Gap-Up (≥3%)

Buys stocks that opened the trading day with a price gap of at least 3 percent to the upside: the first price was at least 3 percent above the prior day’s close, measured against the most recent data snapshot. Gaps like this happen overnight, when new information — earnings, news, or analyst ratings — changes the picture; momentum traders read them as a strength signal, as long as the market doesn’t immediately close the gap again. Only shares our own deep-dive analysis rates green are bought — yellow or no analysis at all is not enough. The check and any new purchase happen every trading day; a position is sold as soon as the price falls 15 percent below its highest level since purchase, the upside gap is no longer at least 3 percent, or the share is no longer rated green. If the list holds no green-rated share, the portfolio stays in cash.

This portfolio buys shares.