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The Weekend Sector Checklist

About 30 minutes a week. Find where money is flowing, plan the week before Monday, decide your exits first, then check once a day after the close. No watching charts all day.

Two words before you start

Breakout: a stock climbs above a price it has been stuck under for weeks. A stock that breaks out often keeps climbing, but not always.

Stop: a price you set ahead of time where you sell to keep a loss small. If a breakout fails, the price falls back and hits your stop. Even a good set-up can fail. Breakouts fail less often when money is flowing into their sector, which is why the routine starts there.

Friday evening5 minutes

  1. 1.Look at Friday’s flow. Which sectors have money flowing in, and which have it leaving?

Saturday or Sundayabout 25 minutes

  1. 2.Open the Weekly Plan. Note which sectors are In Flow this week.It opens every Saturday at 8 AM ET, once Friday’s numbers are final.
  2. 3.Note any sector that was also In Flow last week.Two weeks in a row is the strongest sign.
  3. 4.Skip sectors marked Out Flow.No research there this weekend.
  4. 5.Look at the set-ups: top stocks in those sectors sitting near their breakout level.With Pro, the Weekly Plan lists them. Without it, check each sector’s top 10 stocks yourself.
  5. 6.Set aside any stock with an earnings report coming soon.
  6. 7.For each stock you keep, write down its breakout level and the volume that would confirm it.
  7. 8.Decide your exits before anything else. Split the position into 3 equal parts, with stops 3%, 5% and 7% below your price.If the stock dips and recovers, you are often still in. If the setup fails and all 3 stops get hit, the most you lose is 5%.
  8. 9.Plan your orders for the week, then close the charts.

During the week5 minutes a day

  1. 10.Check once after the close. Did anything break out and hold?No watching all day.

Next Friday

  1. 11.Sector still In Flow and no breakout yet? Keep the plan for another week. Sector turned Out Flow? Drop it.

Not financial advice. Past signals do not predict future performance. rotationmap.com/checklist

Steps 1 and 2, done for you.

The free account shows where money is flowing in the 11 core sectors every weekday evening, and emails you the week in short every Saturday at 8 AM ET. Pro adds 12 more sectors and the Weekly Plan with the top stocks set up near a breakout, their levels, volume and earnings dates.

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