Secrets to profiting from biotech stocks catalysts

Name: Secrets to profiting from biotech stocks catalysts
Rating: 4.5 (7 reviews)

Learn from a portfolio manager with MD, MBA (finance)

Created byBhavneesh Sharma, MD, MBA

Last updated 3/2024

English

What you'll learn

Profit from playing biotech catalysts.
How to select biotech companies to play catalysts?
How to do a depp dive into your initial biotech watchlist?
Learn more: implied move, portfolio allocation and taking profits.

Course content

1 section • 7 lectures • 1h 4m total length

Why play biotech catalysts?3:42
Riding top hedge fund picks13:12
Identify top biotech ideas by riding hedge fund picks from RA Capital and peers using Veil Wisdom, narrowing 1000 names to 20 and then to 5–10.
Narrowing down our initial watchlist by near-term catalysts10:58
Narrow down the initial biotech watchlist by near-term catalysts, using RA Capital stakes, upcoming data releases, and resources like Biopharm catalyst and the FDA calendar.
Near-term catalysts list: further deep dive18:15
Dive into near-term biotech catalysts by analyzing investor presentations for EDG 5506 in Becker's and Duchenne muscular dystrophy, tracking 12–24 month data, biomarkers, and cash runway using Seeking Alpha.
Further deep dive: hedge fund clusters, implied move, allocation, etc.10:06
Idea Generation from Biotwitter6:42
Summary and Takeways1:42

Requirements

No finance or biotech/clinical background needed.

Description

If you trade or invest in biotech stocks, this course is for you, especially to play their catalysts. Investing in biotech stocks before catalysts like data releases and FDA decision dates can be very profitable but also very risky. There are stocks like VKTX (which went up 7-8x) and JANX (which went up 4x) after their data release.

In this course, a portfolio manager at a biotech investment firm teaches you his secrets from over 10 years of experience on how to play biotech catalysts profitably. After this course, students will be able to make their own watchlist on biotech stocks with upcoming catalysts, narrow down the list based on high-yield information, learn how to conduct a fundamental deep dive into these stocks, and then learn portfolio allocation and when to take profits.

What you will learn:

How to make a preliminary watchlist of biotech stocks to put money in.
How to select stocks from your watchlist with upcoming catalysts.
Which resources to use for checking upcoming catalysts.
How to conduct a deep fundamental analysis of your narrowed down watchlist.
How to check financials like cash runway, cash burn rate, etc.
Using the wisdom of experts from Biotwitter in your stock picking.
Which experts to follow on Biotwitter.
Follow my custom list of biotech experts on twitter for your stock picking.
Learn how to calculate the implied move in stock price before a catalyst.
Learn how to set a price target for your stock picks by a catalyst.
How much to allocate to each position?
When to take profits?

Who this course is for:

Traders/investors who want to profit by playing biotech catalysts.