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Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
Introduction | p. xv |
The Importance of Screening and Backtesting | p. 1 |
Why Should I Use a Stock Screener? | p. 1 |
Backtesting! | p. 2 |
Identifying What Kind of Trader You Are | p. 5 |
What Kinds of Stocks Do You Want to Invest In? | p. 5 |
What Characteristics Do You Want Your Stocks to Have? | p. 6 |
What Do You Want Your Stocks to Do for You? | p. 7 |
Defining the Basic Trading Styles | p. 9 |
Momentum Style | p. 9 |
Aggressive Growth Style | p. 11 |
Value Style | p. 12 |
Growth and Income Style | p. 12 |
ôAll Styleö Style | p. 13 |
Technical Analysis | p. 14 |
Winning in Style | p. 14 |
Trading the Zacks Rank | p. 15 |
The Zacks Rank versus the Market | p. 15 |
About Len Zacks | p. 17 |
Calculating the Zacks Rank | p. 18 |
What the Rankings Mean | p. 20 |
Four Factors of the Zacks Rank | p. 24 |
Beyond the Zacks Rank | p. 27 |
Filtering the Zacks Rank | p. 27 |
How Many Stocks Are Right for You? | p. 32 |
How to Trade the Strategies | p. 33 |
Once a Month | p. 33 |
Once a Week | p. 35 |
Combining Holding Periods | p. 35 |
Winning Momentum Strategies | p. 37 |
Big Money | p. 37 |
Earnings Acceleration | p. 42 |
Increasing Earnings | p. 44 |
New Highs | p. 46 |
Using New Highs for Sector and Industry Analysis | p. 50 |
Summary | p. 53 |
Winning Aggressive Growth Strategies | p. 55 |
Small-Cap Growth | p. 55 |
All-Cap Growth | p. 61 |
Sizing Up the Markets | p. 64 |
Zacks Rank 5 or 4 to 1 | p. 66 |
First Profit | p. 68 |
Summary | p. 70 |
Winning Value Strategies | p. 71 |
Value and Spark | p. 71 |
R-Squared Growth | p. 78 |
ROE for Your ROI | p. 82 |
Cash Is King | p. 83 |
Price to Cash Flow | p. 84 |
Statistical Analysis of P/CF, P/E, P/S, P/B, and PEG | p. 85 |
Combined Valuation Screen | p. 94 |
Summary | p. 95 |
Winning Growth and Income Strategies | p. 97 |
Growth and Income Winners | p. 97 |
Growth and Income Method 1 | p. 102 |
Modifying Your Strategies | p. 103 |
Dividend Attraction | p. 104 |
Summary | p. 108 |
Winning ôAll Styleö Strategies (and Other Stuff That Works) | p. 109 |
Finding Growth and Value Stocks the Right Way | p. 110 |
Sales and Margins | p. 113 |
Relative Price Strength | p. 115 |
Broker Rating Upgrades | p. 118 |
New Analyst Coverage | p. 121 |
Top Stocks, Top Industries | p. 122 |
Combining Two Great Ways for Identifying the Best Sectors and Industries | p. 124 |
Earnings Yield | p. 125 |
Calculating Price Targets | p. 127 |
Summary | p. 129 |
Applying Technical Analysis | p. 131 |
Increasing Price and Volume | p. 132 |
TA and FA Winners | p. 133 |
3 Days Up, Price and Volume | p. 135 |
Moving Averages | p. 139 |
Summary | p. 148 |
Identifying Chart Patterns | p. 149 |
Symmetrical Triangles | p. 150 |
Ascending Triangles | p. 154 |
Descending Triangles | p. 158 |
Flags and Pennants | p. 162 |
Rectangles | p. 171 |
Wedges | p. 176 |
Head and Shoulders | p. 182 |
Inverted Head and Shoulders | p. 184 |
Screening for Chart Patterns Consolidation Areas | p. 192 |
The Pattern That Called the Market Top and Bottom in 2007 and 2009 | p. 195 |
Summary | p. 198 |
The Right Tools for the Job | p. 199 |
A Good Ranking System | p. 200 |
Screeners and Backtesters | p. 201 |
Research Wizard: A Complete Research Tool | p. 204 |
Getting Started Screening and Backtesting | p. 207 |
Screening for Stocks | p. 207 |
Backtesting Your Screens | p. 211 |
Advanced Screening and Backtesting | p. 221 |
Summary | p. 233 |
Short Selling Strategies for Bear Markets | p. 235 |
Toxic Stocks | p. 236 |
Decreasing Earnings Two Years Out | p. 239 |
Summary | p. 241 |
Managing Risk and Cutting Losses | p. 243 |
Using Stop Losses | p. 243 |
Diversification and Portfolio Weighting | p. 245 |
Summary | p. 247 |
Know Your Options | p. 249 |
The Option Is Yours | p. 249 |
Buying Calls and Puts | p. 252 |
Straddles and Strangles | p. 258 |
Spreads | p. 260 |
Covered Call Writing | p. 262 |
Uncovered Call Writing | p. 267 |
Put Option Writing | p. 268 |
Stock Screening for Options | p. 273 |
Summary | p. 277 |
Investing in ETFs | p. 279 |
ETFs for Any Market and Any Direction | p. 279 |
Screening for the Right Sector and Industry ETFs | p. 281 |
Putting It All Together | p. 283 |
Disclaimer | p. 285 |
Free Trials and Other Resources | p. 287 |
Index | p. 289 |
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