Darvas Box Breakouts
Money Boxes Desk
Runs your Money Boxes Darvas engine on $2–$20 small caps: confirms boxes from price and volume only, then flags near-breakouts and volume-confirmed breakouts.
Money Boxes desk report
04:26 AM ETNo confirmed breakouts — 2 boxes pressing resistance.
- ›Scanned 57 small caps that pass the $2–$20, 500k+ volume rules; 2 live boxes.
- ›Vetted breakouts: none.
- ›Near-breakout watchlist: PATH, PAGS. No entry without volume confirmation.
- ›12-month rules test: 28 trades, 25% hit rate, -0.25R expectancy.
— Nicolas Vance, Head of Desk · Ruth Okafor, Scanner Engineer
Strategy performance · last 12 months, 2R target
Hit rate
25%
Avg win
2R
Expectancy
-0.25R
Profit factor
0.67
Max DD
-9R
Trades
28
Scanner
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Universe 57
Live setups 2
Data gaps 0
Desk staff
Nicolas Vance
Head of Desk · Darvas Analyst
Patient, box-structure purist; insists on volume confirmation.
Ruth Okafor
Scanner Engineer
Data-driven; reports scan stats and filter rationale.
Milo Brandt
Risk Officer
Conservative; fixates on stop placement and position size.
Live setup cards · 1% risk on $100k · 57 stocks scanned
Box 17 · near breakout
Last 13.94
Grade B
Entry
14.00
Stop
12.73
Target
16.54
Shares
787
Risk $
$999.49
Size
$11k
Reward
2R
Box 14–12.73 (9.07% deep, 5 sessions). RVOL 1.15x, 0.43% to breakout.
Box 16 · breakout
Last 11.28
Grade C
Entry
11.19
Stop
10.30
Target
12.97
Shares
1,123
Risk $
$999.47
Size
$13k
Reward
2R
Box 11.19–10.3 (7.99% deep, 12 sessions). RVOL 0.77x.
Box 18 · confirmed
Last 14.73
Grade C
Entry
16.19
Stop
14.40
Target
19.77
Shares
558
Risk $
$998.82
Size
$9k
Reward
2R
Box 16.19–14.4 (11.06% deep, 9 sessions). RVOL 0.66x, 9.02% to breakout.
Box 14 · confirmed
Last 6.35
Grade C
Entry
6.85
Stop
5.87
Target
8.81
Shares
1,020
Risk $
$999.6
Size
$7k
Reward
2R
Box 6.85–5.87 (14.31% deep, 8 sessions). RVOL 1.56x, 7.3% to breakout.