A-Share Limit-Up Continuation Strategy With Hot-Concept Filtering

Summary

This proposed short-term A-share strategy selects ordinary shares that have closed at the daily limit for two consecutive sessions and belong to concepts ranking near the top by both recent three-session and fifteen-session returns. It excludes specified listing boards and ST shares. On the following session, it buys candidates only after 9:25 if their live price is at least 2% above that day’s open. Position allocation is one fifth of capital per stock, with a maximum of five holdings.

The strategy seeks to capture continuation in stocks showing both price strength and sector heat. It takes profit after a 5% gain, subject to a holding-period and time-of-day condition, and requires positions to be closed during the day rather than carried overnight. The document provides rules and implementation references, but no interpretable backtest results despite mentioning them. It identifies weak performance in choppy markets and the absence of a stop-loss as key limitations; proposed safeguards include a loss threshold and a broad-market filter.

Key ideas

• The stock universe requires consecutive limit-up closes and membership in a strongly performing concept.
• Entry requires a live price at least 2% above the session open after the specified opening window.
• Each position receives one fifth of capital, with no more than five stocks held at once.
• The exit plan uses a 5% profit target and requires positions to be closed intraday.
• The rules include no stop-loss, leaving the strategy exposed to sharp reversals after entry.

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