CANSLIM Growth
v150 market leaders near 52-week highs with strong earnings and institutional participation. The growth-investor mirror image of Buffett Quality: stocks winning right now.
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Hard gates (stock must pass all)
- Market cap ≥ $5B — excludes speculation, keeps real businesses
- Positive TTM earnings — CANSLIM's “C” (current earnings) requires profits
- Price within 25% of 52-week high — must be leading, not bottom-fishing
- Price above 200-day moving average — confirmed uptrend
- Average volume ≥ 1M — institutional-grade liquidity (“I” in CANSLIM)
- Not in a blocked category (Chinese ADRs, miners, shells)
Ranking score (100 pts)
- Momentum (25) — proximity to 52-week high (leadership)
- Earnings strength (20) — P/E in the 15–40 growth sweet spot
- Relative strength (15) — price vs 50-day MA (uptrend confirmation)
- Analyst conviction (15) — Wall Street consensus
- Liquidity & size (15) — institutional participation proxy
- Growth sector (10) — Tech / Cyclical / Comm Services / Healthcare favored
Refresh cadence: Rebuilds on the 1st Monday of each month. Momentum changes faster than moats, but monthly is still right — shorter cadence creates churn; Opty's Picks covers weekly needs.
What this won't do: buy the bottom. CANSLIM is a breakout philosophy. It will tend to add stocks AFTER they've moved and remove them when momentum fades.
How it differs from Buffett Quality: Buffett Quality favors durable compounders at fair prices (KO, JNJ, PG). CANSLIM Growth favors leaders with momentum behind them (NVDA, META, AVGO). A stock can appear on both.
Disclaimer: momentum screens can fail spectacularly when trends reverse. Position-size and stop-loss accordingly.
What this won't do: buy the bottom. CANSLIM is a breakout philosophy. It will tend to add stocks AFTER they've moved and remove them when momentum fades.
How it differs from Buffett Quality: Buffett Quality favors durable compounders at fair prices (KO, JNJ, PG). CANSLIM Growth favors leaders with momentum behind them (NVDA, META, AVGO). A stock can appear on both.
Disclaimer: momentum screens can fail spectacularly when trends reverse. Position-size and stop-loss accordingly.
Top 50 — ranked by CANSLIM Growth score
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