Has to be derivatives - only way to get 1000% exposure. Threshold, two points. 1)I pay no attention to oscillators - they are useless IMO. The biggest price moves almost never come from oversold positions. 2) The powerstocks guys advocate (with empirical evidence) buying the biggest losers in a downswing. I do the same, but only resource stocks (which are cyclical), and only if their is still an underlying long term trend (i.e. no gold or platinum miners). I do that for 3 of my 6 (max), the rest I buy with the best relative strength to the market. (unfortunately this measure is a bit subjective - I will pick the ones that are holding strong - build a list, and on a potential turning day (like today) - I will buy the ones with the biggest gap up - i.e. the strongest price action. But no more than 2 per day. When I see that the overall index breaks resistance, I will add (either more of the same stock, or something else looking like it is rallying. 1% allocation per trade - 6 stocks in total. If 2 of them make 2* my risk, two break even, and two stop out, then I am net 2%, with running trades. In 12 months, I am working on a target of 24* return minimum - with quite a bit of upside potential - since I am letting my winners run (Palamin giving me 3* return (plus div), for e.g. and Metorex giving me 7* return)