Momentum investing 101: How to find winning stocks?
About this Live Session
Momentum investing is based on a simple idea: stocks that are performing well often continue to perform well for a period of time. By combining price trends with disciplined risk management, investors can identify potential opportunities while avoiding emotional decision-making.
In this session, we will introduce the fundamentals of momentum investing and explore how investors can identify strong-performing US stocks using a systematic approach. We will cover the key principles and practical considerations that can help investors build confidence in applying a momentum-based strategy.
The session is designed to help investors understand how momentum investing works and when it can be used as part of a broader investment approach.
Key Agenda
* What is momentum investing and why it works in different market environments
* How to identify winning stocks using momentum as a factor
* Key features of US Top10 to pick the right stocks
* 4 Core Questions: When to Buy, What to Buy, How Much to Buy, When to Sell
* Common mistakes momentum investors make and how to avoid them
Speaker
Alok Jain, Founder of WeekendInvesting, a platform dedicated to helping retail investors build wealth through simple, rule-based momentum investing strategies.
A proud alumnus of IIT Delhi (1991), Alok holds a Master's in Finance and an MBA from the University of Maryland (1995). With over 30 years of experience in the Indian stock markets, he established one of the country's first NSE corporate memberships in 1996, serving institutional, corporate, HNI, and retail clients while developing his expertise in systematic investing and mechanical trading models.
In 2016, after two decades of successfully applying these strategies, he founded WeekendInvesting to make disciplined investing accessible to everyone. In 2018, WeekendInvesting became Smallcase's first SEBI-registered partner and has since grown into a community of over 15,000 subscribers following rule-based, emotion-free investment strategies.
He later expanded the WeekendInvesting ecosystem through Winvest Capital, a SEBI-registered Category III AIF, and also launched the US Top10 managed portfolio on Vested for global investors.