Alpesh Patel's trading method combines charts and fundamentals to generate market and fund manager beating returns. He uses several different strategies with varying degrees of risk to suit different investment approaches.

The Alpesh Patel Special Edition includes four data mining filters crafted by Alpesh over many years. His Value/Growth filter provides long-term investment picks. On any day, simply buy the stocks in this filter and Alpesh would expect at least 25% growth over 12 months. No further analysis required. See the performance of this filter over the last three years.

The Momentum/Value, Bullish Momentum and Bearish Momentum filters are all short-term filters for spreadbetting. Each provides a list of stocks for you to analyse futher using Alpesh's analytical "radars".

Alpesh provides four "radars" to help you analyse further the stocks identified by his short-term spreadbetting filters. The Momentum, Breadth, Volatility and Volume radars are chart set-ups using technical indicators. Additionally, you can use these radars to analyse any list of stocks such as the FTSE 100 or an existing portfolio. Full Help is provided on how to use each radar.

To further help you assess either the stocks identified by Alpesh's filters or your own stock picks and holdings, the Alpesh Patel Special Edition also includes a stock comment for every share on the London Stock Exchange. This comment is based on fundamentals and technical criteria and is updated each day.

Alpesh's Stock Comment lets you to rank the filtered shares in terms of how strongly they meet Alpesh's investment criteria.

To help you understand and get the most from the Special Edition, Alpesh writes an exclusive monthly newsletter for subscribers. In this, he provides commentary on the general market, provides insight into the world of professional investors and traders, as well as analysing stocks in one or more of his data mining filters. You'll receive the newsletter electronically via ShareScope.