Build Your Watch List In Good Times – And Bad

Regardless of current market conditions, you always want to look for leading stocks forming sound bases. This is especially true when the market is in a correction or just beginning a new uptrend: the biggest winners tend to take off very soon after a follow-through day, and you don’t want to miss them.

You can find these kinds of stocks in many IBD features. Below are a few to get you started.

Note: While stocks listed in these features aren’t necessarily near a buy point, they do have many of the traits you want to see before you buy. As always, be sure to do additional research, including checking general market conditions and individual stock charts, before buying any stock.

There will be times when no stocks are highlighted in some of the lists below. This typically happens in a weak market, and it’s a reminder to avoid buys when the overall market is down and leading stocks aren’t showing strength.

Leading Stocks Forming Sound Bases

Three times a week, IBD highlights stocks with solid fundamentals that are currently forming a sound base or chart pattern. You’ll find these in the following stock lists:

-IBD 100 (Mondays)
-Big Cap 20 (Tuesdays)
-Your Weekly Review(Fridays)

The stocks are highlighted with a black border.



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June 10, 2010 Issue: Monthly Big Picture Stocks To Follow Screen Of The Month DSA Rewind Tips On Tools IBD Community
Build Your Watch List In Good Times – And Bad

Posted 12:34 PM ET


Regardless of current market conditions, you always want to look for leading stocks forming sound bases. This is especially true when the market is in a correction or just beginning a new uptrend: the biggest winners tend to take off very soon after a follow-through day, and you don’t want to miss them.

You can find these kinds of stocks in many IBD features. Below are a few to get you started.

Note: While stocks listed in these features aren’t necessarily near a buy point, they do have many of the traits you want to see before you buy. As always, be sure to do additional research, including checking general market conditions and individual stock charts, before buying any stock.

There will be times when no stocks are highlighted in some of the lists below. This typically happens in a weak market, and it’s a reminder to avoid buys when the overall market is down and leading stocks aren’t showing strength.


Leading Stocks Forming Sound Bases

Three times a week, IBD highlights stocks with solid fundamentals that are currently forming a sound base or chart pattern. You’ll find these in the following stock lists:

-IBD 100 (Mondays)
-Big Cap 20 (Tuesdays)
-Your Weekly Review(Fridays)

The stocks are highlighted with a black border.



IBD TV: Watch Related Video


Top Stocks In Top Sectors

The NYSE + Nasdaq Research Tables sort stocks by sector, from strongest to weakest.

Just below the sector name, you’ll find highlights of the top-performing stocks in the top-ranked sectors. Any highlighted names have to pass a tough fundamental and technical screen, so it’s a great source that filters ideas for your watch list.

Stocks Just Out Of Bases

Found each day on the first page of the NYSE + Nasdaq Research Tables, Stocks Just Out Of Bases gives you a list of leaders who have recently broken out of a sound chart formation. Generally, the stocks are still within 5% — 7% of their optimum buy points.

In addition to getting ideas for your watch list, you can use this feature to improve your chart-reading skills: Look at the charts for the stocks listed and see if you can identify the pattern and the buy point. Be sure to view the pattern in both a daily and weekly chart.



*

* IBD Charts
* Stock Checkup
* Screen Center
* Premium Tools
o eTables
o Stocks Under $10
o IBD Alerts Plus
o

Daily Graphs Online
o Daily Graphs Charts
o Custom Screen Wizard
o Industry Groups
o Fund Center
o Option Guide
o William O'Neil + Co 197 Industry Groups PDF
o
* Options Center
* ETF Center
* IBD Indexes

* Investing
o Markets Update
o The Big Picture
o Research Table Review
o Mutual Funds
o ETFs
o Futures
o Bonds
o Options
o
* Business
o Industry Snapshot
o The New America
o New Issue America
o Inside Real Estate
o Health & Medicine
o
* Economy
* Technology
* Management
o Managing for Success
o Leaders & Success
o
* Politics
* Blogs
o Capital Hill
o Click
o
* Special Reports
* Economic Calendar

* Commentary
* Editorial Cartoons

* Daily Stock Analysis
* Online Courses
o CAN SLIM®
o IBD Tool Chest
o Charting The Course
o Sell Signals
o Buying and Selling Checklists
o IBD How To
o
* Ask IBD
* Financial Dictionary
* IBD Workshops
* IBD Home Study

* Forums
* Meetups
* Calendar

* Daily Stock Analysis
* IBD Market Wrap

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June 10, 2010 Issue: Monthly Big Picture Stocks To Follow Screen Of The Month DSA Rewind Tips On Tools IBD Community
Build Your Watch List In Good Times – And Bad

Posted 12:34 PM ET


Regardless of current market conditions, you always want to look for leading stocks forming sound bases. This is especially true when the market is in a correction or just beginning a new uptrend: the biggest winners tend to take off very soon after a follow-through day, and you don’t want to miss them.

You can find these kinds of stocks in many IBD features. Below are a few to get you started.

Note: While stocks listed in these features aren’t necessarily near a buy point, they do have many of the traits you want to see before you buy. As always, be sure to do additional research, including checking general market conditions and individual stock charts, before buying any stock.

There will be times when no stocks are highlighted in some of the lists below. This typically happens in a weak market, and it’s a reminder to avoid buys when the overall market is down and leading stocks aren’t showing strength.


Leading Stocks Forming Sound Bases

Three times a week, IBD highlights stocks with solid fundamentals that are currently forming a sound base or chart pattern. You’ll find these in the following stock lists:

-IBD 100 (Mondays)
-Big Cap 20 (Tuesdays)
-Your Weekly Review(Fridays)

The stocks are highlighted with a black border.



IBD TV: Watch Related Video


Top Stocks In Top Sectors

The NYSE + Nasdaq Research Tables sort stocks by sector, from strongest to weakest.

Just below the sector name, you’ll find highlights of the top-performing stocks in the top-ranked sectors. Any highlighted names have to pass a tough fundamental and technical screen, so it’s a great source that filters ideas for your watch list.



IBD TV: Watch Related Video




Stocks Just Out Of Bases

Found each day on the first page of the NYSE + Nasdaq Research Tables, Stocks Just Out Of Bases gives you a list of leaders who have recently broken out of a sound chart formation. Generally, the stocks are still within 5% — 7% of their optimum buy points.

In addition to getting ideas for your watch list, you can use this feature to improve your chart-reading skills: Look at the charts for the stocks listed and see if you can identify the pattern and the buy point. Be sure to view the pattern in both a daily and weekly chart.



IBD TV: Watch Related Video



Stocks In The News

Each day, Stocks In The News highlights stocks with some of the same traits past winners displayed just before going on to big runs, including:

- At or near new price highs
- Within 15% of a consolidation (or basing) period

You’ll also find a mini-chart with IBD SmartSelect Corporate Ratings for each stock.

Pay particular attention to the stocks mentioned in the column to the left of the mini-charts. The concise analysis you’ll find there will give you unbiased insight into the performance of the company and its stock.

Make It A Habit You Won’t Want To Break!

These are just a few of the many ways IBD can help you build a solid watch list.

Regularly reviewing these lists — in good markets and bad — will help you consistently spot the biggest winners before they surge.