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Mark Minervini

Mark Minervini🇺🇸

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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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Mark Minervini is a two-time U.S. Investing Champion across a 24-year span — winning in 1997 with a 155% return achieved while invested only roughly half the time, and again in 2021 with 334.8% across a strong post-pandemic growth-stock environment. A self-taught trader with no formal finance background, Minervini developed the SEPA (Specific Entry Point Analysis) and VCP (Volatility Contraction Pattern) methodologies, both of which are now widely cited in growth-stock trading literature. He is the author of "Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard" (2013) and "Think & Trade Like a Champion" (2017), both of which spent extended periods on Amazon's investing best-seller list. He runs Minervini Private Access, a community for serious growth-stock traders.

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Track record

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2021 Stocks Division — U.S. Investing Championship
U.S. Investing Championship · 2021
334.8% ROI
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1997 Stocks Division — U.S. Investing Championship
U.S. Investing Championship · 1997
155% ROI

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U.S. Investing Championship →

Real-money stock-picking championship. The equity-side counterpart to WCTC — same audited-broker-account format, stocks instead of futures.

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Who is Mark Minervini?

Two-time U.S. Investing Champion (1997, 2021). Founder of the SEPA methodology and Minervini Private Access. Held the all-time USIC return record at 334.8% until 2024.

What tournaments has Mark Minervini won?

Mark Minervini has 2 first-place finishes on record. Most notable results: 1st place 2021 Stocks Division — U.S. Investing Championship on U.S. Investing Championship (2021), 1st place 1997 Stocks Division — U.S. Investing Championship on U.S. Investing Championship (1997).

Where is Mark Minervini from?

Mark Minervini is a trader from United States, based in Indianapolis, IN. Full country roster: trading-tournaments.com/traders/by-country/us.

Where can I follow Mark Minervini online?

Mark Minervini has public presence on 3 channels: X (https://x.com/markminervini), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/markminervini/), personal site (https://www.minervini.com/). All links verified against the trader's own bios where cross-referenceable.