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Important Context First

Tripling $100 on a single trade in a short period is extremely unlikely and cannot be predicted or guaranteed. What we can reasonably do is screen for stocks that historically behave more explosively (both up and down). These come with high risk of loss, including losing most or all of your $100. The filters chosen are designed to tilt toward that kind of high-risk/high-reward profile.

Screening Filters

1. Price: $1 – $30

   • Purpose: Focus on lower-priced stocks where a $100 position can be meaningful and where large percentage moves are more common.
   • Rationale:
     • With $100, you want enough shares to benefit from large percentage moves (e.g., buying 5–50 shares instead of fractions of one expensive stock).
     • Stocks under $30 often include smaller or more speculative companies that can move 20–50% (or more) in short periods, which aligns with your goal of trying to triple capital, even though it’s not predictable.

2. Market Cap: $50M – $10B

   • Purpose: Target smaller to mid-sized companies that can move sharply but avoid the most illiquid micro-pennies.
   • Rationale:
     • Lower market cap (e.g., $50M–$1B): These are often more volatile, less followed, and more sensitive to news—conditions that can produce big upside (and downside) swings.
     • Upper cap of $10B: Keeps out mega-cap “stable” names that rarely move 30–50% quickly, which wouldn’t fit a “try to triple” mentality.

3. Beta: HighRisk

   • Purpose: Explicitly select high-volatility stocks.
   • Rationale:
     • Beta measures how much a stock moves relative to the market. “HighRisk” usually corresponds to high beta (e.g., >1.5 or 2), meaning the stock tends to move more than the market both up and down.
     • To even have a chance at very large gains quickly, you generally must accept higher volatility; this filter deliberately embraces that.

4. Moving Average Relationship: PriceAboveMA20

   • Purpose: Focus on stocks currently in short-term uptrends or with recent positive momentum.
   • Rationale:
     • Price above the 20-day moving average suggests buyers are in control in the recent period.
     • If you’re seeking a big upside move, it’s generally preferable to look at names already showing strength rather than those in clear downtrends.

5. Exchange Listing: XNYS, XNAS, XASE (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX)

   • Purpose: Limit to major U.S. exchanges for better liquidity, transparency, and data quality.
   • Rationale:
     • You avoid many of the riskiest OTC/pink-sheet names that can be thinly traded and easily manipulated.
     • Still high risk (given other filters) but at least on regulated, more established exchanges.

6. One-Month Predicted Return: min 25%

   • Purpose: Screen for stocks that models suggest have a higher probability of strong near-term upside.
   • Rationale:
     • A 25% minimum predicted one-month return means the screener is filtering for names that, based on quantitative models or historical patterns, look positioned for significant gains.
     • This doesn’t mean they will rise 25% (or triple), just that they show stronger bullish signals than average, aligning with your aggressive target.

Why These Results Match Your Goal

• The filters intentionally favor volatility and speculative behavior (high beta, smaller caps, lower share price) because that’s where big moves are at least possible.
• The momentum and predictive-return filters (PriceAboveMA20 and 1-month predicted return ≥ 25%) try to bias toward names with current positive tilt, not just random risky stocks.
• Restricting to major exchanges aims to balance the extreme return objective with a minimum level of trading quality and execution reliability.

You still face a very high chance of not tripling your $100 and a real risk of losing a lot of it, but these filters are structured to hunt in the part of the market where outsized moves are more likely to occur.