Twenty stocks, picked by rules.
Real businesses at sensible prices, most of them outside the S&P 500. Each comes with a plain-English brief on what the company does and why the model owns it.
US$399 a year · 30-day full refund, no questions asked.
- Ticker Nerd 20
- Avg. stock
- S&P 500
100 invested at the start of 2020 · log scale
Simulated before 20 July 2026, live since. Backtested figures are hypothetical and were not traded.
Tired of chasing stocks and always feeling a step behind?
There’s more stock news and opinion than anyone could read, and AI now writes more of it every day.
So you skim and act on whatever is loudest. But by the time a stock is loud, the good news is out and the price has already jumped. Buying then rarely ends well.
What you need is a way to find the few numbers that matter. The Ticker Nerd 20 does that for you, on a fixed timetable:
Every year since 2020, the down years included.
Each calendar year, the Ticker Nerd 20 against the S&P 500 Equal Weight (its benchmark) and the S&P 500. The same rules are tested back to 2005. Members see every trade.
+25.6%
S&P 500 Equal Weight +19.0%
+19.6%
S&P 500 Equal Weight +16.7%
+12.1%
S&P 500 Equal Weight +10.0%
−7.7%
S&P 500 Equal Weight −11.6%
- Ticker Nerd 20
- Avg. stock
- S&P 500
Total return by calendar year, % · the latest year to date
US$399 a year · 30-day full refund, no questions asked.
Run by a Goldman Sachs–trained trader, with his own money in it.
I’m Aslam Ghouse. I spent fourteen years as a systematic trader, nine of them at Goldman Sachs, and I’ve been a CFA charterholder since 2015.
Ticker Nerd runs the way I traded: the model chooses, every trade is published with the losers included, and my own money is in the same twenty stocks members get.
The biggest recent wins, by name.
The largest gains among trades closed in the last two years. The ledger holds 512 closed trades, and every loss is published too.
+256%
May 2023 – Mar 2026 · 2.8 years
vs S&P 500 Equal Weight +52%
+192%
Apr 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1.7 years
vs S&P 500 Equal Weight +16%
+120%
Aug 2023 – May 2025 · 1.8 years
vs S&P 500 Equal Weight +24%
+120%
Dec 2025 – May 2026 · 6 months
vs S&P 500 Equal Weight +10%
Simulated before 20 July 2026, live since. Backtested figures are hypothetical and were not traded.
The portfolio, the briefs, the Rank table, the ledger.
All four, and Themes below, come in one membership with no higher tier. Every clip is the real product, recorded in October 2026.
US$399 a year · 30-day full refund, no questions asked.
Themes: the big shifts in the economy, measured.
We map the companies behind one big shift and rank each against its real peers. The best are Top picks, each with a full report.
The Ticker Nerd 20 stays the core. Themes show the model’s Top picks in one big shift, each with a full report.
- The AI build-outOur first theme, live and updated weekly
- More themesIn the works
US$399 a year · 30-day full refund, no questions asked.
AI cloud capacity
The buyers. They rent out computing power.
AI chips
The chips that train and run AI.
AI networking and servers
The gear that joins the chips into one machine.
Data centre power
The electricity it all runs on.
Your part takes ten minutes every four weeks.
- 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 table to swap names where your view differs.
- 3
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.
4,624
US stocks scored on every factor, every trading day
1,500
the most liquid: the pool the model picks from
500
the S&P 500: the big names most people already own
20
held at equal weight: the Ticker Nerd 20
- Mostly outside the S&P 500
- Companies worth a few billion dollars. Big enough to trade easily, small enough that the index barely holds them. The crowd is watching other names.
- Twenty stocks at equal weight
- A hot year carried by one or two names rarely repeats. With twenty stocks at equal weight, no single stock makes or breaks the record, and you can match the model any day without a lopsided position.
- Strong businesses at sensible prices
- Buying the fastest growers at any price has tended to disappoint. So every holding must also score well on value and quality.
- Aggressive on purpose
- Twenty stocks swing harder than an index fund and will trail it at times. The ledger shows every loss along the way.
US$399 a year · 30-day full refund, no questions asked.
Who it's for.
- You have real money invested, mostly in index or managed funds.
- You want some individual stocks too, but not the hours of research.
- You want the homework done and shown simply: what the model owns, and why.
- You’d rather see every loss published than be promised the next big winner.
- You are chasing quick trades, price targets, or the one stock that will make you rich.
- You are investing your first $1,000. For most people an index fund is the better start.
- You want someone to tell you what to do with your money. The model publishes what it owns; what you do is your call.
The Ticker Nerd 20 and Themes, for US$399 a year.
US$399a year
Under US$8 a week
Join Ticker Nerd →- 30-day full refund, no questions asked. Email hello@tickernerd.com.
- Cancel any time under Billing in your account menu. Access runs to the end of the period you paid for.
- Reminder before renewal. We email you before each renewal.
S&P 500 Equal Weight +19.0%
Simulated before 20 July 2026, live since. Backtested figures are hypothetical and were not traded.
- The Ticker Nerd 20 and a brief on each
- An email with every buy and sell
- The Rank table, with the twenty marked
- The full trade ledger
- Themes: the AI build-out map and its Top picks
What people ask before joining.
Should I just buy an index fund?
For most people, yes, and nothing here argues otherwise. Membership is for investors who want some individual stocks anyway, picked on evidence rather than headlines. Expect bigger swings, and stretches when the portfolio trails the market.
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.
Are these hot tips?
No. There are no price targets, no “act now” emails 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. Membership has a 30-day full refund instead: join, look around, and if it isn’t for you, email us for your money back.
How does billing work?
Stripe takes the payment and handles the renewal; we never see your card. We email you three weeks before each renewal, and Stripe sends a reminder a week before. You can cancel any time, and nobody tries to talk you out of it.
What stays free?
Every stock’s rank and stock page, the AI build-out map and the Monday email, for good. They won’t get thinner to push you toward paying. The Ticker Nerd 20, the Rank table and Themes are for members.
Twenty stocks picked by rules, a brief on each, and every trade in the open.
US$399 a year · 30-day full refund, no questions asked.