Stock trader and author
Mark Minervini
Won the 1997 U.S. Investing Championship and wrote Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard. His Trend Template is a checklist of moving-average and 52-week-range conditions a stock must meet before he will consider buying it.
What they argue
- Only buy stocks already in a confirmed Stage 2 uptrend, with price above rising 50, 150 and 200-day averages.
- Leaders trade near their 52-week highs and well above their 52-week lows.
Sources
Summaries are Be The Puck's paraphrase of public material. Be The Puck has no affiliation with the people listed.
Books and papers
- Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard (2013)
- Think & Trade Like a Champion (2017)
Minervini Trend Template
Rule and full recordTrend following · daily
A seven-point checklist of moving-average and 52-week-range conditions that marks a stock in a confirmed uptrend.
In right now78 of 377As of the Oct 13, 2026 close.
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