Twenty stocks, chosen by the Ticker Nerd Rank.
Large, liquid US companies, most outside the S&P 500 — whatever else you own, you almost certainly do not own these.
The Rank scores roughly 4,600 US stocks every trading day. The portfolio selects from the 1,500 most liquid.
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Built to beat the market. Here is the record.
One amount, invested three ways at the start of 2020: the Ticker Nerd 20, the S&P 500 Equal Weight (the benchmark the model is built against), and the S&P 500. The same rules have run since 2005 — members see the full history and every trade.
+38.5%
S&P 500 Equal Weight +21.6%
+30.1%
S&P 500 Equal Weight +16.4%
+12.7%
S&P 500 Equal Weight +10.1%
−7.7%
S&P 500 Equal Weight −11.6%
- Ticker Nerd 20
- Avg. stock
- S&P 500
Value of 100 invested at the start · log scale
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What membership includes.
Four things, and no higher tier behind them. Every screen below is the real product, captured in August 2026.
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The portfolio
The current twenty, with the weight, return and holding period on every row — and an email the moment any of it changes.
The current twenty, as members see them — blurred here, because the names are what you're paying for. Simulated before 20 July 2026, live since. Backtested figures are hypothetical and were not traded.
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A brief on every holding
Named for Peter Lynch’s rule — know what you own. What the company actually does, what the evidence says about it, and the risks that matter, in plain English. One holding’s brief lands in your inbox every Wednesday.
The opening of the real brief on Workiva, unblurred. Every holding gets this. 
Further down the same brief: the SWOT, every point carrying a number. - 3
The rank, with the holdings marked
Pull up any stock, sort the whole market by any factor, and set names side by side — the free pages show one stock at a time. And the one thing they never show: which names the model owns, with a brief linked on each.
The Rank, sorted here by value — every factor score on every stock, with views for the investable 1,500 and the holdings. - 4
The record, trade by trade
Every position the model has ever held, entry to exit. The losers are listed as plainly as the winners.
The trade ledger. Open positions are blurred; every closed trade is shown, losses included. Simulated before 20 July 2026, live since. Backtested figures are hypothetical and were not traded.
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What following it looks like.
- 1
Read the twenty.
Each holding has a brief: the story, the strengths and weaknesses, and the numbers behind them.
- 2
Decide how you'll follow.
Hold all twenty as the model does, or use the rank to swap out names where your view differs.
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Review with the model, every four weeks.
When a holding changes, the email says what and the brief says why. The rest is your call.
Established companies the crowd isn't watching.
- Mostly outside the S&P 500
- Most of the twenty are companies a few billion dollars in size — large enough to trade easily, small enough that the index barely weights them. The crowd is watching other names.
- Equal weight, no favourites
- Twenty positions at equal weight. Buying and selling take more than a rank move — a holding isn't sold because its score wobbles, so a typical review changes a name or two, sometimes nothing.
- Aggressive on purpose
- Twenty stocks swing harder than an index fund, and the method will trail the market in some stretches. That cost is stated here, up front, because it is real.
- Aimed at full cycles, not quarters
- The target is the average of the twenty beating the market by a few points a year, compounded over full market cycles. At any given moment some of the twenty will be losing money, and the ledger shows every one.
Run by a Goldman Sachs–trained trader, with his own money in it.
I’m Aslam Ghouse. Fourteen years as a systematic FX trader, nine of them at Goldman Sachs, and a CFA charterholder since 2015.
Trading by model was my day job. Ticker Nerd is the same discipline pointed at stocks.
The model does the choosing, and every trade it has made is published, the losers included.
My own money is in the same twenty stocks members see.
Intentionally boring. Intentionally simple. Intentionally nerdy.
- Boring
- AI can write unlimited, confident-sounding research, and the industry answers with more — more alerts, more dashboards, more noise. The edge now is in subtraction: the handful of factors that actually move prices, and nothing else.
- Simple
- Twenty stocks, equal weight, rules deciding every trade. A process you can actually follow beats a clever one you can’t — and a downturn is where that difference shows.
- Nerdy
- Every claim carries a number. The factors are published, the method is written down, and the record includes the losses. Knowing what you own, and why, is what keeps the noise from shaking you out.
Who it's for.
- You already invest, and an index fund is the core of it.
- You check your stocks most days — but no system decides what you do about it.
- You want a framework — one consistent way to read any stock, and rules for what to do about it.
- You want individual stocks beside the index core, without picking them off headlines.
- You would rather see losses published than promises made.
- You are chasing the one stock that will make you rich.
- You want quick trades or price targets.
- You are investing your first $1,000 — for most people an index fund is the better start.
- You want to be told what to buy. That is advice, and nobody here gives it.
Two prices for the same product.
Try it by the month; the refund window covers the first one in full.
Start monthly30-day full refund, no questions asked.
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Cancel any time, in two clicks — nobody tries to talk you out of it.
What people ask before joining.
Should I just buy an index fund?
For most people an index fund is a fine answer, and nothing here argues otherwise. Membership is for investors who want to own individual stocks anyway, and would rather run that part of their money on published evidence than on headlines — knowing it costs volatility and patience through the stretches when the method lags.
Is this financial advice?
No. This is general information and educational content only, not financial advice. It's published for every reader alike and doesn't consider anyone's personal circumstances. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Advice about your own situation can only come from someone licensed to give it, who knows your circumstances.
Are these hot tips?
No. There are no price targets, no trade alerts and no predictions about where a share is heading. What you get is one systematic portfolio and the evidence behind each name in it. If you want a stock that triples this quarter, this will disappoint you.
Is there a free trial?
No. Every plan carries a 30-day full refund instead, which is the same protection without the friction.
How does billing work?
Stripe takes the payment and handles the renewal; we never see your card. A reminder email arrives a week before each renewal, and you can cancel any time — nobody tries to talk you out of it.
What stays free?
The stock pages and the Monday Market Radar, permanently. They do not get thinner to push you toward paying.
Membership is the twenty names, an email whenever they change, the brief on each, the rank and the ledger.
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