NASDAQ ST-IM Select Bullish Crossover

COM_SEARCH_SEARCH

NASDAQ ST-IM Select Bullish Crossover

Current Strategy Summary

Buys: 0 Sells: 0
Holdings: 3

Performance

2026 ytd: +0.0%
1 week: -2.9%
1 year: -44.0%
*5 year: -15.1%
*10 year: -5.1%
*since inception (22.0yrs): +5.8%
*avg annual return

Current Portfolio Report Portfolio History Report
(subscribers only - Login ID and password required)  

The Stock Trends NASDAQ ST-IM Select Bullish Crossover Portfolio trading strategy, defined below, has averaged 9.9% annual returns over the 18-year period from January 2004 to December 2021!

 

NASDAQ ST-IM Select Bullish Crossover Portfolio Strategy Performance - 2005 to 2021:

Year Avg Invested Capital ($) Net Gain/(Loss) ($) ST Portfolio (%)* S&P 500 (%) Difference (%)
2021 109,623 21,788 19.9 26.9 -7.0
2020 78,868 -56,866 -72.0 14.3 -86.3
2019 79,811 -12,542 -16.0 30.3 -46.3
2018 154,717 25,701 16.5 -7.0 23.5
2017 186,792 25,094 13.4 19.4 -6.0
2016 137,170 7,187 5.3 9.5 -4.2
2015 121,509 -12,355 -10.1 -1.3 -8.8
2014 178,868 3,950 2.2 13.4 -11.2
2013 197,736 98,803 50.4 31.3 19.1
2012 125,472 8,867 7.1 11.5 -4.4
2011 148,679 -26,915 -17.9 0.0 -17.9
2010 204,717 67,849 33.2 12.8 20.4
2009 139,245 64,436 47.0 29.1 17.9
2008 34,528 -32,082 -91.2 -41.0 -50.2
2007 86,038 9,945 11.5 4.2 7.3
2006 100,000 10,077 10.1 13.6 -3.5
2005 79,245 19,852 25.2 3.0 22.2

* ST portfolio annual returns are based on average invested capital for the year.

 

You can review a history of ALL completed positions (i.e. a position is 'completed' when it is bought and sold): Trading History

How can you too follow the Stock Trends NASDAQ ST-IM Select Bullish Crossover Portfolio?... simply subscribe to Stock Trends Weekly Reporter for $19.95/mo (or choose one of our money-saving annual subscription plans). Each week we run our proprietary Stock Trends Portfolio Buy filter to find new acquisitions for this and other portfolios, and review the current portfolio holdings for our Sell signals - all published in weekly Portfolio reports made available to subscribers. 


STOCK TRENDS NASDAQ ST-IM SELECT BULLISH CROSSOVER PORTFOLIO TRADING STRATEGY


The trading criteria defined for the Stock Trends NASDAQ ST-IM Select Bullish Crossover Portfolio are as follows:

BUY a stock when:

 

Stock Trends Inference Model 'Select' stocks must have Stock Trends indicator combinations that have a lower limit of its mean return confidence interval above the base period mean random return for all three periods: 4-week, 13-week, and 40-week. Base period mean returns are: 4-week[ 0% ], 13-week[ 2.19% ], 40-week[ 6.45% ]. The assumed probability distribution is a normal curve. Probability of exceeding the 13-week base period random returns must be >= 55%.

 

Note that transaction costs are factored into the cost of purchases and the net proceeds of sales at 1% in and 1% out, or 2% commission on a round trip. 

 

SELL criteria are as follows:

  • Sell Trigger #1: A Bearish Crossover (). 

 

Stock Trends NASDAQ ST-IM Select Bullish Crossover Portfolio has a winning percentage (the number of trades that provided positive returns as a percentage of the total number of trades) of 38%. What makes the system successful is the ratio of the average gains on positive return trades to the average losses on negative return trades. One way to represent this relationship and measure the profitability of a trading system is the Profit Factor:

 

Trading Statistics

 
Total # of positions taken: 314
# of winning positions (winning %): 120 (38%)
Average gain(%) per winning position: 45%
Average loss(%) per losing position: 16%
Profit factor**: 1.7
Maximum gain(%) on a position: 268%
Maximum loss(%): -69%
Annualized return on average invested capital: 9.9%
Average invested capital: $121,556
Average # of positions held: 13
Average # of weeks invested in each position: 36

* trading stats compiled at December 31, 2021 

 **Profit Factor = (% of winning trades X average $ gains on winning trades) / ABSOLUTE VALUE[(% of losing trades X average $ losses on losing trades)]

 

Stock Trends NASDAQ ST-IM Bullish Crossover Portfolio Distribution of Returns

 

 

Subscription Plans

Subscription Plans

STWR - Monthly

$19.95

Monthly subscription plan to Stock Trends Weekly Reporter - pay your monthly subscription fees by having them automatically charged (PayPal only). Free 7-day trial period. Subscribers may cancel before the end of any subscription month.

STWR - 1 Year Prepaid Subscription

$199.00

1 Year Prepaid subscription to Stock Trends Weekly Reporter. Save 16% off monthly rate!

STWR - 2 Year Prepaid Subscription

$299.00

2 Year Prepaid subscription to Stock Trends Weekly Reporter. Save 37% off monthly rate!

STWR - 3 Year Prepaid Subscription

$399.00

3 Year Prepaid subscription to Stock Trends Weekly Reporter. Save 44% off monthly rate!

Stock Trends Editorial

  • Stock Trends Year-End Analysis: Institutional Momentum, ST-IM Alpha, and the Road Into Q1 2026
    Stock Trends Year-End Analysis: Institutional Momentum, ST-IM Alpha, and the Road Into Q1 2026 As 2025 comes to a close, investors naturally ask whether the strongest trends visible at year-end represent durable opportunity—or merely seasonal noise. The Stock Trends framework addresses this question not by forecasting headlines, but by examining how trend structure, momentum and participation, and ST-IM forward opportunity align across different classes of capital. This year-end outlook integrates three complementary lenses that Stock Trends users can carry directly into Q1 2026: Large-cap institutional momentum — where capital can deploy at scale Top Trending momentum leadership — where price discovery is happening fastest Stock Trends Inference Model (ST-IM) — where forward return expectations and risk dispersion suggest true alpha opportunity
    29 December 2025 Read more...
  • From Silver’s Breakout to a Broader Metals Regime
    From Silver’s Breakout to a Broader Metals Regime The final trading week of the year is often dismissed as inconsequential. Liquidity thins, participation narrows, and many investors assume that meaningful signals will wait until January. Yet history shows that year-end positioning—especially in hard assets—often reveals more about institutional conviction than about seasonal noise. The Stock Trends framework does not speculate on holiday effects. It classifies what is happening beneath the surface. As holiday trading unfolds, the precious metals complex offers a clear case study in why disciplined trend analysis matters most when markets appear quiet. Earlier this month, we examined silver’s resurgence and the discipline required to participate without emotion. Today’s update allows us to ask a more important question: Has silver leadership expanded into a broader precious-metals regime, or is this still a narrow trade vulnerable to reversal?
    26 December 2025 Read more...
  • The Quiet Power of Hospital Consumables: Durable Trends Hidden in Plain Sight
    The Quiet Power of Hospital Consumables: Durable Trends Hidden in Plain Sight In markets where headline indexes appear steady but leadership narrows beneath the surface, the Stock Trends framework tends to guide investors toward a specific class of opportunity: durable trends supported by durable business structure. This week’s universe reinforces that late-cycle character—Bullish classifications remain dominant overall, yet momentum leadership is increasingly selective. It is in this environment that a largely ignored cohort deserves fresh attention: hospital consumables. These are the unglamorous, repeat-use products embedded deep within clinical workflows—dialysis supplies, catheters, blood collection systems, sterilization kits, and procedure disposables. They rarely make headlines, but they often exhibit the same technical signature Stock Trends users learn to respect: persistent trend behavior with corrections that are more often time-based than destructive.
    20 December 2025 Read more...
  • Holiday Tape in Consumer Discretionary: What 46 Seasons Reveal Through Stock Trends Indicators
    Holiday Tape in Consumer Discretionary: What 46 Seasons Reveal Through Stock Trends Indicators For Consumer Discretionary companies, the six weeks surrounding Black Friday and year-end are not just a retail storyline—they are a real-time referendum on consumer confidence, pricing power, and risk appetite. To test what this period actually means for investors, we analyzed the Stock Trends Consumer Discretionary universe across every year in the dataset, using a consistent six-week window (from the third week of November to the final trading week of December, based on weekly Friday closes). The objective was simple: does the Stock Trends framework—trend classifications, RSI relative strength, and volume tags—extract a repeatable signal from the holiday season? The answer is nuanced, but actionable.
    15 December 2025 Read more...
View all Stock Trends Editorials
 
 

Subscription Plans

STWR - Monthly

$19.95/Month

Monthly subscription plan to Stock Trends Weekly Reporter - pay your monthly subscription fees by having them automatically charged (PayPal only). Free 7-day trial period. Subscribers may cancel before the end of any subscription month.

STWR - 1 Year Prepaid Subscription

$199/Year

1 Year Prepaid subscription to Stock Trends Weekly Reporter. Save 16% off monthly rate!

STWR - 2 Year Prepaid Subscription

$299/2 Years

2 Year Prepaid subscription to Stock Trends Weekly Reporter. Save 37% off monthly rate!

STWR - 3 Year Prepaid Subscription

$399/3 Years

3 Year Prepaid subscription to Stock Trends Weekly Reporter. Save 44% off monthly rate!