FAQs Frequently Asked Questions

 

Our new VOSI VooDoo Report focuses on stocks presenting low risk entry points so if your risk is minimal, say 2%, from your expected buy point, you might position size twice your normal size. Likewise, if you're more conservative but wish to try your hand at a stock where you could lose 5-6% from your entry price, you might position size smaller than normal. 

 

If you choose to pyramid a position, make sure you have adequate profit in the stock before adding to your position. Also ask yourself if, after pyramiding, you would be okay if the stock hit your maximum sell stop. For those who use our 7-week rule, some stocks can be held for a number of weeks or longer and successfully pyramided, though such stocks are more unusual in this current environment. Indeed, this 7-week rule which has worked over the last several market cycles, kept members in stocks such as NVDA in 2016 for triple digit percentage gains. 

 

Total portfolio exposure is also an important factor. If you feel your total portfolio exposure is at a maximum given the overall tone of your stocks and general market, you might reduce or sell your weakest position if a new, potentially stronger stock offers an entry point. 

 

In practice, during strong markets, the likes of which we have not truly seen in many years, I would buy 25% positions in each stock, then quickly find myself on full margin with 8 stocks. If another stock offered an entry point, I'd reduce my two weakest holdings by half to make 25% buying power room for the new stock. This is how I typically came to hold between 12-16 positions during a market rally which could last for a number of weeks or longer. This is also how I was able to generate triple digit percentage returns from 1995-2000. My account was audited by big four auditor KMPG and resulted in our bestseller "How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market", Wiley & Sons.

 

But the challenging markets of the past few years have not just been profitable but also rewarding in terms of helping us further tighten our risk management practices. This has led to lower risk buy points such as the volume dry-ups and Wyckoff undercut & rally chart formations as described HERE.

 

And of course, taking profits when a stock's price gets ahead of itself in context with its overall chart has made a nice difference to our bottom line.