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This week’s free trade of the week is Verizon, and it’s a textbook mean reversion setup. Not a moonshot. Not a “back up the truck” call. Just a base hit — the kind of trade that quietly compounds while everyone else is reacting to headlines.

Three things worth noting:

Quality filter first. Mean reversion only works on names that aren’t broken. Verizon has been trending up since 2024 and got a lift from earnings. We’re buying strength that’s temporarily oversold, not catching falling knives.
Structure beats prediction. Entry at 45.57, stop at 38.14, time stop on Monday. No guessing where it “should” go — the rules decide.
Base hits fund the swings. This strategy wins roughly 60% of the time. It’s not glamorous, but it pads the equity curve so trend-following systems have room to breathe through their drawdowns.

Action plan: define your entry, your stop, and your exit before you click buy. If any of the three is missing, it’s not a trade — it’s a hope.

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Stats Edge by Michael Nauss CMT

Verizon: A Textbook Mean Reversion Setup