How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market

by Nicolas Darvas

announcement of a 3-for-1 split. As with FAIRCHILD, he dropped the arbitrary 10% stop-loss which he had set up to eliminate the weakest of the four stocks he was interested in. Had he kept it there, he would have been sold out the following week when ZENITH dropped to 93. However, as the price immediately started an upward move, he proceeded as planned and bought 5,000 shares at prices ranging from 99¾ to 107½ (B). ZENITH moved along nicely after that, and it is worth noting that though its progress was unspectacular compared to its pre-split rise, the “little” difference