The Perfect Speculator’s Watchlist

February 16, 2025 – Current Watchlist (Next Update Target Date April 20, 2025)

The stocks listed are in no particular order. It is recommended that the inexperienced should paper trade these stocks with your trailing stops, so you will recognize the time when the tide turns. If the trend in place continues, then the stocks on these lists especially those in Tier 1 and Tier 2, should hold above their stops. And those in Tier 3 should move up into Tier 2. And new entrants that present some opportunities should show up in Tier 3. Be sure to place your stops correctly, the sweet spot of trying to not get hit by a shakeout and yet allow just enough leash to withstand a drawdown on an up-trending stock and keep you in for the meaty portion of the run.

Tier 1 – Stocks In An Uptrend (Uptrend Intact For Months)

These stocks have been in an uptrend for months and along the way there have been at least one or more opportunities to make a big commitment.  And perhaps one or more shakeouts as well.

PLTR (Palantir Technologies)

VRNA (Verona Pharmaceuticals)

SMMT (Summit Pharmaceuticals)

RDW (Redwire)

HOOD (Robinhood Markets)

A simple price/volume chart for each of the above stocks is shown below.

Palantir (PLTR)

Verona (VRNA)

Shown in three charts, just because the set-up has been so long in the making. The first chart shows the entire five-year chart. The other two show sections within the entire chart. It is very simple and self-explanatory.

Full Chart VRNA

Section 1 VRNA

Section 2 VRNA

Summit Therapeutics (SMMT)

Redwire (RDW)

RobinHood (HOOD)

Tier 2 – Stocks In An Uptrend (Uptrend Intact For Weeks/Months)

These stocks have been in an uptrend for weeks/months but yet to offer an opportunity to make a big commitment while facing zero or minimal losses. You are waiting, and doing everything right, and you may still not be entirely successful.

ASTS (AST Spacemobile)

RYTM (Rhythm Pharmaceuticals)

HIMS (Hims And Hers)

MSTR (Microstrategy)

TSLA (Tesla)

EBS (Emergent BioSolutions)

SRRK (Scholar Rock)

BBAI (BigBear.AI)

RKLB (Rocket Lab)

LUNR (Intuitive Machines)

APP (AppLovin)

WIX (Wix)

ROOT (Root)

Tier 3 – The Challenges Abound For The Perfect Speculator

Somewhere within this pool of stocks, there may or may not be a new winner.

QURE (Uniqure N V)

PDYN (Palladyne)

CRNC (Cerence)

TEM (Tempus AI)

API (Agora)

CMRX (Chimerix)

CADL (Candel Therapeutics)