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Popular Stocks Through Our Lens

What would JumpstartSignal's 5-stage momentum system have done with well-known stocks? Wins, misses, and losses — with candlestick charts and full signal data.

These case studies use the same R29 backtest (2012–2025) that powers our results page. Nothing cherry-picked — every signal shown, including the losses.

Stocks We Caught Early
NVDA 🏆
NVIDIA Corporation Caught 27 times between 2018 and 2024
ANET 🏆
Arista Networks Caught 15 times between 2016 and 2024
ICLR 🏆
ICON plc Caught 7 times between 2015 and 2017
AAPL ✅
Apple Inc. Caught 13 times between 2012 and 2018
CDNS ✅
Cadence Design Systems Caught 17 times between 2012 and 2019
SMCI ✅
Super Micro Computer Caught once in March 2023, ahead of the AI server surge
GOOGL ✅
Alphabet Inc. Caught 4 times between 2020 and 2021
AMD ✅
Advanced Micro Devices Caught 3 times across three clusters from 2020 to 2021
IDXX ✅
IDEXX Laboratories Caught 3 times in 2012
Stocks We Missed
TSLA
Tesla, Inc. Never flagged, and here's exactly why
NFLX
Netflix, Inc. One point short, 246 times
META
Meta Platforms, Inc. Flagged 19 times early, then priced out
SHOP
Shopify Inc. Reached MONITOR in R29 after a long-standing data gap was closed
Losses — Full Transparency
NICE 🏆
NICE Ltd 1 SPOTLIGHT and 2 OPPORTUNITY signals in 2016, all outpaced by the market
MTCH ✅
Match Group, Inc. 6 OPPORTUNITY signals across 3 clusters in 2018 and 2019, all lost to the market
SEDG 📌
SolarEdge Technologies 2 signals, 2 years apart, both lost to the market

16 case studies — more added regularly.

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