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Mark Minervini — USIC 1997 champion and SEPA methodology
Mark Minervini won the 1997 U.S. Investing Championship Stocks Division with a 155% return on his real-money brokerage account — one of the most-cited USIC results of the 1990s. He built the multi-decade educational franchise Minervini Private Access on top of the credential, authored the Trade Like a Stock Market Wiz…
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David Ryan won the U.S. Investing Championship three years in a row — 1985, 1986, and 1987 — with a compounded return of approximately 1,379%. The 1985 result alone was 161%. He is the only competitor to win the USIC in three consecutive years.
Ryan was a 17-year protégé of William O'Neil, founder of Investor's Business Daily and the CAN SLIM growth-stock methodology. After his championship run, Ryan founded Ryan Capital Management in 1998. He is featured in Jack Schwager's "Market Wizards" as an example of strict discipline applied to growth stocks: small position sizing, tight stops, and willingness to be in cash when no qualified setup is available.
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