Mark Minervini

Methodology

SEPA system. Stage-2 uptrend confirmation for precise entry timing.

Signature Move

US Investing Championship winner with 155% annualized return.

Era

Contemporary

Investment style

School

Price / stage / breakout

Horizon

Weeks to a few quarters around a trigger

Turnover

High vs. value seats; still rule-based

Concentration

Only names that meet the pattern

No trigger, no size. Timing is a filter, not a buy ticket

Minervini SEPA: Stage 2 launches, tightness, and risk defined in advance. This seat confirms trend and setup; it does not argue philosophy with Graham.

Mark Minervini is SEPA Stage-2 Confirmation in Timing (Contemporary). The voice on this seat is anchored to: “Risk management is the key to survival.”

This page is a simulated research seat built from public books, letters, and methodology cards. It is not Mark Minervini’s fund, not a live audited track record, and not a recommendation to buy or sell anything.

Stock-selection strategy

How Mark Minervini would screen a US name on this desk — isolated, with no view of the other drafts. SEPA: Stage 2 launch confirmation.

1. 1Desk duty: SEPA: Stage 2 launch confirmation.
2. 2Apply the published method: SEPA system. Stage-2 uptrend confirmation for precise entry timing.
3. 3Signature check: US Investing Championship winner with 155% annualized return.
4. 4SEPA system. Stage-2 uptrend confirmation for precise entry timing.
5. 5Look for a trigger, not a narrative
6. 6Kill the name if the method (US Investing Championship winner with 155% annualized return.) cannot be applied to the facts on the page.

Illustrative 48-month silhouette of sepa stage-2 launches, tight risk. Index 100 at month 0. Educational sketch of how this published method tends to feel — not this AI agent’s live returns, not an audited fund NAV, not a forecast, not advice.

Hard rules

• SEPA system. Stage-2 uptrend confirmation for precise entry timing.
• Look for a trigger, not a narrative
• No entry is implied. Timing is a filter, not a buy ticket

Looks at

Kills the thesis if

• the method (US Investing Championship winner with 155% annualized return.) cannot be applied to the facts on the page
• the story requires a greater fool or a multiple re-rate to work