Trade through their eyes
Every screener, score, and signal in Legend AI descends from one of these published methodologies. Here is what each of them is seeing in today's market — in plain English.
The market is in Uptrend Under Pressure. Here is how each methodology reads it — and the setups passing each legend's lens today.
The Precision Sniper
An uptrend under pressure means Minervini cuts exposure and gets pickier: smaller positions, only textbook pivots in true leaders, and stops honored without debate. With 7 distribution days on the tape, institutional selling is heavy — the method says protect capital first.
AI interpretation of Mark Minervini's published method — not the trader, not advice.
No setups clearing Minervini's screen today.
The Institutional Edge
O'Neil would call this an uptrend under pressure. With distribution days stacking up, he'd be taking profits into strength and demanding perfect bases before any new buy. With 7 distribution days on the tape, institutional selling is heavy — the method says protect capital first.
AI interpretation of William O'Neil's published method — not the trader, not advice.
The Original Tape Reader
The line of least resistance is flattening. Livermore would lighten up, sit on his hands through the chop, and wait for price to declare itself at the next pivotal point. With 7 distribution days on the tape, institutional selling is heavy — the method says protect capital first.
AI interpretation of Jesse Livermore's published method — not the trader, not advice.
No setups clearing Livermore's screen today.
The Stage Master
The market is wobbling between Stage 2 and Stage 3. Weinstein would hold only the strongest Stage 2 names, keep stops under the 30-week line, and buy nothing that's rolling over. With 7 distribution days on the tape, institutional selling is heavy — the method says protect capital first.
AI interpretation of Stan Weinstein's published method — not the trader, not advice.
The Self-Made Trader
Boxes are getting sloppier and breakouts fail more often in this tape. Darvas would trade smaller, demand decisive box breaks, and let his stops do the deciding. With 7 distribution days on the tape, institutional selling is heavy — the method says protect capital first.
AI interpretation of Nicolas Darvas's published method — not the trader, not advice.
The Tape Reader
Distribution days mean the Composite Operator is selling into strength. Wyckoff would watch for upthrusts and lighten up — big effort with little price result is a warning. With 7 distribution days on the tape, institutional selling is heavy — the method says protect capital first.
AI interpretation of Richard Wyckoff's published method — not the trader, not advice.
The Mechanical Turtle
The system doesn't predict, so nothing changes: fewer clean breakouts means fewer signals taken, and every trade still stops at 2N. The rules handle the chop. With 7 distribution days on the tape, institutional selling is heavy — the method says protect capital first.
AI interpretation of Richard Dennis's published method — not the trader, not advice.
No setups clearing Dennis's screen today.
The Volume Sniper
Fewer clean breakouts and more failed ones, so Zanger gets pickier. Only the best-formed bases on the biggest volume, and faster to sell anything that hesitates. With 7 distribution days on the tape, institutional selling is heavy — the method says protect capital first.
AI interpretation of Dan Zanger's published method — not the trader, not advice.
The Screen Master
Zweig gets selective here. When breadth momentum softens, the Super Model starts trimming exposure — he would hold only the screen's best growers and raise cash against the weakest breadth readings. The site now computes his timing legs from its own breadth history and Fed data — check the timing rows on the symbol page before sizing. With 7 distribution days on the tape, institutional selling is heavy — the method says protect capital first.
AI interpretation of Martin Zweig's published method — not the trader, not advice.
No setups clearing Zweig's screen today.
In plain English: Buys only the strongest stocks breaking out of tight, low-volume bases — then cuts losers fast.
Minervini's published framework combines a strict trend template, relative strength, volatility contraction, precise pivots, and predefined downside risk. Legend AI translates those ideas into deterministic educational checks.
Key RulesSeek leadership in a confirmed uptrend, enter near a precise pivot, and define the loss before taking the trade.
Legend AI synthesis · not a quotationIn plain English: Marries explosive earnings growth with chart breakouts, and never fights the market's direction.
O'Neil developed CAN SLIM from research into historic market leaders and founded Investor's Daily in 1984. The framework combines earnings and sales growth, leadership, institutional demand, chart bases, and market direction.
Key RulesCombine fundamental leadership with constructive price-and-volume action, and respect the direction of the general market.
Legend AI synthesis · not a quotationIn plain English: Reads pure price action, waits for the trend to confirm itself, then rides the big swings.
Livermore's own 1940 trading manual centered on trends, pivotal points, timing, money management, and emotional control. Legend AI applies those concepts to observable breakouts and continuation behavior without recreating his voice.
Key RulesWait for price to confirm the line of least resistance at a pivotal point, then manage the position rather than an opinion.
Legend AI synthesis · not a quotationIn plain English: Buys stocks just as they break out of long bases into new uptrends above a rising 30-week average.
Weinstein's stage analysis divides every stock's lifecycle into four stages: basing (Stage 1), advancing (Stage 2), topping (Stage 3), and declining (Stage 4). The method uses price, volume, relative strength, and the 30-week moving average to distinguish bases, advancing trends, tops, and declines. Legend AI treats Stage 2 as a structural classification; volume is separate confirmation.
Key RulesFavor a Stage 2 advance above a rising 30-week average, with relative strength and breakout volume as corroborating evidence.
Legend AI synthesis · not a quotationIn plain English: Buys stocks making new highs as they break out of tight price 'boxes' — simple rules, hard stops.
Darvas documented the box system in How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market. The method identifies a defined consolidation range, waits for an upside breakout with stronger volume, and protects the position with a stop.
Key RulesLet the range define the setup: act only on a confirmed break above the box and keep the invalidation level explicit.
Legend AI synthesis · not a quotationIn plain English: Reads volume to spot where big money is quietly accumulating — then buys before the markup.
Richard Wyckoff was one of the most influential figures in early 20th-century Wall Street. Through decades of tape reading, he distilled markets to their purest truth: the battle between supply and demand, orchestrated by the Composite Operator. His method reads price and volume to identify when smart money is accumulating or distributing — before the move happens.
Key RulesRead price and volume as evidence of supply and demand, then look for a successful test, spring, or sign of strength before acting.
Legend AI synthesis · not a quotationIn plain English: Trades breakouts with cold mechanical rules. Fixed channels, volatility-sized bets, zero discretion.
Richard Dennis was a Chicago commodities trader who believed trading could be taught — so he proved it. In 1983 he trained a group of novices, the 'Turtles,' in a complete mechanical system: buy breakouts of fixed price channels, size every bet by volatility, and manage risk with hard rules instead of judgment. The Turtles reportedly earned over $100 million in the years that followed. The system removes opinion entirely: the channel breakout is the signal, the stop is always 2N (N = 20-day average true range), and winning trades are pyramided at fixed 0.5N intervals. Legend AI applies the long-only version to stocks: the 20-day channel breakout is System 1, the 55-day is System 2.
Key RulesTrade the signal the system gives, size every bet by volatility, and let the rules — not judgment — decide entry, risk, and exit.
Legend AI synthesis · not a quotationIn plain English: Buys only named breakouts on 150%+ volume. Pays no more than 5% past the pivot, stops at 2-3%.
Dan Zanger turned about $10,000 into $18 million in roughly two years trading the 1998-99 bull market, a run later verified by his tax receipts. His published 10 Golden Rules read like O'Neil's CANSLIM with the risk dial turned tighter: buy only well-formed bases and named chart patterns, buy the breakout only with volume 150-200% of average, never pay more than 5% above the breakout point, and sell immediately if the breakout fails. Where O'Neil allows 7-8% stops, Zanger in practice loses 2-3%: he sells on bad price action before any stop is hit. His signature exit is the partial-profit scale: sell 20-30% of the position when it is 15-20% past the breakout, then trail the rest on the 10/20-day moving average. Legend AI scores his six traded patterns (flat base, bull flag, ascending triangle, cup and handle, double bottom, symmetrical triangle) with his numbers, not anyone else's.
Key RulesThe pattern gets you in, but the numbers keep you alive: demand huge volume, pay a fair price, keep losses tiny, and bank part of every winner.
Legend AI synthesis · not a quotationIn plain English: Buys growers at reasonable prices: EPS growth above the market, PEG ≤ 1.5, insider buying, RS leadership. Times market exposure with his Super Model.
Martin Zweig (1942–2013) wrote Winning on Wall Street (1986), ran the Zweig Total Return Fund, and became famous for calling the October 19, 1987 crash — his Super Model flashed sell days before Black Monday. His stock screen buys growth at a reasonable price: earnings growth above the S&P with continuation likely, a P/E that is reasonable relative to that growth, insider buying as an alignment check, and price strength confirming the story. His Super Model times market exposure from monetary conditions (don't fight the Fed), market momentum (10-day advance/decline ratio, 9-to-1 up/down volume days), and the Ned Davis 4% Model on the Value Line Composite. Legend AI scores the stock-screen leg, which is fully measurable; the Super Model's breadth and Fed legs are not wired on the site, so the rule engine marks them unavailable instead of faking them.
Key RulesBuy growth at a reasonable price, and let the market's own breadth tell you how much exposure to carry: don't fight the Fed, don't fight the tape.
Legend AI synthesis · not a quotationA detection is one gatekeeper-passed pattern, counted once per ticker per session. The live badges above count something narrower — symbols clearing a mentor's full screen (score and RS thresholds included) in the newest scan alone.
| # | Legend | Detections | Avg score | Strongest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O'Neil | 144 | 66.4 | DVN 96.7 |
| 2 | Wyckoff | 111 | 60.1 | BIIB 91.2 |
| 3 | Zanger | 99 | 67.9 | DVN 96.7 |
| 4 | Weinstein | 69 | 68.2 | PTC 92.0 |
| 5 | Darvas | 68 | 73.5 | TRGP 95.4 |
| 6 | Dennis | 64 | 75.3 | PAYC 98.0 |
| 7 | Minervini | 60 | 69.9 | PSX 96.1 |
| 8 | Livermore | none | — | — |
| 9 | Zweig | none | — | — |
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