Re: [CANSLIM] Breakout Blues


From: "Norman" <theboyd@tisd.net>
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Breakout Blues
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 17:31:54 -0500

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I had no trouble reading it with Lookout Express.  Look great.
Hermann, which mail client are you using?

Norm

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Gibbons" <mikegibbons@proactech.com>
To: <canslim@lists.xmission.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 4:01 PM
Subject: RE: [CANSLIM] Breakout Blues


> Hi All,
>
> Hermann has advised me off list that my posting of recent breakouts was
not easily readable yesterday.
>
> In case anyone else had a problem with it (it was in html format) the
source material is available here:
>
> http://www.cwhcharts.com/WON_brkouts.html
> http://www.cwhcharts.com/HIGH_brkouts.html
>
> Aloha,
>
> Mike Gibbons
> Proactive Technologies, LLC
> http://www.proactech.com
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: owner-canslim@lists.xmission.com
[mailto:owner-canslim@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Mike Gibbons
>   Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 9:31 AM
>   To: canslim@lists.xmission.com
>   Subject: RE: [CANSLIM] Breakout Blues
>
>
>   Thought I'd just chip in with some anecdotal evidence of breakouts from
CwH formations that I've identified since the July 24 low
> and how they've fared through market close yesterday. A breakout is a
stock that closed above its pivot on the breakout date with at
> least 150% ADV.
>
>   The evidence shows that breakouts are mostly either failing or not
sustaining their gains in a significant way. The number of
> stocks in the sample is too small to draw any scientific conclusions from,
but are interesting nevertheless.
>
>   The first table is of breakouts from a CwH formation with a minimum 5
day handle and within 15% of their left cup high. As of
> yesterday all but one of them was still above the pivot, but only just,
and were substantially down from their high water mark.
>
>         Breakout Symbol CANSLIM Score Brk Out B'out Day B'out Day Last
Last Change Change *Gain at
>         Date Price Close Volume Price Volume % Intraday High
>         8/22/2002 ANSI 7.2 35.44 36.32 1496400 35.6389 546100 0.2 0.56%
5.11%
>         8/21/2002 GISX 6.7 21.25 22.1 870300 21.32 202200 0.07 0.33% 7.29%
>         8/21/2002 FNF 5.2 31.23 31.5 1250400 30.92 565200 -0.31 -0.99%
4.29%
>         8/19/2002 CVH 6.5 32.44 33.7 1705600 32.47 1000200 0.03 0.09%
7.12%
>         8/15/2002 CSTR 7 31.12 32.94 728100 31.2974 239600 0.18 0.58%
9.90%
>
>
>   The second table is of breakouts from a minimum two day handle and
within 22% of the left cup high. In this group only two are
> above water, which appears to confirm that breakouts from short handles
are more suspect. Interestingly, INTL had a 5 day handle
> when it broke out. However, the potential gain from this group was greater
for the swing trader. Greater risk, but greater potential
> return?
>
>         Breakout Symbol CANSLIM Score Brk Out B'out Day B'out Day Last
Last Change Change *Gain at
>         Date Price Close Volume Price Volume % Intraday High
>         8/19/2002 AMSG 8.1 31.82 33.05 648900 30.97 223500 -0.85 -2.67%
6.38%
>         8/14/2002 INTL 6.7 21.45 21.86 388900 25 352200 3.55 16.55% 25.87%
>         8/14/2002 BPOP 7.7 35.21 35.65 263200 34.91 105100 -0.3 -0.85%
2.53%
>         8/14/2002 XRAY 7.8 41.11 42.11 1040300 40.382 802100 -0.73 -1.78%
5.81%
>         8/8/2002 XRAY 7.8 40 40.91 864900 40.382 802100 0.38 0.95% 8.75%
>         7/30/2002 TELK 4.6 13.65 13.75 528100 13.08 179300 -0.57 -4.18%
13.04%
>
>
>   As I said, there are too few stocks here to draw any conclusions from,
but the results are anecdotally interesting.
>
>
>   Aloha,
>
>   Mike Gibbons
>   Proactive Technologies, LLC
>   http://www.proactech.com
>
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: owner-canslim@lists.xmission.com
>   [mailto:owner-canslim@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Norman
>   Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 5:43 AM
>   To: canslim@lists.xmission.com
>   Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Breakout Blues
>
>
>   I think CAN SLIM is working great.  If we are following the rules then
we
>   have very limited exposure to the M right now.  Sure we have seen some
>   confirmation days but are we seeing good numbers of leading
>   industries/companies breaking out of sound bases?  Not for my tastes.
>   Sitting in cash because the rules say so is a positive position, IMO.
As we
>   say in science; if you have a measurement of zero, that is as good as
any
>   other non-zero measurement, it is still what was observed in the sample.
>   Not having any exposure to a M because some of the CAN SLIM rules keep
you
>   out is not to say the method isn't working.
>
>   Just my $0.02.
>
>   Norm
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
>   To: <canslim@lists.xmission.com>
>   Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 4:55 AM
>   Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Breakout Blues
>
>
>   > The market itself makes or brakes CANSLIM. Look at yesterdays fall,
only 2
>   > stocks out of the Nasdaq 100 moved up. In a bear or choppy market
CANSLIM
>   > will not be successful as advertised. It's been awhile since CANSLIM
has
>   > dusted itself off and worked. This market action could go on for a
year or
>   > more. When CANSLIM does get it's chance it will shine. I still say
it's a
>   > simple concept to practice. If you put it under a microscope it can
get
>   > blurred.
>   >
>   > DanF
>   >
>   >
>   > ----- Original Message -----
>   > From: "Tom Worley" <stkguru@bellsouth.net>
>   > To: <canslim@lists.xmission.com>
>   > Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 11:07 PM
>   > Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Breakout Blues
>   >
>   >
>   > > I disagree. Over the many years I have been using CANSLIM, and the
past
>   > six
>   > > participating in this "niche" investing group, I have seen too many
>   people
>   > > that "thought" they knew CANSLIM and how to apply it. In some cases,
>   they
>   > > had not even read HTMMIS once, much less studied it. If I multiply
the
>   > > membership of this group by some unknown factor to represent the
>   > population
>   > > of investors that got a free two week subscription to IBD and now
>   "think"
>   > > they have the hang of CANSLIM, but never were a member here, then I
>   think
>   > > there are likely millions of potential investors that will lose
money on
>   > the
>   > > basis of their perception of CANSLIM, and thereby condemn the system
>   > rather
>   > > than their lack of knowledge or effort to learn.
>   > >
>   > > ----- Original Message -----
>   > > From: "David Thompson" <david@epud.net>
>   > > To: <canslim@lists.xmission.com>
>   > > Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 1:13 PM
>   > > Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Breakout Blues
>   > >
>   > >
>   > > Tom and Robert
>   > >
>   > > One of the concerns that I've had is that one of the principles of
>   > > investing is that once a very large group of people start following
a
>   > > certain investment style it generally stops working. It seems that
WON
>   > > has kept the C&H style of selecting stocks "fresh" by more and more
>   > > carefully defining what's likely to work and likely to not. However,
I
>   > > suspect that significant growth in IBD (and they say it's growing
>   > > quickly, they're certainly giving away a lot of copies) will
eventually
>   > > make it more worthwhile to trade against or outside the CANSLIM
model.
>   > >
>   > > David Thompson
>   > >
>   > >
>   > >
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