Everything I Learned from My Hot Chart Summer, and How My 21 Stocks Picks Have Performed.

The author, writing as a guest on Barchart’s “Chart of the Day,” looks back on 21 single-stock picks published across two summer stints replacing Jim Van Meerten. Tracking performance through Wednesday, Aug. 19, the results show how those technical-chart calls behaved in real time rather than on a spreadsheet. Over the period, the average stock posted a 24% high-low range, with roughly a 15% upside from entry to peak and a 9% drawdown to the trough. The overall average return across the 21 names was +7%. The columns ran over eight weeks with a two-week break in between.