Atlas Rank — Quality Momentum

Quality Momentum — top-conviction names that are ALSO outperforming and in an uptrend.

Buy rule

A name enters only when it is top-10 by Atlas composite AND outperforming the NIFTY 500 over 3 months AND above its 200-day EMA — conviction, relative strength and trend all confirmed at once.

Sell rule

Holds until it falls below rank 15, starts underperforming the NIFTY 500, or loses its 200-day EMA. The buffer is deliberate hysteresis — winners are left to run instead of being churned out on small rank wiggles, which also lets gains reach the long-term tax rate.

Universe

Trades stocks drawn from the Atlas-scored Nifty 500, evaluated every session.

Which names

When more names qualify than there are open slots, the highest Atlas composite wins the slot.

Position sizing

Starts 100% in cash and buys the qualifying set at the next session's close (no look-ahead). Each position capped at 10% (~10 slots), execution costs in the NAV, FIFO tax ledger on every sale.

This rulebook was chosen by the system’s walk-forward search, not hand-written — the exact filters above are what won on out-of-sample data. See the Learning log below for how it got here and what it rejected.