Patent ID: 7739179

Claim:
A computerized method of selecting a security for purchase and for sale, the method comprising: selecting an index of a plurality of securities for investment of funds; gathering data from financial data service providers on each security included in the index, the data comprising current price to earnings ratio of each security and the 52-week high price to earnings ratio; determining, by a computer, the percentage difference between the current price to earnings ratio and the 52-week high price to earnings ratio for each security within the index; selecting at least one security for purchase based on the difference between the current price to earnings ratio and the 52-week high price to earnings ratio of the security, wherein the selected security is the security within the index that is trading at the greatest percentage difference between the current price to earnings ratio and the 52-week high price to earnings ratio; purchasing shares of the selected security; determining, by a computer, a target sell price for the selected security based on a pre-selected percentage increase above the purchase price; comparing, by a computer, the current market price of the selected security with the target sell price; and selling the selected security when the current market price reaches the target sell price.