Adapting CANSLIM Base Patterns for A-Share Stock Selection

Summary

The report adapts William O’Neil’s base-pattern and CANSLIM ideas to the Chinese A-share market. It combines price formations such as cup-with-handle and double bottoms with company growth measures, relative price strength, trading activity, and institutional ownership to seek agreement between technical and fundamental signals.

The described screen removes the smallest market-cap stocks, selects qualifying base patterns, then filters for stronger relative price performance, revenue growth, and institutional ownership growth. Holdings are equally weighted, with total exposure reduced when the CSI 300 is below its annual moving average. The report’s backtest from 2005 through 2017 shows returns above the cited CSI 300 and CSI 500 benchmarks, alongside a Sharpe ratio and maximum drawdown. These are historical results, not evidence of future performance. The number of selected stocks varied considerably, including periods with no qualifying holdings, and the summary does not describe transaction costs or other implementation assumptions.

Key ideas

• The method combines price bases with fundamental growth and technical strength measures.
• It excludes the smallest market-cap stocks before forming the candidate universe.
• Revenue growth, relative price strength, and institutional ownership growth screen base-pattern candidates.
• Selected stocks receive equal weights, while exposure is cut when the CSI 300 falls below its annual moving average.
• The reported historical backtest includes substantial drawdown and fluctuating portfolio breadth.

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