Stock price behaviors typically follow different courses, depending on their forecast imbalances between upside and downside prospects.

Observe carefully in the animation below the difference of the red and blue rectangles, which represent issues that hold greater potential for market timing and more rapid returns. The black, gold, and green rectangles are issues typically perceived as "buy and hold" issues, which sit in roughly the same potential while the red and blue issues make a complete cycle from sell back to buy and back up to sell once again. All of these examples are real issues from the dates shown in the animation, with their ratings generated in real time.
 

Each stock and ETF develops its own market-behavior character

Our decades-long scorecards tell each stock's odds of being profitable from this point and the likely sizes of price gains and drawdowns while getting to target

Better odds often offer larger profit payoffs, sooner in time

Combining Odds & Payoffs typically helps determine which stocks to buy, to sell, and when