FINDING #1 STOCKS -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Importance of Screening and Backtesting -- Why Should I Use a Stock Screener? -- Backtesting! -- Chapter 2 Identifying What Kind of Trader You Are -- Question 1: What Kinds of Stocks Do You Want to Invest In? -- Question 2: What Characteristics Do You Want Your Stocks to Have? -- Question 3: What Do You Want Your Stocks to Do for You? -- Chapter 3 Defining the Basic Trading Styles -- Momentum Style -- Aggressive Growth Style -- Value Style -- Growth and Income Style -- "All Style" Style -- Technical Analysis -- Winning in Style -- Chapter 4 Trading the Zacks Rank -- The Zacks Rank versus the Market -- About Len Zacks -- Calculating the Zacks Rank -- What the Rankings Mean -- Four Factors of the Zacks Rank -- Chapter 5 Beyond the Zacks Rank -- Filtering the Zacks Rank -- How Many Stocks Are Right for You? -- Chapter 6 How to Trade the Strategies -- Once a Month -- Once a Week -- Combining Holding Periods -- Chapter 7 Winning Momentum Strategies -- Big Money -- Earnings Acceleration -- Increasing Earnings -- New Highs -- Using New Highs for Sector and Industry Analysis -- Summary -- Chapter 8 Winning Aggressive Growth Strategies -- Small-Cap Growth -- All-Cap Growth -- Sizing Up the Markets -- Zacks Rank 5 or 4 to 1 -- First Profit -- Summary -- Chapter 9 Winning Value Strategies -- Value and Spark -- R-Squared Growth -- ROE for Your ROI -- Cash Is King -- Price to Cash Flow -- Statistical Analysis of P/CF, P/E, P/S, P/B, and PEG -- Combined Valuation Screen -- Summary -- Chapter 10 Winning Growth and Income Strategies -- Growth and Income Winners -- Growth and Income Method 1 -- Modifying Your Strategies -- Dividend Attraction -- Summary -- Chapter 11 Winning "All Style" Strategies (and Other Stuff That Works) -- Finding Growth and Value Stocks the Right Way.

Sales and Margins -- Relative Price Strength -- Broker Rating Upgrades -- New Analyst Coverage -- Top Stocks, Top Industries -- Combining Two Great Ways for Identifying the Best Sectors and Industries -- Earnings Yield -- Calculating Price Targets -- Summary -- Chapter 12 Applying Technical Analysis -- Increasing Price and Volume -- TA and FA Winners -- 3 Days Up, Price and Volume -- Moving Averages -- Summary -- Chapter 13 Identifying Chart Patterns -- Symmetrical Triangles -- Ascending Triangles -- Descending Triangles -- Flags and Pennants -- Rectangles -- Wedges -- Head and Shoulders -- Inverted Head and Shoulders -- Screening for Chart Patterns and Consolidation Areas -- The Pattern That Called the Market Top and Bottom in 2007 and 2009 -- Summary -- Chapter 14 The Right Tools for the Job -- A Good Ranking System -- Screeners and Backtesters -- Research Wizard: A Complete Research Tool -- Chapter 15 Getting Started Screening and Backtesting -- Screening for Stocks -- Backtesting Your Screens -- Advanced Screening and Backtesting -- Summary -- Chapter 16 Short Selling Strategies for Bear Markets -- Toxic Stocks -- Decreasing Earnings Two Years Out -- Summary -- Chapter 17 Managing Risk and Cutting Losses -- Using Stop Losses -- Diversification and Portfolio Weighting -- Summary -- Chapter 18 Know Your Options -- The Option Is Yours -- Buying Calls and Puts -- Straddles and Strangles -- Spreads -- Covered Call Writing -- Uncovered Call Writing -- Put Option Writing -- Stock Screening for Options -- Summary -- Chapter 19 Investing in ETFs -- ETFs for Any Market and Any Direction -- Screening for the Right Sector and Industry ETFs -- Chapter 20 Putting It All Together -- Disclaimer -- Free Trials and Other Resources -- Index.