MAPS works based on a series of financial models or algorithms that detect when and where market shifts are occurring. These models help IA steers away from weakening groups of investments and toward groups that are gaining strength. Our “buy” or “sell” candidates that pass through a technical screen to determine the right buy point. We are value investors at heart and want to purchase a new position at or near a point of value on its chart. That position is then held until there is a break in its upward trend, it hits a stop loss or it hits a target level.