these three weeks. Is this normal?

I do see Gigamon (GIMO) in your Focus List and I think it had a Pocket Pivot day on 9-14-16. Can you explain why it was not emailed out that day as actionable?

How far up can I buy a stock after it is recommended? What if Market Direction Model is on a sell?

Do you have results for your pocket pivot service? Also, do you advise when a stock hits a sell signal?

Did you use the 7-week rule or something similar during your period of super-performance when you were profiled in "The Best"?

How do your services differ from IBD's Leaderboard?

Should a stock that has a buyable gap up have at least doubled in price from its lows to its highs BEFORE the BGU day for the BGU to work?

What is the 6-day sell rule for BGUs?

The pocket pivots are not working as well as they should. I feel like they are thrown out willy nilly regardless of current market conditions.

I just would like to know if you see your continuation pocket pivot concept as a low risk add point comparable to other entry points.

Would your Pocket Pivot Review and Buyable Gap Ups reports alert me to the strongest stocks?

Important note on PPR (Pocket Pivot Review) and BGU (Buyable Gap Ups) - Please read

Selling- do you tell us when to sell stocks?

Q: Why was AKRX continuation pocket pivot not email alerted before, in May for example?

Could you please elaborate on why you issued a pocket pivot on the following stocks (see below):

Why was FNSR were not emailed out at the time earlier pocket pivots triggered?

When applying the 7 week rule, do you start counting the weeks only after the stock has broken out of a base, or is it from the first time it closes above the moving average?

Why recommend pocket pivots in stocks in a particular group today when you then tomorrow decide that the whole group is behaving poorly?

What is your view on holding a stock purchased on a pocket pivot signal through an earnings report?

Question on buying pocket pivots the day after it is recommended, either because you missed it or because the report was sent out after the close.

Question on violation of the 10-day moving average

I'm finding it difficult to hold onto a pocket pivot stock if it doesn't move higher for a few days after I buy it. So then I sell it, but then it starts to move higher. Any suggestions?

If an initial position is established earlier with the expectation of a pocket pivot point, but later find out that the volume is insufficient, do I close the position right away?

Where exactly is the pocket pivot point on a stock? How does this compare to the pivot point in base breakouts?

Are there any differences in using the pocket pivot buy signals on ETFs versus stocks? Is this applicable at all here?

If a stock undercuts the low of the pocket pivot day, is this a possible short?

What do you advise for use as a stop loss guide for buying pocket pivots?

Why are some stocks that issue pocket pivots or gap ups more difficult to handle than others that issue the same?

Just yesterday I read that it was not time to exit your inverse ETFs. Now this morning's e-mail from Gil indicates he's buying stocks. Please explain.

How do you determine if a stock gapping up is buyable? If it is buyable, how do you time your entry?

With so many pocket pivots in a strong market, how do you find the best ones, or do you buy them all?

On page 160 of your 18,000% Disciple book, it states that pocket pivot points that begin their move from a point that is above the 10-day moving average can in most cases be considered as "extended"

Under which scenarios would the 7 week clock be reset for a stock? Would it be reset on each Continuation Pocket Pivot or buy-able Gap-Up?

I've been an investor for many years and a subscriber to IBD but never heard of the pocket pivot. What is it?

What if a stock closes in the lower half of its trading range on a pocket pivot day?

How did you backtest the pocket pivot trading strategy?

The recent pocket pivot occurred out of no base, thus I didn't buy. Where exactly was the buy point?

Guys I bought REDF at 4.00 before I read the book. Stock is exploding and looking for advice on how to handle the position.

My question is on "double pocket pivots", that is to say multiple pocket pivots on a particular stock in a period of just a few days.

Does the pocket pivot have to close near the top of its trading range to be a valid pocket pivot?

Could you briefly explain, for the sake of education, if there is a significant difference in the gap up of FFIV and the gap up of LVS (as of October 28, 2010)?

Of the pocket pivot emails issued after the close, what is the assumption in terms of entry? Would we enter the next day on the open?

Stocks that undercut the low of the gap up

If you buy a stock on a gap up day and the low of the day is greater than 7-8% from where you bought it, do you still set your stop at the gap up day's low?

The stock is up from where you recommended it. Is it still worth entering a starting position or am I too late?

How do you set your sell stops?

RVBD had a follow on pocket pivot on 9/28/2010. I bought it that day. What is the best stop loss for this position i.e. 10dma, 50dma or some other numbers?

If today's volume in a stock exceeds the previous 10 days and the price of the stock closes above the 10 day today, would this stock be considered a valid continuation Pocket Pivot?

After you buy a pocket pivot, how much time do you give it before selling that position because it is not moving?

Some of the pocket pivot reports show anticipation of a pocket pivot confirmation. What are guidelines when this technique may be more appropriate than waiting for the pocket pivot to be confirmed?

What is the success rate of pocket pivots?

Pocket pivots not meeting the volume criteria

What do you use intra-day to evaluate when to go short?

Do you routinely go long stocks like PCLN when Dr. K's model suggests the market is in a downtrend?