This week, I want to tell you the story behind one of the most powerful investing strategies we’ve ever seen…

Those who are familiar with this incredible investment system may already know how it works… But few people actually know we practically stumbled on it by accident.

But we don’t mind. If you know your history, then you know that so-called “accidents” have led to many breakthroughs.

For example, Alexander Fleming stumbled upon penicillin when he found mold-killing bacteria in one of his Petri dishes. John Hyatt accidentally invented plastics while coming up with a replacement for ivory in billiard balls in 1862.

Fast-forward to today, and you’ll find that innovative companies like Google understand this all too well.

Google’s engineers spend up to 20% of their time working on their own pet projects. And some of the company’s biggest successes — including Gmail — have come as a direct result of this policy.

They call it “blue-sky” research. Truly innovative companies must provide their employees with this kind of workplace. They have to give their employees the time and freedom to work on projects even if the benefits aren’t immediately clear.

I could go on and on with other examples. But the point is, when you let smart people work on big ideas that they care about, good things happen… often in unexpected ways.

The Greatest Discovery We’ve Ever Made

Here at StreetAuthority, our Maximum Profit system was discovered in a similar way. The idea was to gather as many diverse minds as possible who were interested in using the market to make money. Then, sit back and give them the freedom to see what they would come up with.

What we discovered is a system that we think could make you more money in the stock market than anything we’ve ever created before.

In short: it solves one of the most common problems every investor faces: how to get bigger gains in a shorter amount of time.

I have to admit, I was a little skeptical when we first began the project. My first thought was “this sounds an awful lot like day trading.”

You see, most people — including myself at the time — immediately equate trading with moving in and out of stocks in a matter of hours or days, racking up huge commissions and ignoring fundamentals. And in my experience, the vast majority of investors should NOT be doing this sort of “trading.” It’s a great way to lose your shirt.

Now, before I go any further, let me tell you what we ended up with has nothing to do with options, short-selling or anything complicated. The truth is, a trading system can be as complicated or as simple as you want. And in my experience, simple is better.

So our team got to work and dug through academic journals… SEC filings… government data…

We hired a Chartered Market Technician — one of only a few thousand in the world. He back-tested our top trading strategies using market data from the past few decades. We wanted to make sure the strategy could work during bear markets, wars, inflation, deflation, bubbles, even a currency crisis. Everything.

If a particular strategy hadn’t outperformed the market for at least 30 years, then we didn’t bother with it.

We even brought in an accountant to get his perspective on which financial metrics actually matter… And what we found is something you’ll rarely hear the mainstream media highlight in their coverage of companies.

All said and done, we discovered what we call the Maximum Profit system.

How It Works…

It’s an elegant, yet simple system. We use two of the most reliable indicators in the investing universe — one fundamental, one technical — to identify when a stock is giving an important “tell” about its next move.

The result: bigger returns in a fraction of the time.

Not only that, but by using this simple market signal, you can survive market crashes relatively unscathed. That’s because it’s able to sniff out weakness far quicker than even the most savvy investors.

What makes our system so different is that it’s designed to give investors a simple set of rules with clear buy and sell signals.

The reason for this is clear. If you’re a baseball fan, then you know when a pitcher sometimes inadvertently shows his grip on the ball before putting it in his glove for the next pitch, a seasoned batter can know exactly what kind of pitch is coming beforehand. (In baseball lingo, they would say a pitcher is “tipping” his pitches.) And when a good hitter knows what pitch is coming, the chances of him knocking it out of the park for a home run are much, much higher.

The same principle is at work with the Maximum Profit system.

Now having said that, a system is worth nothing without rules — and an investor who diligently follows them.

Think about it… It’s the same as in baseball, where an undisciplined hitter just swings away at any kind of pitch. He’s not going to get very good results. But when you know what kind of pitch is coming and wait for the right moment, well, let’s just say you have a major advantage over everyone else.

That’s why having a set of rules — whether you’re trading or investing — is paramount. As my colleague Jimmy Butts likes to say, rules take the emotion of out of investing. They provide discipline.

How To Put This To Work For You

Jimmy Butts Chief Investment Strategist Maximum Profit

However, as exciting as this system is, the Maximum Profit system is not for everyone.

This isn’t a crystal ball. You’d be surprised by how many people learn about the system’s results and expect the same kinds of gains without following this system to the letter.

But when you do follow along, here’s an idea of what is possible…

Since we went live with the Maximum Profit system, the average holding period for a trade has been just a few months. Most people who claim to invest for the long-term have an average holding period of less than that.

And our results have been amazing.

My colleague Jimmy Butts has been with using this system to hit home runs for years… We’re talking about gains of 55.3% with Five9… 80% with DocuSign… 60% on Amazon… 89% on Shopify… 66% on Roku (ROKU). And every single one of them in a matter of months, not years.

In fact, in the last two years alone, Maximum Profit has delivered more than 25 double and triple-digit trade opportunities to our readers.

Right now, the Maximum Profit portfolio has 16 open positions. Of those 15 are winners right now. Some have only recently started to take off, showing gains of 7% to 15%, while the biggest current winner is up a mind-blowing 263% (and counting) in less than seven months.

Closing Thoughts

There’s a lot more to say about Maximum Profit and how it can lead to triple-digit gains in a matter of months. But I simply don’t have the space for it in today’s issue.

But I’ll leave you with this…

There’s a reason the Maximum Profit system is the best-performing system in StreetAuthority’s history. At the end of the day, behind all of the mechanics that make up the system, it’s the simple “buy” and “sell” signals — and following them to the letter.

We’re going to discuss the Maximum Profit system more in the coming weeks. But the bottom line is that if you find find a proven strategy and stick to it with rigorous discipline, you’ll stand a much better chance for booking huge gains than those that don’t.

In the meantime, if you’d like to learn more about how to put the Maximum Profit system to work for you, then I urge you to check out Jimmy’s most recent report…

You’ll learn all about the big opportunity that he’s been researching for the past few months — and how he plans to use the Maximum Profit system to exploit it for big-time gains.

You can access this brand-new report right here.