During a 3-week test of TriggerNews in May of 2002, different stocks were monitored to
see how their prices reacted to certain trigger phrases. The results were astonishing.
Here is some sample data taken from that spreadsheet:
Symbol
Gain
Within
Trigger Phrase
SNPS
9.5%
5 minutes
above estimates
NPRO
70.8%
15 minutes
FDA
ATIS
16.9%
15 minutes
patent
PENN
12%
90 minutes
stock split
As you can see, gains on the prices of these stocks were dramatic within minutes of a company’s announcement.
More Trading Examples
View the following trading opportunity from the
week of January 27, 2003, based on the trigger
phrase "raises guidance".
On January 21, 2003, TriggerNews issued a real-time earthquake alert for the magnitude 7.6
earthquake that just hit Colima, Mexico. The general news services did not start reporting
on this till hours later. TriggerNews was therefore ahead of all of them.
Now imagine an earthquake of this size hitting, for example, Taiwan with all its semiconductor
manufacturing and other high tech companies. Examples of industries that might by be impacted
are high-tech, insurance, manufacturing and financial. Getting this type of news immediately
may give you an edge to unload your shares before a huge sell-off begins.