The document discusses scanning for stock trading ideas using themes to develop winning strategies. It describes how technology can help traders by managing risk, maintaining discipline, creating information leverage, and promoting independent thinking. It provides examples of real-time strategy scans like stocks up over $1 in the last 5 minutes on high volume. The document also notes the technology can be used not just for stock traders but also to see unusual options volume and ratios. It concludes with recommendations for modeling and back-testing techniques like modifying existing strategies, clearly defining patterns, and separating bullish and bearish strategies.

1. Scanning for Stock Trading Ideas: Using Themes to Develop Winning StrategiesDavid AferiatManaging PartnerTrade Ideas LLCDecember 2010Philadelphia IED1© 2010 Trade Ideas LLC, All rights reserved

2. 2Why Do I Need It?What Makes ‘Great Technology’ Valuable:Manages risk: Helps a trader make better trades

3. Maintains discipline: Keeps a trader ‘On the Path’

4. Evens Playing Field: Creates ‘information leverage’

5. Promotes independent thinking

6. Increases time for the important things in life

7. Simple to use© 2010 Trade Ideas LLC, All rights reserved

8. 3Real-Time Strategy ExamplesStocks up over $1.00 in the last 5 minutes on unusually high volume Stocks down the last 5 days in a row but making a new 3 day high Stocks crossing above and below their 200 day moving average Stocks trading up forming V bottom Stocks up and down 3 standard deviations© 2010 Trade Ideas LLC, All rights reserved

9. Not Just for Stock Traders See stocks that have unusual Put / Call ratio See stocks with very unusual options volume Restrict your data to stocks that a meet a range of option volume traded today4© 2010 Trade Ideas LLC, All rights reserved

10. 5Modeling Techniques: Rules of ThumbDon’t start from scratch at the beginning; Consider modifying an existing strategy to fit your trading planArticulate clearly the pattern you wish to identify – writing it down first (like a grocery list) can help clarify your purpose (vs. shopping while hungry)Draw your best trade on a chart and clearly label each axis – this works in selecting the correct alerts and filters for your timeframeSeparate bullish or up-trending strategies from bearish or down-trending strategies – this allows for more ways to ‘stack the probabilities’ of movement in a certain directionUse the many support resources available! Definitions, video tutorials, etc.© 2010 Trade Ideas LLC, All rights reserved

11. 6Back-testing Techniques: Rules of Thumb© 2010 Trade Ideas LLC, All rights reserved