In The Trading Cockpit with the O'Neil Disciples: Strategies that Made Us 18,000% in the Stock Market

CHAPTER 8

Frequently Asked Questions

Since publishing our first joint book, Trade Like an O'Neil Disciple: How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market, and launching the hugely successful VirtueofSelfishInvesting.com website, we have received thousands of emails with questions regarding the entire body of material presented in both sources. The variety and uniqueness of the questions we get makes for a compelling compendium of frequently asked questions, commonly referred to acronymically as FAQs. They have been grouped under general topic headings, but many FAQs can overlap several areas, such as pocket pivots and position sizing, both of which can simultaneously be relevant to the immediate process of purchasing a stock at a given time.

In some cases, these FAQs themselves may inspire further questions, and certainly should you have any such questions, we encourage you to email them to us at [e-mail].

Lastly, if you wish to search for particular topics by entering search terms into our keyword search bar or to keep a foothold in our always growing FAQ section on our website, go to www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com/faqs.

POCKET PIVOT BUY POINTS

The Ten Commandments of Pocket Pivot Buy Points (a reminder)

1. As with base breakouts, proper pocket pivots should emerge within or out of constructive basing patterns.

2. The stock's fundamentals should be strong, that is, excellent earnings, sales, pretax margins, return on equity, strong leader in its space, and ...