Tested idea

Consumer Shares: Follow the Direction

We tested what happened when ideas about consumer companies followed their recorded rise or fall direction.

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What this test checks

We tested what happened when ideas about consumer companies followed their recorded rise or fall direction.

Market moment
Company earnings updates
Evidence stage
Exploratory historical test
Outcome source
Recorded source result, not a checked market-price return
What the past showed

It worked 54% of the time.

This is a look back at genuine recorded examples. It is a reason to run a fair live test, not a promise about what happens next.

Across 617 evaluated records: 334 held up · 281 did not · 2 had no clear move
Clear-direction examples
615
Tested
20222026
Different shares
69
Show me how you worked it outSee every number, limit and recent example
Worked
334
Did not work
281
Did not move
2
Result not known
130
Middle recorded result
+0.6%
Evidence dates
22 Nov 2022 7 Aug 2026

Based on this number of examples, the likely range runs from 50% to 58%. A wider range means we are less sure.

What we still need to learn

  • The overall past result was close to a fifty-fifty split.
  • Some narrower versions were chosen after looking at the results, so they need fresh examples.
  • This uses a recorded source result, not a fully checked market-price return.

Recorded examples

Shares in this test include AAP, ABNB, AMZN, APTV, AZO, BBWI, BBY, BKNG, and others.

Up to 12 recorded examples used by this test.
DateShareEventExpectedResult
7 Aug 2026UAABefore market opensRiseNot known
7 Aug 2026UABefore market opensRiseNot known
6 Aug 2026PENNBefore market opensFallNot known
6 Aug 2026LEGBefore market opensRiseNot known
4 Aug 2026WYNNAfter market closesRiseNot known
4 Aug 2026MCDBefore market opensRiseNot known
4 Aug 2026BKNGAfter market closesRiseNot known
4 Aug 2026APTVBefore market opensRiseNot known
31 Jul 2026NWLBefore market opensFallNot known
29 Jul 2026VFCBefore market opensRiseNot known
29 Jul 2026ORLYAfter market closesRiseNot known
28 Jul 2026CZRAfter market closesFallNot known

Useful guides

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