Using Relative Strength to Screen for Leading Equity Industries

Summary

This industry-selection approach adapts William O’Neil’s CAN SLIM framework by calculating relative strength at the sector level. The report proposes a high relative-strength reading as an early screening signal for industries that may lead the market during the year. In its historical review, nearly four of the five best-performing industries each year had crossed the stated threshold by April 30, and the report says gains continued after the signal appeared.

The source also lists several Chinese industries that had already produced the signal in the year of publication. It presents relative strength as an initial filter rather than a complete investment process, alongside a broader fundamental quantitative framework covering macroeconomic conditions, industry earnings and valuation, and company-level strategies. The supplied summary gives no detailed signal formula, sample definition, transaction-cost analysis, or out-of-sample validation, so the historical association does not establish that the signal will reliably identify future leaders.

Key ideas

• The method adapts CAN SLIM relative strength to rank industries rather than individual stocks.
• A reading above the stated threshold by April 30 is presented as an early screen for potential annual leaders.
• The historical review reports that most top-performing industries showed the signal before that date.
• Relative strength is positioned as an initial filter within a broader macro, industry, and company analysis framework.
• The provided summary lacks details needed to assess costs, out-of-sample performance, or future reliability.

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