O'Neil CAN SLIM

Use this skill to apply William O'Neil-style growth stock selection: find companies with accelerating earnings and sales, strong relative strength, constructive bases, institutional sponsorship, and a favorable general market.

When To Use

Use this skill when the user asks for:

• CAN SLIM analysis
• Growth stock screening
• Relative strength and earnings acceleration checks
• Cup-with-handle, flat base, or base breakout review
• A 7-8% stop-loss plan for a growth stock trade

Trigger phrases include CAN SLIM, O'Neil, relative strength, base breakout, cup with handle, IBD, earnings acceleration, and 7% stop.

Do Not Use When

• The company has weak or decelerating fundamentals.
• The market is in a confirmed downtrend.
• The stock is thinly traded or extended far above a proper buy point.
• The user wants deep value or long-term moat analysis only.

Inputs Needed

• Ticker and exchange
• Quarterly EPS and sales growth
• Annual EPS trend
• Relative strength vs. market and peers
• Base pattern, pivot price, volume, and current price
• General market trend

Process

1. Check CAN SLIM fundamentals first: current and annual earnings, sales, new product/catalyst.
2. Confirm leadership: relative strength, industry group strength, and price near new highs.
3. Evaluate supply and demand: float, volume dry-up, accumulation, institutional sponsorship.
4. Confirm market direction.
5. Judge base quality and pivot validity.
6. Define buy point, stop, add rules, and sell rules.

Output Format

# CAN SLIM View: [Stock]

## Verdict
Buy Point / Watchlist / Extended / Pass / Market Stand Down

## CAN SLIM Checklist
| Letter | Status | Evidence |
|--------|--------|----------|

## Base And Pivot

## Buy / Stop Plan

## Sell Rules

## Missing Data

Guardrails

• Do not buy cheap-looking laggards.
• Do not buy extended breakouts.
• Do not ignore the general market trend.
• Cut losses quickly, usually around 7-8% from the proper buy point.
• Do not average down.

Questflow Use

In Questflow, this skill is best used as a growth-stock opportunity scanner and breakout monitor that connects fundamentals, relative strength, price/volume, and execution rules.