Read more about the article ZM +370%: the leader’s base breakout, February 2020
ZM on the 2020-02-18 breakout entry, from my chart archive

ZM +370%: the leader’s base breakout, February 2020

By mid-February 2020, Zoom Video Communications had spent almost a year grinding sideways after its IPO pop, and then it stopped grinding. On 18 February 2020 the stock closed at…

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Read more about the article VRSN +1848%: a base breakout that ran 467 days, December 1998
VRSN on the 1998-12-04 breakout entry, from my chart archive

VRSN +1848%: a base breakout that ran 467 days, December 1998

VRSN's back on traders' screens this week, popping onto Yahoo's gainers list after VeriSign's 23 July quarterly report and a raised full-year outlook. That's a fair excuse to pull the…

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The 52-Week High Effect: Why New Highs Lead to More Gains

A stock posts a clean earnings beat, raises guidance, and the tape barely moves. It sits four percent under its 52-week high and drifts sideways for three weeks while the…

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Read more about the article TSLA +965%: a base breakout that compounded for 15 months, November 2019
TSLA on the 2019-11-07 breakout entry, from my chart archive

TSLA +965%: a base breakout that compounded for 15 months, November 2019

TSLA is back on traders' screens, so the chart worth pulling up is the one from late 2019, well before today's tape. On 7 November 2019, Tesla tagged the 22.72…

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Relative Strength Line: The Leading Breakout Filter

Two stocks break out to a new 52-week high on the same morning. Same chart pattern, same volume surge, same clean handle. Six weeks later one has added 40 percent…

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CANSLIM Trading System: Seven Filters That Work Together

The CANSLIM trading system is William O'Neil's seven-part screen for catching a growth stock before its biggest advance, and the acronym names the seven tests in order: C for current…

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