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Nicolas Darvas

Nicolas Darvas bought stocks breaking out of the boxes they carved under new highs, trailing his stop box by box, and wrote the method up in How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market.

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source: How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market (book)
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A 52-week high set four days ago, three quiet days under it forming the box top, and today breaking through on heavy volume. Buy the break, stop at the box bottom.

H4 >= MAXH252.4 AND MAXH3.1 < H4 AND H > MAXH3.1 AND V >= 1.5 * AVGV20
Last close: 0 matches · S&P 500 + Nasdaq 100 · 24 Aug 2026
Source: How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market (book)

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