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This month's actions
First list: Sunday 1 November (soon): what to buy, what to sell and what to keep, refreshed every month. Information, not advice.
Monthly bars. Tags on the right: the level (buy-stop), the stop and the last close. Grey line: the trend (an exponential moving average) · gold line: the buy-stop level · red line: where the stop-loss would sit.
Monthly bars. Tags on the right: the level (buy-stop), the stop and, while still held, the last close. Grey line: the trend (an exponential moving average) · gold line: the buy-stop level · red line: where the stop-loss would sit.
At the end of Oct 2025 the scan found a bull flag on Ameren (AEE) with its level at $104.38, 2.3% above the close. If the price trades up through the level in Nov 2025, the buy-stop fills at about $104.38, with the stop-loss at $90.14 (13.6% below). If it never reaches the level, nothing is bought and the order lapses at the month end.
The signal
If it fills
A real order from the 5-year replay (Ameren (AEE)), so you can see how it works. Tap it for the chart and why it was picked. The real list replaces it on 1 November.
The record against the benchmarks
The chart starts once October 2026 is sealed: the account against an S&P 500 tracker fund, the S&P 500 index and bank savings, each starting from £50,000.
Meanwhile: the last five years, replayed
The same rules run on past prices, Oct 2021 to Sep 2026, £50,000 on paper. Every trade and the full table →
■ Trader Launchpad (with dividends) ■ S&P 500 tracker fund (dividends reinvested, 0.07% fee) ■ S&P 500 index (price only) ■ Bank savings (1-year fixed rate, Bank of England). Month-end values in pounds, starting £50,000 at the end of Sep 2021. Hover a month for the figures.
What 20 years of tests say
In 20 years of backtests (2006–2026, dollars, prices only) the same rules made about 12–13% a year, against about 9% for the S&P 500 index and about 7% for random S&P 500 stocks bought the same way. The lead was lumpy, most of it from a few very big winners, and falls of about 60% happened (2008). This page is the live test. How the rules work →
Every trade, open and closed
No trades yet: the first buys are possible in November, once October 2026 is sealed.
Buy-stop orders for next month
No orders yet: the first ones are set when October 2026 is sealed.
Fingerprints
No sealed months yet.
❓ How it works🔍 This month's signals 📈 The last five years, replayed↻ The Bank Savings yardstick🗄 The retired daily record
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More: The Bank Savings yardstick · Past lists · Questions people ask
Simulated record: what the system would have done, timestamped and cost-adjusted. Not a projection, not advice.v12.1 (2026-10-24)