YOUR GUIDE to LEADERBOARD This Guide Can Help You Get up and Running with Leaderboard in a Few Short Minutes

YOUR GUIDE TO LEADERBOARD This guide can help you get up and running with Leaderboard in a few short minutes.

Here’s what you’ll find in this guide:

1 An Overview of Leaderboard 2 A 3-Step Routine for Using Leaderboard 3 The System Behind Leaderboard 4 Helpful Tips 5 More Resources for Members

Your Guide to Leaderboard 1 1 An Overview of Leaderboard Leaderboard is based on decades of research that answers one question: What makes a stock go up in price?

The research showed seven key characteristics shared by the biggest winning stocks of all time, and we use those characteristics to identify stocks that are setting up for big gains right now. We’ll identify the stocks for you, then tell you the ideal prices to buy and sell them for big gains.

The keys to success

Buy the strongest growth stocks at a proper buy point

Hold for a price run-up, sometimes adding more shares along the way

Lock in gains at key times and cut losses quickly

Your Guide to Leaderboard 2 Here’s how Leaderboard gives you a huge advantage versus going it alone in the stock market.

Investing on Investing with your own Leaderboard

Most investors who are just Leaderboard’s team of stock starting out find that it’s very market experts does the investment hard to consistently make money. research for you and can help shorten Why? Because they don’t have your learning curve dramatically. the education, research and support they need to succeed. Our team uses advanced algorithms to pinpoint the top stocks It can often take 5-10 years of to trade and hand-selects the best learning and practice to become ones for the Leaders List. Then, they successful in the stock market. write full trading plans for every stock, During that time, many traders including their ideal price to buy. With are losing money—what Leaderboard, you’re getting a real-time experienced investors like to education from experts with call tuition payments to the decades of experience. University of Wall Street.

Your Guide to Leaderboard 3 2 The 3-Step Routine for Using Leaderboard

A daily routine is the most important key to success with Leaderboard. DAILY ROUTINE

1 Check the Market Trend Found in the top-right corner of the Leaderboard homepage.

When it says “Market in Confirmed Uptrend” and a green arrow is pointing

up, that indicates it’s the most favorable time to buy new stocks and

generate big profits. If the arrow is yellow or red and it says “Uptrend Under

Pressure” or “Market in Correction,” it’s a riskier time to trade. You should

approach trades cautiously.

2 Familiarize yourself with the stocks in the Leaders List Located in the left column of the Leaderboard homepage.

Take a few minutes to look at each stock, including the chart, the buy range,

the Leaderboard Analysis and the Backstory. This will help explain the

thinking behind the trade and let you know how our experts view the stock.

3 Review the latest Leaderboard buy/sell alerts Be ready to take action when you receive a new alert.

If you buy and sell Leaderboard stocks as close to the optimal times that

our team suggests, you’ll have the best chance to maximize your profits

and minimize any drawdowns.

Your Guide to Leaderboard 5 Buying and Selling Stocks on Leaderboard WHEN TO BUY

Buy a stock when it’s in the IBD® Buy Zone. If you enable desktop notifications or download the mobile app, you’ll get a Buy Alert when the stock reaches a buy point. Buying tip from our experts: Sometimes a stock will jump in price after a Leaderboard Buy Alert is sent. If you receive an alert but the stock is out of the IBD Buy Zone by the time you’re ready to trade, don’t chase it. Wait to see if it comes back into the Buy Zone, or move on to the next trade. WHEN TO SEll

To track Leaderboard’s performance, sell a stock when you receive a sell alert on your desktop browser or mobile app. Keep in mind that sell alerts can involve selling your entire position or a fraction of it. This can vary based on market conditions; for example, if the market suddenly takes a hit, we might reduce exposure to avoid losses.

Selling tip from our experts:

Pay special attention to Leaderboard sell alerts around the time that the market closes (1pm PT / 4pm ET). Many times, the Leaderboard team will wait to see how the stock acts heading into the final hour of market action. Our goal is to avoid selling prematurely based on early market fluctuations, also known as getting shaken out. 6 How Many shares should you buy?

Buying the right amount of shares is almost as important as the stock you’re buying. Too many, and you’re taking on more risk. Too few, and you’re not generating the type of profits that make a difference in your portfolio.

Leaderboard represents a model portfolio. Each stock added to Leaderboard is designated with a position size, which will often change as more shares are added or sold. The position size is listed under “Current Action” in green text on the Trade Setup.

10% of your 5% of your 2.5% of your total portfolio total portfolio total portfolio value value value

Full Half Quarter Position Position Position

Your Guide to Leaderboard 7 3 The System Behind Leaderboard

Leaderboard generates market-beating returns in part because it’s based on the time-tested CAN SLIM® Investing System. This system was created by legendary investor William O’Neil based on decades of research into one question: What makes a winning stock?

O’Neil found that the best stocks throughout history shared seven characteristics; these characteristics are each represented by one letter in the acronym “CAN SLIM.” This system takes into account key factors like earnings and sales growth, institutional sponsorship and market trend.

8 Fundamental Analysis + Technical Analysis + Market Timing

Many traders employ either fundamental analysis or technical analysis to guide their buy and sell decisions. Leaderboard combines both: fundamental analysis to identify the stocks, and technical analysis to determine when to enter and exit the trades. On top of that, Leaderboard uses a market timing system that protects you during market corrections and maximizes gains during strong uptrends.

Fundamental Analysis

Looks at the underlying attributes of the companies behind the stocks. Earnings, sales and return on equity are all examples of fundamentals that are considered when determining the strength of a stock.

Technical Analysis Relies on examining stock charts for clues about when to buy and sell a stock. Base patterns, relative strength and moving average lines are all examples of indicators that are considered by technical traders.

Market Timing

Allows you to make profitable trades during strong uptrends and avoid painful losses during downtrends. Leaderboard’s market timing system is based on more than 100 years of stock market research and precedents.

Your Guide to Leaderboard 9 4 Helpful Tips

Watch the Leaderboard welcome video.

Go to investors.com/LBtutorial

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Enable alerts on your desktop computer.

You never have to miss a Leaderboard alert when you’re at your computer. To enable alerts, visit the Leaderboard homepage on your web browser of choice. A box will pop up asking if you want to show notifications from leaderboard.investors.com. Click “Allow” to receive instant notifications.

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Download the free mobile app. Proper timing helps you maximize your profits on a trade, which is why we’ve created a free Leaderboard mobile app as a companion to the desktop experience.

With the app, you can receive instant trade alerts when a stock is added to Leaderboard or when a stock reaches a buy/sell point.

Find the free Leaderboard app in the App Store or Google Play. 5 More Resources for Members

FAQ Page We’ve got a section dedicated to answering our members’ most common questions, including:

How do I set alerts? What’s the average holding time for a Leaderboard stock? I’m new. Should I go ahead and buy all the stocks on the Leaders List?

Access the Leaderboard FAQ page at investors.com/LBFAQ

Scorecard As a Leaderboard member, you’re invited to join our monthly virtual meetup, Scorecard. It’s a great opportunity to hear from the team behind Leaderboard and ask them questions. During these virtual meetups, our experts will conduct post-analysis of Leaderboard stocks from the past month and discuss big picture market trends.

You can find details of upcoming Scorecard meetups (as well as a recording of last month’s meetup) in the message bar at the top of the Leaderboard homepage.

Product Training Your membership includes free product training with Leaderboard experts. You can schedule a product training session one of two ways:

Call us at 800-831-2525 Go to investors.com/leaderboardtraining

On behalf of everyone at Investor’s Business Daily®, thanks for being a member! Join us every month for our Scorecard virtual meetings and let us know how you’re liking your Leaderboard experience.