As shown above, the top 5 stocks heavily owned by institutions are
$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ ,
$Apple (AAPL.US)$ ,
$Amazon (AMZN.US)$ $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ ,
$Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.US)$ they all showed 1
key characteristic - outperformance!
These are the stocks still near all time high because the institutions have not given them up. In fact, some of other institutions actually rotate their funds into these "outperforming stocks" during the correction since Nov 2021.
That's why the market breadth is getting worse while the
$S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ just slightly below all time high level. Check out the post --> on
divergence between market breadth and SPX is you haven't.
Having said that, it is essential to pay attention to the volume of these stocks because these are the stocks that are moved by institutions. It will be a lot clearer and obvious when the results (price) are in sync with the effort (Volume).
Simply checking out the top stocks based on the the AMC number will allow you to have unlimited trading or investing ideas where you know will be moved by the big whales. All you need to do is to interpret the price and volume.
Another way to use it is to find out what stands out from the institutional portfolio. For example, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway holdings are interesting because
$Apple (AAPL.US)$ accounts for 46% of their portfolio, which is excessive and unusual if you compare to other institutions. When a giant institution like Berkshire Hathaway bet haevily on AAPL with more than 40% and keep adding the positions, they must know something that others don't.
If you keep track just the top 10 of the institutions and monitor their heavy weights and do your own research, you could have picked up a few gems like AAPL.
Have fun exploring and let me know how you use Star Institutions.
theoj : Sigh