Stephen Rawls is the Editor and Chief Equity Strategist of Tips at the Bell and Tipping Point Stocks. He is a 36-year veteran of both the futures and stock markets, and a former member of the Chicago Board of Trade. His comments have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Futures, the Chicago Tribune, Reuters, Commodity News Services, as well as other leading industry publications.

Rawls uses a sophisticated trading system to identify Tipping Point Stocks. These are stocks poised at that magic moment just as they catch the eye of Wall Street, ignite, and become a money-making phenomenon.

The trick is to discover a stock right as the buzz starts to build … when mutual fund managers are quietly passing the name along to their friends … and top brokers are tipping off their best customers.

Rawls first created this system when he worked on the floor of the most ruthless market on earth: The pits at the Chicago Board of Trade. Working with a rudimentary computer, Rawls identified seemingly minor changes in key indicators. Using these signals, Rawls separated true breakout plays from the noise and volatility of the markets. For years, only top commodity trading firms were privy to his advice.

Rawls then decided to apply his proprietary system to the stock market. He published recommendations in a confidential briefing sent to colleagues in the financial industry. These select subscribers used Rawls’ recommendations to cash in on fast-moving stocks. 

In 2007, Rawls used his system to pick stocks for the Zacks Challenge. Over a 12-month period, Rawls returned 72.8%. That’s over 21 times the S&P 500 over the same period!