IBD senior market strategist Mike Webster gives an in-depth look at all the recent improvements to MarketSurge Pattern Recognition, Growth 250 and IBD Ratings.
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Hey guys. Anyway to place these special reports on Spotify or the IBD app? YouTube sucks because you can’t listen on your phone in the background unless you have premium. Thanks much. Great stuff.
Unbelievable so you do this and then to relax you do Webby5150? 😆
Mike Webster (Webby) is a gem. Thanks, Webby, for all you (and the team give). Keep on Truckin’ brother 🙂
You guys need to start creating chapters in your videos for various major topics covered, especially the videos that are more than 5 minutes long. Time is a precious commodity for us too 😇
Done! 🙂
@investorsbusinessdaily Awesome! Thank you so much! 🙏🏻
00:00 Intro: The Evolution of IBD Tools
01:03 Mike Webster’s Background & Working with Bill O’Neil
04:30 The Vision for “Phase One” & Iterative Improvements
06:10 Growth 250: The Major Overhaul
08:08 Why it was Codenamed “The Time Saver”
10:30 How Bill O’Neil’s Model Books Built the Foundation
15:35 New Growth 250 Mechanics: Accordion Lists & ATR
21:15 Increasing Liquidity Floors for Better Ideas
22:35 Overhauling the Ratings Universe
29:00 Removing “Dirty Data”: Excluding Penny Stocks & ETFs
38:40 Deep Dive into EPS, SMR, and Composite Ratings
48:20 Accumulation/Distribution (AD) Rating Updates
53:05 Industry Groups: The Shift to Market-Cap Weighting
59:50 Legacy Charts vs. New Industry Rankings
01:03:55 Pattern Recognition 2.0: Complete Code Rewrite
01:09:40 New Logic: 13-Week Highs & Earliest Pivots
01:15:30 Visual Comparison: New vs. Old Pattern Logic
01:33:45 Future Roadmap: High-Tight Flags & Alternative Pivots
01:39:10 Institutional Features for Retail: Quarterly Fundamental Tables
01:45:45 New Charting Tools: Candlesticks, Panning, and Zooming
01:47:10 The “Classic Coke” Reset Button
01:53:40 Customizing RS Line Moving Averages
01:58:10 Closing Thoughts: Built by Portfolio Managers, for Portfolio Managers
Great share!
A key feature of the legacy MarketSurge was data export. That has been lost in the new version. Hit and miss data issues may end this weekly workbook soon.
New MarketSurge data exports are undependable. Many time the full data doesn’t come down and there is no warning when that failure occurs. They haven’t stated any limitations, but often the exports just don’t work properly This week the issue was more prevalent than before. It seems that they have become stingy with data exports and it isn’t a priority. This is too bad. Lots of good data and a robust export function was a key feature that distinguished MarketSurge from other charting packages.
Mike is a staunch Trumper – IKR – so don’t use free speech to express your opinion – unless you’re ok with being blocked by him 😂