Power Play Setup
Minervini's most powerful setup, and his rarest. A stock surges 100% or more in eight weeks or less on massive volume — the kind of thrust that only happens when institutions will pay almost any price to get in — and then, instead of handing the move back, pauses in a very shallow and orderly base. The precursor move is the pattern: without a double in under two months this is not a Power Play, whatever else the chart looks like. Expect long stretches with no candidates; that is the setup behaving correctly.
Sample still building: 0 eligible setups in the 2024-11-01–2026-10-26 source-bar window. Rates stay hidden until n=30. Historical and illustrative, not predictive.
How this is measured →Setup Criteria
- › Precursor move: 100%+ advance in 8 weeks or less, on sharply expanded volume
- › Correction depth: no more than 20–25% off the peak
- › Consolidation: roughly 3–6 weeks (some resolve in 10–12 sessions)
- › Volume dries up through the base
- › Confirmed Stage 2 uptrend with RS leadership
- › If the correction is under 10%, the progressive-tightening rule is waived
Buy aggressively on the breakout — full position at the pivot.
Tight — often 3–5% below entry. Power Plays don't need room.
Worked Example
TEAM — flagged as a Power Play on Oct 16, 2026 (score 65). 26 weekly bars with the 10-week SMA.
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Historical detection shown for education — not a current recommendation.
What Happened Next
Forward returns after the scanner first flagged a Power Play (score ≥ 70, gatekeeper passed, one signal per base) — computed from stored daily bars, no lookahead. 35 historical signals.
| After | Median Return | % Positive | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 sessions | +2.6% | 65.7% | 35 |
| 10 sessions | +2.8% | 60.0% | 35 |
| 20 sessions | +3.1% | 74.3% | 35 |
| 40 sessions | -0.3% | 48.6% | 35 |
Median best move inside 40 sessions: +13.0% · median worst drawdown: -7.3%. Past scanner behavior does not guarantee future outcomes. Not investment advice.
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