“Trend plus quality, in plain words.”
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01How the bot thinks
Every Nasdaq 100 company is ranked on what the playbook cares about. Its long score, for how well a company fits:
The closest fits to the checklist: fat margins, strong six-month trend, fast earnings growth. Score near 100.
A separate short score hunts the worst fits: weak six-month trend, thin or negative margins, slow or falling earnings. 3 sourced overlays from the investor's filings and statements add to either side. Re-ranked every week, at the close. Loss-makers are allowed long.
How far a company sits from the checklist: weak six-month trend, thin or negative margins, slow or falling earnings.
Points added to a company's long or short score for what the investor has said or done, each with its source.
NVDALong-term personal holder: on CNBC on Jul 28, 2025 he said "I'm not selling. I'm giving people permission" (he had sold 25% of his stake on May 30, 2023). Source ↗
CRWDPublic call on Halftime Report, Mar 3, 2026: "I think this thing under $400 is a screamer". Source ↗
MNSTOn his Best Stocks in the Market list, Feb 9, 2026: "Monster is a monster stock" with a rising 50-day as the trading stop. Source ↗
02Model output
Long: #1 of 100 on Josh Brown's long-minus-short score (0.59).
Pushed up by the investor's record: Long-term personal holder: on CNBC on Jul 28, 2025 he said "I'm not selling. I'm giving people permission" (he had sold 25% of his stake on May 30, 2023). Source ↗
Short: #1 of 50 shorts on Josh Brown's long-minus-short score (-0.623).
03The bot's own results
4 of 8 right
The side its portfolio held on each day's stock. The bot doesn't pick: it holds all 100.
04The full book
Equal weight: $1,000 a position. Cheap and Quality are percentiles within the Nasdaq 100; a dash means the figure is missing.
05Method and limits
The 100 Nasdaq 100 companies. Anything outside it can't be held.
Long score: Net margin 3, 6-month trend 3, Earnings growth 2, Return on equity 2, Size 2, 12-month trend 1, Last month 1. Short score: 6-month trend 3, Net margin 2, Earnings growth 2, 12-month trend 1, Leverage 1, Last month 1. Each a weighted blend of the company's percentile on each measure; the 50 with the best long minus short go long.
Always 50 long and 50 short. No market or rate bets. Changes fill at the next close.
Some tickers are missing figures and sit mid-pack on that measure. This profile is a draft and has not been reviewed yet.
Modeled on Josh Brown's published approach. It is not Josh Brown, and its picks are not Josh Brown's. A free game on real closing prices, not investment advice.