I have been reading IBD since the early 90s. It was a bewildering investment world back then, and IBD made more sense than anyone else. The confluence of the best technical + the best fundamental stocks in one place made my decisions easy. The book explaining their methods (CANSLIM) is a good read. Like anything else, you get out of it what you put into it. You have to be disciplined and pay attention to whether the stock is ascending or descending in price, and that's your tailwind or headwind. Now I trade options on the top 50 almost exclusively. My success rate is in the 90% range. I read other sites and sources as well, but always vet my investments through IBD.