[kero]

This goes in the same direction of some thoughts I had since long time.

As from my studies I've found that if the relative performance MA is sloping downwards when the RS line breaks above it, then the Stage 2A breakout has a much higher chance of failure than if the relative performance MA is flattening or rising.

That's quite normal: if the RS line breaks above a descending MA, that just means that eventually, the stock's RS is changing from bear to flat, not from bear/flat to bull. That's why I had the feeling that the Mansfield method could be misleading and that in the end, as you say, the basic RS gives a better view on the global situation of the stock. I suppose that you also use it for sectors ?

Anyway. Thank you for your comment.