Some of Mark Minervini's entry points in the 2021 United States Investing Championship (USIC), which generated an astounding 338.42% profit for the year, were published. We checked the chart to see where he was about to go long.
- Annual Performance
- Conditions for long entry
- Entry point for each issue
- ANF - JAN 4, 2021
- GM - JAN 11, 2021
- STAA - JAN 12, 2021
- NNOX - JAN 20, 2021
- UAVS - FEB 9, 2021
- MP - FEB 9, 2021
- GBOX - APR 5, 2021
- YETI - APR 6, 2021
- ZIM - APR 8, 2021
- BNTX - JUN 2, 2021
- HSKA - JUN 4, 2021
- TSP - JUN 8, 2021
- AAPL - JUN 17, 2021
- mrna - jun 25, 2021
- SKY - JUL 30, 2021
- NUE - AUG 9, 2021
- PAG - SEP 1, 2021
- TSLA - SEP 24, 2021
- OLN - OCT 11, 2021
- ASYS - OCT 26, 2021
- UPST - OCT 12, 2021
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- Finally.
Annual Performance
First, here are the monthly returns for 2021. Even in March, May, September, and November, when the overall market was in an adjustment phase, we secured steady gains and were always positive on a monthly basis. The increase from February to April was especially tremendous.
Conditions for long entry
The publicly available materials contained entry timing for a total of 21 stocks, and as a whole, the entry conditions and timing applied to the conditions described in the following book by Mark Minervini.
Mark Minervini- Stock Trading Basics and Principles
The following is a general summary of the entry requirements. Please refer to the book for details, as it is quite abbreviated.
- The stock is in an uptrend under the conditions of the uptrend template. (The 200-, 150-, and 50-day moving averages are rising steadily and the stock price is above the 50-day moving average.)
- Must be rising strongly before forming a base.
- The formation of a contractionary pattern of volatility (i.e., a gradual decrease in price range).
- A sideways movement of the stock price in front of the pivot point and a decrease in volume at that time.
- Entry is then made when the price breaks and rises above the pivot point with an increase in volume.
See the article below for the uptrend template.
It may be difficult to understand from the text alone, so let's take a look at the actual charts. Below are the charts for each stock. The long entry is made on the day marked with a yellow arrow.
Entry point for each issue
ANF - JAN 4, 2021
After forming a base on an adjustment after a sharp rise, the entry was made when volume rose with an increase in volume after several days of declining volume.
GM - JAN 11, 2021
After forming a base during the post-rally adjustment, volume declined during the decline, then fell once above the 10- and 20-day moving averages, then rebounded at the 20-day moving average and entered at the point where volume rose with a large increase in volume.
STAA - JAN 12, 2021
After forming a volatility contraction pattern (VCP: a pattern in which the price range shrinks in stages) from an adjustment after a strong rise with a large price range, entry is made when the price rises with an increase in volume.
NNOX - JAN 20, 2021
After a sharp rise followed by a large drop, entry is made when volatility has decreased in stages and volume has continued to drop significantly.
UAVS - FEB 9, 2021
After a sharp rise followed by a big drop, a small handled cup was formed and entered at the breakout with volume.
MP - FEB 9, 2021
After a sharp rise from $16 to $40, volume declined while forming a W bottom, then entered on a break with volume.
GBOX - APR 5, 2021
The adjustment after the sharp rise formed a four-stage volatility contraction pattern, and entry was made at the break to the upside after a significant drop in volume.
YETI - APR 6, 2021
After a strong rally on good earnings, volume declined sharply at the end of the base formation and then entered at the breakout with an increase in volume.
ZIM - APR 8, 2021
After rising from the initial post-IPO base, it formed a small W-bottom base and entered on a breakout after a few days of sideways volume decline.
BNTX - JUN 2, 2021
After a strong rally after good earnings, volume declined sideways after forming a volatility contraction pattern and entered at the breakout with a slight increase in volume.
HSKA - JUN 4, 2021
The base was formed by an adjustment from a long uptrend and entered at a time when volume increased from sideways after forming a pattern of cups with handles.
TSP - JUN 8, 2021
Formed a W-shaped + Toride-like pattern on the first base after the IPO and entered at the timing of the rise after a significant decline in volume.
AAPL - JUN 17, 2021
After two rounds of upsides and adjustments, the entry was made when volume declined during a sideways move after forming a W-bottom pattern.
mrna - jun 25, 2021
After a strong rise, an adjustment formed a cup with a small handle and entered while volume was decreasing at the handle.
SKY - JUL 30, 2021
After a sharp rise following the earnings announcement and then a decline due to an adjustment, volume declined in the handle area after a small cup formation and entry was made at the breakout.
NUE - AUG 9, 2021
The cup formed on the adjustment after the sharp rise following the earnings announcement, and entered on the breakout with the increase in volume after the volume declined in the take-home portion of the market.
PAG - SEP 1, 2021
It formed a large handled cup from an adjustment after a sharp rise, and entered at the timing of increased volume after volume declined at the sideways part of the handle. The price then dropped once, but after forming a VCP, it broke out and is now rising.
TSLA - SEP 24, 2021
After forming a long base with an adjustment from the upside and forming a volatility contraction pattern with a stair-step rise, the market rebounded at the 20-day moving average after several days of sideways movement and entered the market above the 10-day moving average.
OLN - OCT 11, 2021
The entry was made when volume dropped during the sideways period after two adjustments from the upside to form a long base. No clear signal is seen.
ASYS - OCT 26, 2021
The cup formed on the adjustment after the sharp rise, volume declined at the handle area, and entry was made when the price broke above the sideways level.
UPST - OCT 12, 2021
The market adjusted once after a two-month surge, formed a small cup, and entered on the upside with volume after a three-day sideways period of declining volume.
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Finally.
It was a good opportunity to carefully review each chart to see how the individual traders who had the world's best performance in the 2021 market had timed their trades. Personally, I found it eye-opening to see that he forewent the first big rally and waited until a solid base had formed and volume was decreasing while moving sideways before entering the market. I often jumped on the market in a hurry at the first rise and lost money in the subsequent adjustment, so I would like to incorporate this into my own trading.
Entry points are not everything, but I would like to be able to make a steady profit from swing trading by imitating the essence of the top traders. I hope this will be helpful for your trading.
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