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Managing Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong>\u202fToday, we\u2019re hearing from our contributing editor Mike Burnick in his weekly Thursday feature.<\/p>\n

Mike has over 30 years in the investment and financial services industry \u2013 from operating as a stockbroker, trader, and research analyst, to running a mutual fund as a registered investment advisor and portfolio manager, to being Research Director for the Sovereign Society, specializing in global ETF and options investing.<\/p>\n

\u202fAnd he\u2019s been senior analyst at TradeSmith for three years, running Constant Cash Flow, Infinite Income Loop,\u202fand Inside TradeSmith.\u202f\u202f<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s Mike\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ignore Market Noise and Focus on These Signals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BY MIKE BURNICK, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, MARKET MINUTE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Separating profitable signals<\/em> from the background noise<\/em> in financial markets has always been a major challenge for investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with today\u2019s computer-driven, high-frequency trading, there has never been so much distracting noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But TradeSmith has dedicated the past 20 years to uncovering the potentially profitable trading signals found hidden in the market noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we\u2019ve just launched one of the most powerful trading tools we have ever built for that purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signals <\/em>is a cutting-edge trading system that identifies consistent patterns in stocks that can lead to high probability profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Signals algorithms put hedge fund level analytics at your fingertips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A signal is simply a pattern. Specifically, it\u2019s a set of conditions that\u2019s shown up in in the past \u2013 and when it did, a stock tended to behave a certain way, moving in a predictable direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every day our system runs through almost 200 different possible entry rules and dozens of potential exit rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That adds up to more than 2 million potential trades analyzed every single day \u2013 more than 500 million a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when the right conditions line up in stocks, they tend to move up or down in consistent trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A signal flags those conditions in real-time so you can act on them with the odds stacked in your favor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the huge universe of potential trades, Signals narrows the list to a small number of trades that meet our quality and consistency thresholds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don\u2019t have to take my word for it \u2013 the proof is in the performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a six-year backtest, a model portfolio of Signals trades delivered a 12X return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in 2022 \u2013 a bear market for stocks \u2013 they produced an average backtested gain of 16.6% while the S&P 500 fell nearly 20%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply log in to in TradeSmith Finance and you\u2019ll find the Signals tab on the main menu bar next to Options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think of this page as your daily command center for systematic trade ideas. Every trading day, you can visit this page to see the stocks with active trade Signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s take a closer look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first tab shows you the Top 20 Signals<\/em> \u2013 the highest-quality setups available today, as ranked by our system. Data displayed includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n