Relative Strength

The 1 Week Relative Strength measures a stock's price change over the last week relative to the price change of a market index. It shows the relative outperformance or underperformance of the stock in that timeframe.

Stockopedia explains Rel Strength

Research indicates that relative strength is a negative signal in the near-term but generally a positive indicator in the medium (6-24 months).

A study by Hancock found that a momentum-based strategy outperformed a broad universe of U.S.stocks by nearly 4% per year from 1927-2009.

Research has shown that momentum is particularly beneficial when combined with a value style because the two are negatively correlated.

Moskowitz and Grinblatt conclude that "A value-momentum combination mitigates the extreme negative return episodes a value investor will face (e.g. the tech boom of the late 1990s and early 2000 or a dismal year like 2008) "However, momentum-based strategies have been shown to suffer badly during times of extreme market volatility such as the 2008/09 crisis.

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The 5 highest Rel Strength Stocks in the Market

TickerNameRel StrengthStockRank™
LON:EEEEmpire Metals-21.0%22
LON:JIMJarvis Securities-23.4%66
LON:C4XDC4X Discovery Holdings-23.5%8
LON:TM1Technology Minerals-28.7%22
LON:INDIIndus Gas-36.3%59