Hey there. Our screener on the back end analyzes these stocks on a valuation, safety and growth scale. From there, it spits out the grade.
Our Top 20 are released every Sunday and tracked against our benchmark, the TSX. We track it against the whole index, as there is usually a wide variety of sectors within these top 20. From there, it tracks them moving forward until present day. So for example, here is our list from July 5th 2020.
https://www.stocktrades.ca/premium/weekly-top-stocks/top-stocks-july-5th-2020/
This Top 20 has returned 12.29% since the list was released up until today, while the TSX has returned 5.88%. You can even go as far back as 2019 dates to see how our top 20 are doing from that day posted until present day.
These aren't suggested purchases prices, nor do these stocks have extensive research put into them like our Bull list stocks (although you'll see lots of Bull list stocks inside of the top 20, as we use this to do in depth research and identify better than average companies.) These are simply 20 stocks presented to you on an algorithmic basis that our screener thinks can outperform (and has done so in 22 of 23 weeks since the crash).
However, we do have some members who use Wealthsimple trade to simply buy in and out of our top 20 every week. They put orders in on Sunday, and sell near market close on Friday. Whether this is a strategy you'd like to deploy is completely up to you!