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Quality Momentum

Top-quintile 12-1 momentum overlaid on a quality screen — ROE TTM, profit margin, market cap. Monthly rebalance.

Live return
+4.58%
NAV $5,229 · active

Performance

Daily mark-to-market NAV from live IBKR paper account.

2026-05-082026-05-15
$5,120
+2.65%
05-08
$4,988
-0.24%
05-11
$5,224
+4.49%
05-12
$5,257
+5.13%
05-13
$5,183
+3.66%
05-14
$5,230
+4.61%
05-15
$5,120
+2.40%

Current picks

as of 2026-05-18
#TickerExchangeMarket cap 
01FORMNASDAQ$9.84Bconviction →
02TERNASDAQ$52.89Bconviction →
03SPHRNYSE$4.81Bconviction →
04ENLTNASDAQ$11.96Bconviction →
05FIXNYSE$70.15Bconviction →

Recent rebalances

Last 5sessions before today's pick. Click any ticker for the full conviction breakdown.

2026-05-15

#TickerExchangeMarket cap 
01SCZMNASDAQ$834Mconviction →
02ARWRNASDAQ$10.24Bconviction →
03RHLDNYSE$916Mconviction →
04COHRNYSE$65.59Bconviction →
05ENLTNASDAQ$12.61Bconviction →

2026-05-14

#TickerExchangeMarket cap 
01RHLDNYSE$916Mconviction →
02SCZMNASDAQ$834Mconviction →
03COHRNYSE$65.59Bconviction →
04VISNNASDAQ$2.64Bconviction →
05ENLTNASDAQ$12.61Bconviction →

2026-05-13

#TickerExchangeMarket cap 
01VISNNASDAQ$2.64Bconviction →
02SCZMNASDAQ$834Mconviction →
03COHRNYSE$65.59Bconviction →
04ARWRNASDAQ$10.24Bconviction →
05ENLTNASDAQ$12.61Bconviction →

2026-05-12

#TickerExchangeMarket cap 
01VISNNASDAQ$2.64Bconviction →
02COHRNYSE$65.59Bconviction →
03ARWRNASDAQ$10.24Bconviction →

2026-05-11

#TickerExchangeMarket cap 
01VISNNASDAQ$2.64Bconviction →
02COHRNYSE$65.59Bconviction →
03ARWRNASDAQ$10.24Bconviction →
04SCZMNASDAQ$834Mconviction →
05TERNASDAQ$56.32Bconviction →
06ENLTNASDAQ$12.61Bconviction →
07SPHRNYSE$4.77Bconviction →
08FORMNASDAQ$11.53Bconviction →
09PARRNYSE$3.23Bconviction →
10FIXNYSE$68.73Bconviction →

Methodology

How Quality Momentum picks names.

Buys companies that are both growing fast AND profitable. Momentum on its own catches glamour stocks that crash; profitability screens out hype. The pair has decades of academic support (Asness, Frazzini, Pedersen 2019; Novy-Marx 2013).

  1. 01

    Universe filter

    US listings on NYSE / NASDAQ / AMEX, market cap > $500M, actively traded (not halted, not disabled).

  2. 02

    12-1 momentum

    Return from 12 months ago to 1 month ago. Skipping the most recent month avoids the short-term reversal effect documented by Jegadeesh & Titman.

  3. 03

    Quality screen

    Of the top momentum candidates, keep only those with positive ROE TTM and positive profit margin. Filters out lottery-style rallies in unprofitable names.

  4. 04

    Composite ranking

    Survivors ranked by combined momentum + quality score. Top 5 selected and persisted to the strategy result table.

  5. 05

    AI research card

    Each pick is reviewed by an LLM (Gemini Flash) against current fundamentals + recent news. Verdict (BUY / HOLD / AVOID) plus two material risks documented before the order is placed.

Rebalance cadence
Monthly on first business day. Currently testing daily (2026-05-11 → 2026-05-31) to surface order-path bugs before live capital.
Universe
US large-cap equity (~150 names after quality filter)