In this Chart Fanatics episode, 25‑year‑old asset manager Connor Bates explains his systematic approach to capturing parabolic stock moves that can generate outsized returns. He emphasizes the necessity of a clear formula—identifying a strong upward move, a pullback, and a rapid expansion that can deliver 30‑40% gains within five days. Bates advocates a "buy high, sell higher" mindset, focusing on the market’s fastest‑moving stocks rather than traditional buy‑low‑sell‑high strategies. Risk management is central: he uses very tight stops (5‑6% loss, less than 1% of assets under management) and disciplined position sizing so that a handful of successful trades each year can offset many small losses and produce an exceptional performance. Throughout, he stresses that opinions must not precede market signals and that a repeatable system is essential for consistent outperformance.
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You'd be surprised at how many people couldn't follow this because they let their opinions get in front of the market. This had a perfect setup. We're looking at 60, 70% move off this level with a very tight stop. At worst, I lose 5, 6%, less than 1% of the AUM versus what can I get? Multiple, multiple multiples on my risk. This moves up 70%. It's really simple, yet not many people can follow it. And you think you're smarter than the moving average. If you size it right and you manage the trade correctly, you only need a handful of these a year to have an awesome year. Everyone says buy low, sell high. How about buy high, sell higher? These are the stocks that can really move your account. You take a bunch of small losses, and then if you catch one of these stocks, it covers all that.
This professional asset manager manages $50 million at just 25 years old. Introducing Connor Bates.
If you don't have a formula, if you don't have a system, then how are you gonna be selective? It's so simple. You have a big move up, you have a pullback, you have an expansion, you get 30, 40% in 5 days.
In this episode of Chart Fanatics, Connor breaks down The exact step-by-step process to identify and follow parabolic moves in the stock market.
Anyone can kind of throw a dart and make money, right? But in a hot market, if you want outperformance, you need to be in the best movers. If you're buying this, you're looking at pretty tight stop for a stock that is a very fast stock. I could see some people saying it's hindsight when you see that, but it's not. You can see this stuff real time. These are going to be your best opportunities to make money. And this was up 22% on 400% above average. This isn't your Aunt Sally buying Bloom Energy. This is a change in character because Wall Street has to re-rate the stock.
He takes us through his entire process to identify the largest movers in the market. All this and more on this special episode on Chart Fanatics.
What are the main hurdles that come to mind when trying to be effective in its execution? Is there anything that you really have to be sort of aware of or manage trying to execute this on a on a regular basis.
