Qullamaggie: Momentum Breakout (original rules)

Buys by Qullamaggie's original rules, in the form we back-tested: a stock first gains at least 30 percent, then moves sideways quietly for 10 to 42 trading days without giving back more than a quarter of that gain, and finally breaks out above the high of that run. It also has to be tradable: above 1 dollar, more than 3 million dollars of turnover a day, and an average daily swing of at least 4 percent. 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 share drops off the list, or it is no longer rated green. The setup is rare and was weak on its own in the back-test — if the list holds no green-rated share, the portfolio stays in cash.

This portfolio buys shares.